Fujitsu Digital Annealer

[Sean]

Hi All,

Here's some new technology people on here might be interested in, Fujitsu's Digital Annealer.

It's marketed as a bridge between conventional and quantum computers. I still don't really understand how it works and the benefits of it over a standard GPU.


One of the listed applications is interesting though, and applies directly to many biomedical BOINC projects:

"speeding up the search of similarities in molecules for drug discovery"

More info here:

http://www.fujitsu.com/global/about/resources/news/press-releases/2018/0515-01.html
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/digitalannealer/

[Dataman]

Interesting. +1

I notice there is no price tag. 

[chooka03]

LOL yes it is interesting.
It would make an awesome BOINC cruncher! Might cost more than my kidney though