64-bit MIPS CPUs to be integrated in next-gen devices

19th November 2015

Jordan Mulcare

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Imagination Technologies and PEZY Computing K.K. announce a strategic partnership focused on development of next-gen efficient High Performance Computing (HPC) systems. Through the collaboration, PEZY, a Japan-based processor company, will integrate Imagination’s highly efficient 64-bit MIPS Warrior CPUs in its next-generation PEZY-SC2 many-core processors for supercomputers and other high-performance applications.

With its first generation PEZY-SC processors, PEZY-based supercomputers already occupy the top three positions on the Green500 list, a biannual ranking of the most energy-efficient supercomputers in the world. These top supercomputers were created combining PEZY’s large-scale many-core processors and the submersion liquid cooling systems created by its sister company ExaScaler. The next-gen compute platform will integrate MIPS host processors on-chip with 4k cores for much higher performance and greater efficiency.

Motoaki Saito, M.D., Ph.D., Founder, President and CEO, PEZY, says: “Imagination’s industry leading technologies, combined with its vision for the future, make it a suitable partner for us as we take our innovations to the next level. To address important emerging opportunities in areas such as supercomputing and artificial intelligence, we are building a long-term strategic alliance with Imagination that we believe will change the HPC world and offer disruptive solutions in many other application areas as well."

"The forthcoming PEZY-SC2 will be quite powerful, unique and still energy efficient thanks to Imagination’s 64-bit MIPS Warrior CPUs and its flexible configuration offered to PEZY. PEZY-SC2 powered by Imagination’s 64-bit MIPS Warrior CPUs will be more than a game changing processor in many ways and we are looking forward to propelling the technology advancements in the HPC world.”

Hossein Yassaie, CEO, Imagination, says: “Through our long-term strategic partnership with PEZY, we look forward to undertaking a range of projects with an eye on creating ground-breaking solutions. Imagination and PEZY share a strong and common vision of the future where computing is about delivering the highest performance at the best efficiency. Such an objective requires state-of-the-art design innovations at both the silicon and system levels."

"PEZY’s focus on efficiency has seen it rise to a leadership position confirmed by independent benchmarks. We share with PEZY a philosophy of designing for the best possible power, performance and area and we look forward to helping them enable the next gen of the world’s most efficient high-performance computing systems.”