Researchers Announce Emergency Statement on Sending Next Generation Supercomputer Development Budget

On the project sorting work carried out by the Government's administrative revitalization conference on 13th November, the project of the next-generation supercomputer boasting the world's highest performance capable of ultrahigh-speed operation of 1 Kyou /Almost as close as possible to the planned postponement of budget for next fiscal year"Although the conclusion that it was made was made, researchers announced an emergency statement against this decision.

"It severely hampers the advancement of science and technology in Japan and greatly impairs national interests, and it must be said that it is inappropriateIt asserts the importance of the supercomputer to the content such as asserting that it is superior.

Details are as below.
(PDF file)Emergency statement on next-generation supercomputer development

Established in order to greatly develop basic science by arranging the environment to share technologies and information, researchers of basic science mainly involved in simulation are participating beyond the fieldComputational Basic Science ConsortiumAccording to the emergency statement announced by the Emergency Statement, if the conclusion that "as far as possible nearly reducing the postponement of the budget for next fiscal year" submitted to the supercomputer development project in the project sorting work means to freeze the project, the project It seems to have a great influence equal to the abolition of itself.

As international competition intensifies, simulations using supercomputers are major weapons in cutting-edge technological development leading to the lives of the people in the future such as biotechnology and nanodevice development, and also in basic science research , It is becoming possible to understand the whole history of the universe from the birth of the universe to the creation of matter, formation of galaxies and stars by supercomputer.

In addition, under the recognition that it is the simulation using a supercomputer, which is the only way to search areas that can not be examined by experiments and observations, improvement of supercomputer development is promoted internationally It says it is.

And it is important for next - generation supercomputers to be located at key positions such as creation of new technologies, and to advance Japan 's supercomputer development with a firm vision for the future of Japan, which stands as a science and technology nation, since it has a vital importance , Strongly insists that it is extremely important to promote the development of the next generation supercomputer quickly and steadily while strengthening the research structure of various application fields including basic science.

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology already has a limited time until December 15, and we are recruiting opinions from the people on the following page about this sorting of business, but what about the domestic next-generation supercomputer .

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