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RIKEN

Japanese national research institute that operates the Fugaku supercomputer.

riken.jpDirector, Center for Computational Science: Satoshi Matsuoka

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Jun 15, 2026

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Reconstructing FP64: How Supercomputing's Establishment Is Adapting Science to AI Silicon

Two papers, Matsuoka's FP8-emulation preprints and the Dongarra 'Ride the Wave' paper, point to a field adapting scientific computing to AI silicon it no longer controls.

Jun 15, 2026 · By Matt Walters · 20 min read

Apr 27, 2026

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Japan's Next Flagship Machine Abandons the Top500 Chase

FugakuNEXT pairs Fujitsu MONAKA-X CPUs with NVIDIA GPUs, ending Japan's all-Arm sovereign architecture and betting on throughput over benchmarks.

Apr 27, 2026 · By SCN Staff · 12 min read

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