Nvidia to Join Development of Japanese Supercomputer

Nvidia to Join Development of Japanese Supercomputer

Ian Buck (front right), vice president at Nvidia, shakes hands with Riken President Makoto Gonokami (front second right) and others in Tokyo on Friday.
Ian Buck (front right), vice president at Nvidia, shakes hands with Riken President Makoto Gonokami (front second right) and others in Tokyo on Friday.

   Tokyo, Aug. 22 (Jiji Press)--Riken, a Japanese state-backed research institute, said Friday that U.S. chip giant Nvidia Corp. will take part in the development of a successor to its Fugaku supercomputer.
   Nvidia will collaborate with Riken and Japanese technology company Fujitsu Ltd. in the development of the new supercomputer, FugakuNEXT. The U.S. chipmaker will oversee the development of accelerators, a supercomputer component, while Fujitsu will lead the basic design of the overall system and central processing units.

(2025/08/22-18:09)

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