World’s fastest supercomputer “Fugaku’ begins operations
- The world’s most powerful supercomputer named “Fugaku”, developed by Japanese scientific research institute RIKEN and Fujitsu, has been made available for research work.
- The development of the machine was started about six years ago in 2014 and was completed in May 2020..
- 74 research projects have already been selected by Japan’s Research Organization for Information Science and Technology (RIST) and will be implemented from April 2021.
- Fugaku will help the Japanese government to achieve its vision to establish an ultra-smart Society 5.0, where all people live safe and comfortable lives.
- Fugaku computer has 100 times the application performance of K supercomputer and is developed to implement high-resolution, long-duration and large-scale simulations.
- A portion of Fugaku’s research is said to be dedicated to COVID-19 related projects.