Fujitsu eyes 30pc of supercomputer mart

Fujitsu, Asia's leading IT services provider, has declared a mission to dominate the global supercomputer market.

This follows a feat by its "K Computer" to capture No.1 spot at the TOP500 list at the 26th International Supercomputing Conference held in Hamburg, Germany, recently.

This top spot in the latest ranking makes the Fujitsu "K Computer" the world’s fastest supercomputer today at speeds of 8.162 petaflops and brings the title of world No.1 back to Japan for the first time in seven years.

"Fujitsu aims to take up 30 per cent of the supercomputers' market share, which is about the same that IBM is currently dominating.

"Our current goal is to increase the supercomputer business from the current 20-odd billion yen to 100 billion yen, and expand our market share to 10 per cent by fiscal 2015," said Fujitsu Ltd Chairman Michiyoshi Mazuka in a statement issued by Fujitsu (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd today.

The Fujitsu "K Computer" is a joint development with RIKEN -- a government-affiliated research institute under the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

"This recent TOP500 recognition as the world’s fastest supercomputer is testament of our initiatives and success.

"Fujitsu and RIKEN will work tirelessly towards the completing the system’s deployment in 2012," said Fujitsu Malaysia President Charles Lew. -- BernamaR