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Fugaku

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Fugaku is a petascale supercomputer at the Riken Center for Computational Science in Kobe, Japan. It started development in 2014 as the successor to the K computer and made its debut in 2020. It is named after an alternative name for Mount Fuji.

Facts
Year
2020 1
Significance
Became the fastest supercomputer in the world in the June 2020 TOP500 list 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Fugaku (supercomputer)
  • Lead section
    made its debut in 2020
  • Performance
    It became the fastest supercomputer in the world in the June 2020 TOP500 list
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