At a time when artificial intelligence and scientific simulation demand an increasingly powerful computing infrastructure, Japan has given the green light to the design of what will be its next flagship supercomputer. Riken has awarded Fujitsu the contract to develop “Fugakounext”, a system that aims to happen to the emblematic Fugaku and place Japan again in the world technological avant -garde.
The collaboration between Riken and Fujitsu represents more than a technical project: it is a declaration of intentions to the exponential growth of technologies such as generative AI and data -based science. The objective of Fugakunext is to provide Japan with an advanced and flexible computer platform that can respond to the scientific and industrial challenges of the immediate future. According to the Steering Committee of the HPCI National Program, Japan urgently needs “an infrastructure capable of integrating simulations, real -time data and experimental automation”, a vision that Fugakunext aspires to materialize.
State -of -the -art Japanese technology at the service of the world
One of the pillars of the new system will be the Fujitsu-Monaka CPU, based on 2 nanometers technology and designed with a microarchitecture adapted to 3D packaging and ultra-low voltage circuits. This unit promises to offer high performance with energy efficiency, and will be key in areas such as scientific AI, peripheral computing and data centers. In the future, the successor version, provisionally called Fujitsu-Monaka-X, will expand its capacities with specific acceleration functions for workloads in artificial intelligence.
Vivek Mahajan, Chief Technology Officer of Fujitsu, highlights the relevance of the project: «We are very excited to be part of Fugakounext, which is called to revolutionize the scientific and technological panorama of Japan. We will take advantage of our previous experience and the capacities of our new CPUS to build a system capable of dynamically adapting to the needs of the future«.
Beyond supercomputing: industrial and global impact
Although Fugakounext is conceived as a research tool, its implications could go much further. Fujitsu expects the development of the system to have a multiplier effect in other technological areas, from the manufacture of advanced IA processors to the impulse of the so -called “AI for science”. In Mahajan’s words, «We will carry the ‘Made in Japan’ technology from Japan to the rest of the world, leading the adoption and acceleration of AI in companies and in society».
The basic design phase of the system is expected to continue until February 2026, a key period to lay the foundations that could be one of the most advanced supercomputs of the next decade. With Fugakounext, Japan not only intends to maintain his leadership in scientific computing, but also consolidate his commitment to a sustainable and sovereign technological future.
