RIKEN Archives - High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC https://insidehpc.com/tag/riken/ At the Convergence of HPC, AI and Quantum Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:48:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 57143778 Quantum: Honeywell Closes $300M Round for Quantinuum https://insidehpc.com/2024/01/quantum-honeywell-closes-300m-round-for-quantinuum/ Wed, 17 Jan 2024 19:52:59 +0000 https://insidehpc.com/?p=93234

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....

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]]> 93234 RIKEN Selects Quantinuum for Hybrid Quantum-HPC Platform https://insidehpc.com/2024/01/riken-selects-quantinuum-for-hybrid-quantum-hpc-platform/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 01:00:23 +0000 https://insidehpc.com/?p=93184

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....

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]]> 93184 RIKEN and Intel Aim for Zettascale in Joint R&D for HPC, AI and Quantum https://insidehpc.com/2023/05/riken-and-intel-aim-for-zettascale-in-joint-rd-for-hpc-ai-and-quantum/ Thu, 18 May 2023 20:17:34 +0000 https://insidehpc.com/?p=91586

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 […]

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]]> 91586 Conventional Wisdom Watch: Matsuoka & Co. Take on 12 Myths of HPC https://insidehpc.com/2023/01/conventional-wisdom-watch-matsuoka-co-take-on-12-myths-of-hpc/ Wed, 11 Jan 2023 23:24:39 +0000 https://insidehpc.com/?p=90826

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 […]

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]]> 90826 Fujitsu, Riken Partner to Deliver Quantum Computing in Japan Next Year https://insidehpc.com/2022/08/fujitsu-riken-partner-to-deliver-quantum-computing-in-japan-next-year/ Mon, 29 Aug 2022 20:00:14 +0000 https://insidehpc.com/?p=90089

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.”

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]]> 90089 Fugaku Retains No. 1 Spot in TOP500 HPCG and Graph500 rankings https://insidehpc.com/2022/05/fugaku-retains-no-1-spot-in-top500-hpcg-and-graph500-rankings/ Mon, 30 May 2022 09:04:48 +0000 https://insidehpc.com/?p=89715 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 […]

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]]> 89715 Fugaku, Tokyo Medical & Dental University Investigate Drug Resistance in Cancer Treatment https://insidehpc.com/2022/03/fugaku-tokyo-medical-dental-university-investigate-drug-resistance-in-cancer-treatment/ Mon, 07 Mar 2022 17:12:03 +0000 https://insidehpc.com/?p=89217

Fujitsu and the Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) today announced it is using the world’s top-ranked supercomputer and AI to investigate mechanisms of drug resistance in cancer treatments. Leveraging Fujitsu’s “Fugaku” HPC system, the new technology enables high-speed calculation of 20,000 variables of data in a day and is intended to find causal relationships […]

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]]> 89217 Riken Claims Quantum Breakthrough: Entanglement of Three Spin Qubits https://insidehpc.com/2021/09/riken-claims-quantum-breakthrough-entanglement-of-three-spin-qubits/ Fri, 17 Sep 2021 16:53:57 +0000 https://insidehpc.com/?p=88372

Researchers at Japan’s RIKEN scientific research institute have claimed a breakthrough in quantum computing, increasing the number of silicon-based qubits that can be entangled to three from two, which they say improves the potential of spin qubits for realizing multi-qubit quantum algorithms and effectively addressing quantum error correction. Reporting recently in SciTechDaily, the five researchers […]

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]]> 88372 Fugaku Leverages AI for Tsunami Flood Prediction https://insidehpc.com/2021/02/fugaku-leverages-ai-for-tsunami-flood-prediction/ Tue, 16 Feb 2021 22:05:42 +0000 https://insidehpc.com/?p=86872 February 15, 2021 – A new AI model that harnesses the power of the world’s fastest supercomputer, Fugaku, is targeting tsunami flooding prediction in coastal areas before the tsunami reaches land. The development of the new technology was announced as part of a joint project between the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IREDeS) at […]

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]]> 86872 RIKEN Center to Hold Annual Symposium on Fugaku and ‘Society 5.0,’ Feb. 15-16 https://insidehpc.com/2021/02/riken-center-to-hold-annual-symposium-on-fugaku-and-society-5-0-feb-15-16/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 16:05:10 +0000 https://insidehpc.com/?p=86772

The RIKEN Center for Computational Science (RIKEN R-CCS) will hold its third annual international symposium on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 15 and 16 focusing on HPC and Fugaku, the world’s top-rated supercomputer, and its role in enabling “Society 5.0,” a future in which cyberspace is integrated with the physical world. Speakers at the online conference […]

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