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Fujitsu's Arm-based A64FX processor may have driven the most powerful supercomputer in the world, but it looks like its successor will be a more general-purpose chip that will focus on energy efficiency. The Japanese IT giant built its own Arm processor for use in the Fugaku supercomputer, and commercialized it in the PRIMEHPC …

  1. Piro Silver badge

    Tofu-D .. 28 Gbps? That seems far too slow.

    If only there was an article about it somewhere here.. https://www.nextplatform.com/2018/09/14/slicing-into-the-post-k-supercomputers-tofu-d-interconnect/

  2. elsergiovolador Silver badge

    MONAKA

    It seems like someone got mugged in Monaco and have been waiting for this moment for all their life.

    To mock Monaco.

    1. DJO Silver badge

      Re: MONAKA

      No that's not it, perhaps it'll crash and burn after 3 or 4 months - see "Summer with Monika" (1953) from Ingmar Bergman.

    2. Aleph0

      Re: MONAKA

      Monaka is a jam-filled wafer cake (IMO quite appropriate for a processor), while the interconnect is named after a soy-based quasi-cheese.

      Methinks someone was feeling peckish while drawing plans for this next supercomputer...

  3. b0llchit Silver badge
    Facepalm

    Washing machine green detected

    ...as well as contributing to "the realization of a carbon-neutral and sustainable society."

    So, this chip will release a surplus of energy back to the grid while running?

    Head hurts.

    1. elsergiovolador Silver badge

      Re: Washing machine green detected

      will release a surplus of energy back to the grid while running?

      Many vendors are actually considering abuse of the grid to make profit - basically get large batteries and store energy off peak and then sell energy off batteries during peak and make money on the difference.

      That will potentially make it more expensive for people relying on off peak tariffs.

  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Post Office

    I presume it’s better at arithmetic than Fujitsu Horizon (UK Post Office) software ??

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