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Fugaku (supercomputer)

Fugaku (Japanese: 富岳) is a petascale supercomputer at the Riken Center for Computational Science in Kobe, Japan. It started development in 2014 as the successor to the K computer and made its debut in 2020. It is named after an alternative name for Mount Fuji.

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Location
Riken Center for Computational Science (R-CCS)
Active
From 2021
Architecture
158,976 nodes · Fujitsu A64FX CPU (48+4 core) per node · Tofu interconnect D
Cost
US$1 billion (total programme cost)
Legacy
TOP500: 1, June 2020 – June 2022
Memory
HBM2 32 GiB/node

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Fugaku (supercomputer)

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Edges37
Triples19
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.052632
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Fugaku (supercomputer)

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Architecture · 3
Fugaku (supercomputer) → 158,976 nodes, Fujitsu A64FX CPU (48+4 core) per node, Tofu interconnect D
Storage · 3
Fugaku (supercomputer) → 1.6 TB NVMe SSD/16 nodes (L1), 150 PB shared Lustre FS (L2), Cloud storage services (L3)
Active · 1
Fugaku (supercomputer) → From 2021
Cost · 1
Fugaku (supercomputer) → US$1 billion (total programme cost)
Legacy · 1
Fugaku (supercomputer) → TOP500: 1, June 2020 – June 2022
Location · 1
Fugaku (supercomputer) → Riken Center for Computational Science (R-CCS)
Memory · 1
Fugaku (supercomputer) → HBM2 32 GiB/node
Operating system · 1
Fugaku (supercomputer) → Custom Linux-based kernel
Operators · 1
Fugaku (supercomputer) → Riken
Purpose · 1
Fugaku (supercomputer) → Scientific research

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Fugaku (supercomputer)ActiveFrom 20211.00infobox
Fugaku (supercomputer)Architecture158,976 nodes1.00infobox
Fugaku (supercomputer)ArchitectureFujitsu A64FX CPU (48+4 core) per node1.00infobox
Fugaku (supercomputer)ArchitectureTofu interconnect D1.00infobox
Fugaku (supercomputer)CostUS$1 billion (total programme cost)1.00infobox
Fugaku (supercomputer)LegacyTOP500: 1, June 2020 – June 20221.00infobox
Fugaku (supercomputer)LocationRiken Center for Computational Science (R-CCS)1.00infobox
Fugaku (supercomputer)MemoryHBM2 32 GiB/node1.00infobox
Fugaku (supercomputer)Operating systemCustom Linux-based kernel1.00infobox
Fugaku (supercomputer)OperatorsRiken1.00infobox
Fugaku (supercomputer)PurposeScientific research1.00infobox
Fugaku (supercomputer)RankingTOP500: 7, June 20251.00infobox
Fugaku (supercomputer)SourcesFugaku System Configuration1.00infobox
Fugaku (supercomputer)Speed442 PFLOPS (per TOP500 Rmax), after upgrade; higher 2.0 EFLOPS on a different mixed-precision benchmark1.00infobox
Fugaku (supercomputer)SponsorsMEXT1.00infobox
Fugaku (supercomputer)Storage1.6 TB NVMe SSD/16 nodes (L1)1.00infobox
Fugaku (supercomputer)Storage150 PB shared Lustre FS (L2)1.00infobox
Fugaku (supercomputer)StorageCloud storage services (L3)1.00infobox
Fugaku (supercomputer)Websitewww.r-ccs.riken.jp/en/fugaku1.00infobox

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