

The Japanese supercomputer Fugaku, the fastest in the world, is already fighting the coronavirus
Fugaku has been developed jointly by the state scientific institute Riken and the Japanese technology company Fujitsu.
The Japanese supercomputer Fugaku, recognized as the fastest in the world, began operating at full capacity this Tuesday, as announced by its creators, who hope that the computer will allow progress in research into the coronavirus. Fugaku has been developed jointly by the state scientific institute Riken and the Japanese technology company Fujitsu, and was already partially activated last April to begin searching for potential drugs to treat Covid-19.
From now on, the supercomputer will use the full capacity of its 415.5 petaflops, which allow it to complete 442,000 billion operations per second, according to the person responsible for the project, Hiroshi Matsumoto, in a ceremony held today in Kobe (western Japan). where the machine is located. "I hope that Fugaku will be able to go where its predecessor K could not, including applications of artificial intelligence and data analysis," said Matsumoto, referring to the supercomputer that Fugaku replaces, in a speech reported by local media.
The computer is expected to be used in approximately a hundred projects that will also include other fields such as climate change.