Kawasaki, Japan, Nov. 26, 2025 — Fujitsu today announced the development of a technology for quantifying blue carbon, i.e., carbon absorbed and stored by marine and coastal ecosystems, from seaweed and seagrass, supporting the restoration and conservation of seagrass beds. Part of Fujitsu’s development of ocean digital twin technology, the company said it significantly accelerates […]
HPC News Bytes 20250825: Japan’s FugakuNEXT, Fujitsu’s Quantum Strategy, US Equity Stake in Intel, the NVIDIA H20 and Geopolitical Ping Pong
August 25, 2025 by
Good late August day to you! The whitewater world of HPC-AI continued to roil last week, here’s a fast (9:50) overview of recent industry developments ….
Fujitsu Supply Chain Recognized for Applied AI by World Economic Forum
July 16, 2025 by
Kawasaki, Japan, July 14, 2025 – Fujitsu Limited today announced that a Fujitsu Uvance customer supply chain using AI agents was selected by the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) AI Governance Alliance as one of 18 global advanced AI solutions that are transforming business. An independent, cross-industry global group of AI leaders participated in selecting the […]
HPC News Bytes 20250623: Fault Tolerant Quantum by 2029?, Quantum Roadmaps, Metrics and M&A, RIKEN and Fujitsu Team on FugakuNEXT
June 23, 2025 by
A good late June morning to you! A healthy portion of recent developments in the world of HPC-AI has focused on quantum computing, here’s a quick (7:09) run-through, including ….
HPC News Bytes 20250616: AI Hardware-Software Wave from AMD, Fujitsu Chip, SIGHPC SC25 Travel Grants, HPC Guru Bids Adieu
June 15, 2025 by
A happy day after Father’s Day! It was a week full of news, what with ISC and major vendor activities, here’s a quick (8:52) run-through: AMD’s new GPUs, ROCm 7.0 software and Helios ….
Fujitsu and RIKEN Develop 256-Qubit Superconducting Quantum Computer
April 24, 2025 by
Kawasaki and Wako, Japan, April 22, 2025 — Fujitsu Limited and RIKEN announced the development of a 256-qubit superconducting quantum computer, established at the RIKEN RQC-FUJITSU Collaboration Center. This quantum computer builds upon the advanced technology of the 64-qubit iteration, launched with the support of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)(1) […]
HPC News Bytes 20241111: TSMC 2nm Restrictions, AMD-Fujitsu Team on Arm, AMD Passes Intel, US Data Center Green Energy Uptake
November 11, 2024 by
With a salute to our service men and women on this Veteran’s Day, here’s a rapid (6:07) review of recent news ….
Fujitsu, Riken Partner to Deliver Quantum Computing in Japan Next Year
August 29, 2022 by
Fujitsu and Japan’s Riken research institution will team to deliver Japan-made quantum computing starting next April, according to an article on the Nikkei Asia news site. The story states that Fujitsu’s quantum system is expected to have 64 qubits, more than the 53 qubits in Google’s 2019 machine and second to IBM’s 127 qubits developed in 2021, Nikkei reported, adding that “Fujitsu says it hopes to produce a machine that has more than 1,000 qubits after April 2026.”
Fugaku Retains No. 1 Spot in TOP500 HPCG and Graph500 rankings
May 30, 2022 by
Tokyo, May 30, 2022 — The supercomputer Fugaku, jointly developed by Janpan’s RIKEN Center for Computational Science and Fujitsu, has successfully retained the top spot for five consecutive terms in multiple major high-performance computer rankings including the Top500‘s HPCG and Graph500 BFS (Breadth-First Search), and has also taken second place for the TOP500 HPL and HPL-AI […]
@HPCpodcast: What’s New in HPC-class Storage and a New Feature: Top of the News
April 14, 2022 by
Join us for this episode – episode 20, be it noted – of the @HPCpodcast. It includes a new segment, Top of The News, offering a look at the top HPC developments of the week. Our discussion features federal funding for PsiQuantum and Global Foundries’ quantum computing research in upstate New York, along with AMD’s proposed acquisition of Pensando and Fujitsu’s new HPC cloud offerings that includes supercomputing technology used in the world’s most powerful HPC system, Fugaku.
