It started to develop supercomputer with a performance of about 100 times supercomputer "Kei".

In the spring of 2014, the Ministry of Education to undertake the development of next-generation supercomputer the world's highest performance. And about 100 times higher than the RIKEN supercomputer that achieved the calculation speed in the world in '11 the "K", with the aim of running around in '20. Supercomputer is addition to serving as an index of scientific and technological strength of the country, and to influence the industrial competitiveness, development competition has intensified in the world. In order to recapture the world, cast the development costs of 100 billion yen scale.Supercomputers are essential to product development and cutting-edge research. By performing a simulation with high accuracy at very large computation, it is possible to also understand phenomena that significantly reduces the cost and time required for research and development, it could not be clarified in the experiment.Per second Kyoto (Kyoto is 10,000 times a trillion) with the computing power of times today. It was the world two years ago, but has slipped to third in the latest rankings. Next-generation supercomputer aims to level (100 today) same one exa. Plans to China and Europe and the United States to complete 20 years before and after the supercomputer similar, the ministry will consider ahead of schedule development.Ministry to make the next-generation disaster prevention first supercomputer. Performance becomes 100 times today, it is possible to accurately reproduce the earthquake and tsunami, and torrential rain localized, can be presented the best escape route to residents, for example, to predict the damage that occurs in a particular city.The next-generation supercomputer, in addition to leading to the development of optimal drugs to reproduce at the molecular level phenomenon that occurs in the body, to promote the realization of tailor-made medical care to choose the most effective treatment for the patient by comparing the genetic information. To assist in the development and engine aircraft, the electronic component material which exhibits a new function by manipulating the molecular structure of complex physical phenomena involved.Future, I pack a performance concrete next-generation supercomputer center in the RIKEN. I seen such as Fujitsu proven Kyocera is leading the development subject.It is said power of one power plant and several hundreds of thousand kilowatts or more will be needed in the existing technology, exa-class supercomputers will be the main theme of semiconductor development, which significantly reduces power consumption. Development (such as memory) to efficiently store calculation results and information technology, a large amount of cooling the heat out of the semiconductor also advance. In addition, to develop a soft-skills required for application. Through the development and establishment of peripheral technology, by all means, I want you to put into practice the plan ahead of schedule with the aim of the world.

文部科学省は2014年春から、世界最高性能の次世代スーパーコンピューターの開発に着手する。11年に世界一の計算速度を達成した理化学研究所のスパコン「京」を100倍ほど上回り、20年ごろの稼働を目指す。スパコンは国の科学技術力の指標となるほか、産業競争力を左右するとされ、世界で開発競争が激化している。世界一を奪還するため、1000億円規模の開発費を投じる。
　スパコンは最先端の研究や製品開発に欠かせない。超大規模計算で高精度の模擬実験を行えば、研究開発に要する時間やコストを大幅に減らせ、実験では解明できなかった現象も把握できる。
　京は毎秒１京（京は１兆の１万倍）回の計算能力を持つ。一昨年に世界一になったが、最新ランキングでは３位に後退している。次世代スパコンは同１エクサ（100京）の水準を目指す。欧米や中国も同様のスパコンを20年前後に完成させる計画で、文科省は開発の前倒しも検討する。
　文科省は次世代スパコンをまず防災に活用する。性能が京の100倍になれば、地震や津波、局地的な集中豪雨などを精度よく再現でき、例えば特定の都市で起きる被害を予測して住民に最適な避難経路を提示できる。
　次世代スパコンでは、体内で起こる現象を分子レベルで再現して最適な薬の開発につなげるほか、遺伝情報を比較して患者にとって最も効果的な治療法を選ぶオーダーメード医療の実現を促す。分子構造を操作して新たな機能を発揮する素材、複雑な物理現象が絡む航空機やエンジン、電子部品の開発にも役立てる。
　今後、理研を中心に次世代スパコンの具体的な性能を詰める。開発主体は京で実績がある富士通などが有力とみられる。
　エクサ級スパコンは既存技術では数十万キロワット以上と発電所１つ分の電力が必要になるといわれ、消費電力を大幅に減らす半導体の開発が主要テーマになる。半導体から出る熱を冷やす技術、大量の情報や計算結果を効率よく保存するメモリーなどの開発も進める。さらに、応用に必要なソフト技術も整備する。周辺技術の開発・確立を通じて、ぜひ、世界一を目指して前倒しで計画を実行に移してほしいですね。