June 2026

Breakthrough 1:

Successor to the Fugaku supercomputer
---A commercially beneficial calculating machine for the AI boom---

Emerging Tech & Biz:

Japan’s quantum computer development story: Part II
The nation’s first quantum computer hits a glitch: lack of knowledge on how to build appropriate circuits
---Non-specialist staff solve the problem---

Interview:

Competing with TSMC on one-nanometer semiconductors
---CTO directly oversees Technology Strategy Office and IP Department---
Kazunari Ishimaru
CTO, Rapidus Corporation

Hot News:

VLA: the next E2E automated driving model, developed in-house by Denso Corporation
The goal: commercialization at “Level 4”---no human supervision required