Super is, as super does — Fujitsu post-K goes for exascale

Fujitsu Limited and the RIKEN center for computational science, announced the joint development of post-K, a supercomputer that the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has set forth as a successor to the K computer, is moving forward. The goal is to be in full operation around 2021.  Fujitsu Post-K ARM Supercomputer, Exascale by 2021   Fujitsu has now completed the prototype CPU chip that will serve as the core of the Post-K supercomputer and is now commencing functionality field trials. The CPU is an Arm v8-A scalable vector extension (SVE) 512-bit processor. In addition to further