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Cutting-edge Scale-Out Technology from Toshiba will Take Fintech and Logistics to New Level

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Aiming to bring higher efficiencies to these and other businesses, Toshiba has addressed combinatorial optimization problems by developing high-speed, high-accuracy algorithms and corresponding practical computer solutions*2.

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  • Aiming to bring higher efficiencies to these and other businesses, Toshiba has addressed combinatorial optimization problems by developing high-speed, high-accuracy algorithms and corresponding practical computer solutions*2.
  • We hope the new technology will take fintech and logistic to a new level.
  • *1 K. Tatsumura et al., Scaling-out Ising machine using a multi-chip architecture for simulated bifurcation, Nature Electronics 4, (2021).
  • Guided by the Basic Commitment of the Toshiba Group, Committed to People, Committed to the Future, Toshiba contributes to societys positive development with services and solutions that lead to a better world.

Toshiba’s New Algorithms Quickly Deliver Highly Accurate Solutions to Complex Problems

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The new algorithms will be applied to finding solutions to highly complex problems in areas as diverse as portfolio management, drug development and logistics management.

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  • The new algorithms will be applied to finding solutions to highly complex problems in areas as diverse as portfolio management, drug development and logistics management.
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    Introduced in April 2019 , the previous SB broke new ground as a platform for finding solutions to combinatorial optimization problems, surpassing other approaches by a factor of 10*1.
  • Toshiba has now extended this achievement with two new algorithms that apply innovative approaches, such as a quasi-quantum tunneling effect, to performance improvement, allowing them to acquire optimal solutions (exact solutions) for large-scale combinatorial optimization problems that challenge the capabilities of their predecessor.
  • It generates fewer errors than a previously reported Adiabatic Simulated Bifurcation Algorithm (aSB)*3, and so returns faster, more accurate results.