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Good news for future Macs: The fastest supercomputer uses Arm chips – Source CNET Computer News

The RIKEN K Computer in Japan is a predecessor to the Fugaku supercomputer that uses Fujitsu-designed Arm processors.

The RIKEN K Computer in Japan is a predecessor to the Fugaku supercomputer that uses Fujitsu-designed Arm processors.


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In a development that bodes well for Apple Macs, a Fujitsu machine has been named fastest in the world. The system, named Fugaku and installed at the RIKEN Center for Computational Science in Japan, uses processors that members of the Arm family that Apple will reportedly employ in its Mac personal computers.

Fugaku uses Fujitsu A64FX processors that are bigger and more power-hungry than the various Arm processors that power smartphones today and likely will power…

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