Japan's Fugaku cedes fastest computer crown to U.S.'s Frontier

America and China in race to the top of cutting-edge supercomputing

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Japan's Fugaku, developed by the Riken Institute and Fujitsu, has been knocked off the top spot in a ranking of supercomputer calculation speeds after a two-year reign. (Photo by Tomoki Mera)

NIKI MIZUGUCHI and AKIRA OIKAWA, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Frontier, a U.S.-built supercomputer, has dethroned Japan's Fugaku, developed by the Riken Institute and Fujitsu, as the world's fastest such device, according to a twice-yearly ranking published Monday, ending the Japanese machine's two-year reign.

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