Fujitsu announces Monaka CPU and server will be available from November
Both the CPU and server have been developed and manufactured in Japan
Both the CPU and server have been developed and manufactured in Japan
Company claims this approach provides benefits over traditional nitrogen-vacancy centers
Installation expected to take place in the first half of 2026
Japanese giant’s Monaka CPUs will combine with Nvidia hardware to support industry-specific AI agents
Companies look to test distributed data centers in Japan
First time GPUs will be deployed as accelerators in a flagship Japanese supercomputer
Plus a round up of other recent quantum announcements
Design contract for system to run until February 2026
Fujitsu and Qualcomm will be first companies to integrate NVLink Fusion into their chips
Builds on the 64-qubit system previously deployed by the partners
Will integrate Fujitsu's incoming Monaka processor
ANU will receive access to quantum systems at Riken
QuEra also set to deploy an on-premise supercomputer in Japan
Winning computing platform uses Japan's second domestically-made superconducting quantum computer
Using classical computing to help develop the next big thing
New system will help improve accuracy of heavy rain predictions
Supercomputer is housed at the University of Minho
Will be used to forecast linear rainbands and torrential rains
KDDI kicked off its 5G vRAN deployment in Osaka, Japan
In partnership with Samsung and Fujitsu
System will be used for numerical weather predictions
Spanish supercomputing center will acquire ~$15 million quantum computer this year
Company to run four month trial in Yokohama before wider roll-out
Baidu's 11 qubit system launches, planning 36 qubit soon
PNC still waiting to be decommissioned after NLEDS delays
Further exacerbating the fragile semiconductor supply chain
Company to end SPARC server sales in 2029
Selects Fujitsu, NEC, AIO Core, Kioxia, and Kyocera for research into SiC wafers, optical technologies