Preferred Networks Launches one of Japan`s Most Powerful Private Sector Supercomputers
(World News Science)

TOKYO, JAPAN - This September, Preferred Networks, Inc. (PFN), a provider of IoT-centric deep learning systems, NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT Group, and NTT Com subsidiary NTT PC Communications Incorporated (NTTPC) announced today the launch of a private supercomputer designed to facilitate research and development of deep learning, including autonomous driving and cancer diagnosis. The new supercomputer is one of the most powerful to be developed by the private sector in Japan and is equipped with NTT Com and NTTPC`s Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) platform, and contains 1,024 of NVIDIA®`s Tesla®...