PEZY Computing
{{Short description|Japanese fabless computer chip designing company}}
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PEZY Computing is a Japanese fabless computer chip design company specialising in the design of manycore processors for supercomputers.
History
PEZY Computing was founded in 2010 and it is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite web |last=proteanTecs |title=PEZY Computing Selects proteanTecs to Monitor Die-to-Die Interconnects in Next-Generation Supercomputer Processors |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pezy-computing-selects-proteantecs-to-monitor-die-to-die-interconnects-in-next-generation-supercomputer-processors-301707620.html |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=www.prnewswire.com |language=en}}
The company's first manycore processor the PEZY-1 was launched in 2012. A successor the PEZY-SC launched 2014.{{citation| url=https://www.hpcwire.com/2017/12/06/pezy-president-arrested-charged-fraud/| title = PEZY President Arrested, Charged with Fraud
| first = Tiffany | last = Trader | date = 6 Dec 2017| work = www.hpcwire.com}}
In 2015, computers using PEZY processors occupied the top 3 slots on the Green 500 supercomputer list{{snd}} the most efficient was RIKEN's Shoubu computer with 7.03 GFLOPS/Watt.{{citation |url=http://insidehpc.com/2015/09/pezy-exascaler-step-up-on-the-green500-list-with-immersive-cooling/|title=PEZY & ExaScaler Step Up on the Green500 List with Immersive Cooling|date=September 23, 2015|work = insidehpc.com}}{{citation| language = ja|url = https://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/714768.html| title = 国産スパコン"PEZYシステム"がGreen500の1～3位を独占| date = 3 Aug 2015 |work = pc.watch.impress.co.jp}}
In late 2016, PEZY and Imagination Technologies announced a partnership to use Imagination's 64-bit MIPS "Warrior" CPUs together with PEZY's SC2 manycore processors in future high performance computing applications.{{Cite web |title=PEZY and Imagination Team Up to Develop Next-Generation HPC Systems |url=https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/pezy-and-imagination-team-up-to-develop-next-generation-hpc-systems/ |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=HPCwire |language=en-US}}
In early 2017, the PEZY-SC2 chip was launched. In Nov 2017 the Gyoukou supercomputer was unveiled, incorporating PEZY-SC2 chips.{{citation| url=https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/11/16/1194431/0/en/At-SC17-ExaScaler-and-PEZY-Computing-Unveil-Gyoukou-Supercomputer-with-a-High-Combined-Green500-Top500-Ranking.html| title = At SC17, ExaScaler and PEZY Computing Unveil Gyoukou Supercomputer with a High Combined Green500/Top500 Ranking| date = 16 Nov 2017| work = globenewswire.com | type = press release }}
In December 2017, PEZY President Motoaki Saito, and PEZY employee, Daisuke Suzuki, were arrested on a charges of fraud{{snd}} that is{{snd}} padding expenses claims to Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) to the amount of $3.8 million.{{citation| url = https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/pezy-president-arrested-2017-12/| title = PEZY president arrested| first = David| last = Manners| date = 5 Dec 2017| work = www.electronicsweekly.com}} (¥431 million) In January 2018, further criminal activity was reported as being under investigation by the Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office{{snd}} that is a further ¥191 million extracted illegally as subsidies.{{citation| url = https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/21/national/crime-legal/japanese-supercomputer-venture-pezy-computing-suspected-tax-evasion | title = Japanese supercomputer venture Pezy Computing suspected of tax evasion| date=21 Jan 2018| work = www.japantimes.co.jp}} In July 2018 Daisuke Suzuki received a suspended prison sentence of three years, for his involvement in the fraud - was found to have played a minor associative role to Saito.{{citation| url = https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/19/national/crime-legal/ex-exec-japanese-supercomputer-venture-gets-suspended-prison-term | title = Ex-exec of Japanese supercomputer venture gets suspended prison term | date = 19 Jul 2018 | work = www.japantimes.co.jp }}
On 21 December 2022, PEZY began a partnership with proteanTecs based out of Israel.{{Cite web |title=PEZY Computing Selects proteanTecs to Monitor Die-to-Die Interconnects in Next-Generation Supercomputer Processors |url=https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/pezy-computing-selects-proteantecs-to-monitor-die-to-die-interconnects-in-next-generation-supercomputer-processors/ |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=HPCwire |language=en-US}}
Notes
- The name PEZY is an acronym derived from the Greek derived metric prefixs peta-, exa-, zetta-, and yotta-.