Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency goes for Fujitsu Supercomputer

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency goes for Fujitsu Supercomputer

Fujitsu has received an order from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for a supercomputer system using Fujitsu's FX1 technical computing server. At the core of the new supercomputer is a massively parallel computer system comprised of 3,392 FX1 computing nodes, delivering peak theoretical performance of 135 teraflops (TFLOPS) . This system will replace the agency's existing supercomputer system, called the Numerical Simulator III. JAXA extensively uses advanced numerical simulation technology in the development of rockets, advanced space-transport systems and aircraft.

The new Fujitsu Supercomputer system will serve as the core computing engine for JAXA and is expected to give the organization an important boost in its R&D activities. The transition from the current system to the new one will begin in April 2008, and the entire system is to be up and running by April 2009.

February 19, 2008 - 6:52 AM | Posted in - Computing |