Fujitsu, Wales and supercomputing

Fujitsu, Wales and supercomputing - Fast Facts
Background to Fujitsu and supercomputing:

 Supercomputer systems are built from groups of computers or consolidated compute capability which are designed lto perform complex calculations or deliver complex output. Using software, computing tasks are broken down in to parts and performed in parallel among computing nodes (processors) to accelerate calculation speed
 Supercomputing is a subset of High-Performance Computing (HPC)
 A supercomputer of the early 1990s, with a speed of 1 gigaflop (1 billion calculations per second), would have the same performance as a smartphone in 2011
 In 1977 Fujitsu developed Japan’s first supercomputer, the FACOM 230-75 APU
 Fujitsu is developing the ‘K Computer’, Japan’s next-generation supercomputer, with RIKEN, a leading scientific research institution under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. This is a central part of Japan’s prominent initiative to establish the High-Performance Computing Infrastructure including strategic research projects
 Fujitsu developed what is currently Japan’s most powerful computer, an Intel-based cluster installed at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency.
 The latest list that ranks the top supercomputing projects in the world can be found here - http://www.top500.org/lists/2010/11
Fujitsu’s ambitions for supercomputing in the UK
 In the UK Fujitsu has an ambition to become a leading player in the exciting field of high performance computing
 The HPC Wales project will be Fujitsu’s largest supercomputing project in Europe
Fujitsu’s heritage in Wales
 Fujitsu has a strong history of supporting organisations across the public and private sector in Wales for over 40 years
 The company employs 450 people in Wales alone with offices in Swansea and Cardiff – making it one of the largest Japanese employers in the region
 Fujitsu customers based in Wales include The Office of National Statistics (ONS), Newport City Council and the DVLA
 In 2005, in partnership with Canllaw Online, Fujitsu successfully established created the Credu initiative which created over one hundred Digilabs in Wales giving young people access to state-of–the-art technology. The Credu initiative was a WEFO funded programme targeted at young people across Wales.
See earlier posts on HPC Wales.

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