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 ….
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
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 ….
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) […]
Quantinuum Quantum Computer Now Operational at RIKEN
February 12, 2025 by
TOKYO, Feb. 11, 2025 — Quantinuum and Japan’s RIKEN research institution announced the on-premise installation of Quantinuum’s “Reimei” quantum computer at RIKEN’s Wako campus in Saitama, Japan. RIKEN said it has designed, prepared, and delivered a world-class facility for the trapped-ion quantum computer, “which will enable generations of high-performance quantum systems.” This machine is now fully […]
Quantum: Honeywell Closes $300M Round for Quantinuum
January 17, 2024 by
There are those who still insist quantum computing is a false dream and a fool’s errand, but quantum continues to make incursions into broader validation and wider backing. Example: Quantum computing company Quantinuum, the result of a November 2021 merger of Honeywell Quantum Solutions….
RIKEN Selects Quantinuum for Hybrid Quantum-HPC Platform
January 9, 2024 by
Quantum computing company Quantinuum and Japanese research institution and HPC center RIKEN announced that Quantinuum will provide RIKEN access to its H1-Series ion-trap quantum computing technology. The deployment will be part of RIKEN’s project to build a quantum-HPC hybrid platform that will include RIKEN’s Arm-based Fugaku supercomputer….
RIKEN and Intel Aim for Zettascale in Joint R&D for HPC, AI and Quantum
May 18, 2023 by
May 18, 2023 — RIKEN and Intel Corporation have announced joint R&D in the field of advanced computing technologies, such as AI, HPC and quantum computing. As part of the agreement, RIKEN will also engage with Intel Foundry Services to create prototypes of these new solutions. Collaboration areas include technologies in the fields of supercomputers and […]
Conventional Wisdom Watch: Matsuoka & Co. Take on 12 Myths of HPC
January 11, 2023 by
A group of HPC thinkers, including the estimable Satoshi Matsuoka of the RIKEN Center for Computational Science in Japan, have come together to challenge common lines of thought they say have become, to varying degrees, accepted wisdom in HPC. In a paper entitled “Myths and Legends of High-Performance Computing” appearing this week on the Arvix […]
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 […]
