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Japan's leading science institute RIKEN has partnered with Fujitsu and NVIDIA to co-design the next flagship supercomputer in Japan, FugakuNEXT. This ambitious project aims to tackle pressing scientific and societal challenges through a hybrid AI-HPC system.
Riken, Fujitsu, and NVIDIA collaborate to develop FugakuNEXT, a hybrid AI-HPC system for Japan's most pressing scientific and societal challenges. The partnership aims to accelerate various applications in fields like scientific research, manufacturing, and earth systems modeling. The FugakuNEXT system will be designed with Fujitsu-MONAKA-X CPUs and NVIDIA technologies, enabling high-bandwidth connections for hybrid AI-HPC capabilities. Innovations on FugakuNEXT could become blueprints for the world, applying to areas like automating hypothesis generation, code creation, and experiment simulation. The system will support scientific research projects by accelerating simulations with surrogate models and physics-informed neural networks. FugakuNEXT will aid manufacturing through AI-driven design optimization, and earth systems modeling for disaster preparedness and prediction.
Japan's leading science institute, RIKEN, has embarked on a groundbreaking collaboration with technology giants Fujitsu and NVIDIA to develop the next flagship supercomputer in Japan, FugakuNEXT. This ambitious project marks a significant milestone in Japan's high-performance computing landscape, aiming to tackle some of the nation's most pressing scientific and societal challenges.
The partnership, which was announced at an international launch ceremony held in Tokyo, brings together the expertise of RIKEN, Fujitsu, and NVIDIA to co-design the FugakuNEXT system. The resulting platform will be a hybrid AI-HPC (High-Performance Computing) system, combining simulation and AI workloads to accelerate various applications across fields such as scientific research, manufacturing, and earth systems modeling.
According to leaders from RIKEN, the initiative's president Makoto Gonokami, and director of the RIKEN Center for Computational Science Satoshi Matsuoka, the collaboration will enable the partners to work side by side in shaping the system's architecture to address Japan's most critical research priorities. This includes areas such as earth systems modeling and disaster resilience, drug discovery, and advanced manufacturing.
Fujitsu Chief Technology Officer Vivek Mahajan emphasized the company's role in advancing Japan's computing capabilities, while NVIDIA Vice President of Hyperscale and High-Performance Computing Ian Buck discussed the collaborative design approach and how the resulting platform will serve as a foundation for innovation well into the next decade.
The FugakuNEXT system is expected to feature Fujitsu-MONAKA-X CPUs, which can be paired with NVIDIA technologies using NVLink Fusion. This enables high-bandwidth connections between Fujitsu's CPUs and NVIDIA's architecture, thereby facilitating the hybrid AI-HPC system.
Innovations pioneered on FugakuNEXT could become blueprints for the world, with potential applications in areas such as automating hypothesis generation, code creation, and experiment simulation. The system will also support a wide range of scientific research projects by accelerating simulations with surrogate models and physics-informed neural networks.
Manufacturing will benefit from FugakuNEXT's capabilities through the use of AI to learn from simulations, generating efficient and aesthetically pleasing designs faster than ever before. Earth systems modeling will aid disaster preparedness and prediction for earthquakes and severe weather, and more.
RIKEN, Fujitsu, and NVIDIA will collaborate on software developments, including tools for mixed-precision computing, continuous benchmarking, and performance optimization. The system is backed by Japan's MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology), serving universities, government agencies, and industry partners nationwide.
FugakuNEXT marks the start of a new era in Japanese supercomputing – one built on sovereign infrastructure, global collaboration, and a commitment to scientific leadership. As the world continues to rely on cutting-edge technology for solving complex problems, this initiative serves as an inspiration for nations seeking to harness their own technological potential.
Related Information:
https://www.digitaleventhorizon.com/articles/Riken-Fujitsu-and-NVIDIA-Collaborate-on-Next-Generation-Supercomputer-for-Japans-FugakuNEXT-deh.shtml
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/fugakunext/
https://www.riken.jp/en/news_pubs/news/2025/20250822_1/index.html
Published: Fri Aug 22 01:10:06 2025 by llama3.2 3B Q4_K_M
