Fujitsu announces a companion-made, Japan-designed MONAKA Server powered by the FUJITSU-MONAKA CPU, with broad availability planned from November 2026 for data centers, enterprises, academia/HPC, and the European market to support sovereign AI infrastructure.

This marks Fujitsu’s first external export of an advanced AI chip and follows a supply deal with U.S.-based Super Micro Computer, with ambitions to expand to large U.S. cloud providers.

The FUJITSU-MONAKA CPU delivers world-class AI inference performance, featuring up to 3.8GHz and memory transfer speeds of 8800 MT/s, roughly doubling AI inference throughput and improving power efficiency over comparable CPUs.

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Fujitsu frames the move as targeting security-conscious European buyers seeking domestically produced AI hardware and integrated solutions from chips to servers.

Development benefits from projects subsidized by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), underpinning both CPU and server efforts.

NEDO-backed research results support the MONAKA product, reinforcing its technology and deployment rationale.

All silicon design, development, and production occur in Japan, with Kasashima handling fabrication and a fully domestic supply chain for government and enterprise buyers.

The launch aims to build an ecosystem—processor, server, domestic manufacturing, and a national-security narrative—appealing to buyers seeking controllable, traceable AI compute within domestic supply chains.

Early testing involved 24 companies across finance and telecom, with plans to engage major U.S. cloud providers in the next phase for large-volume contracts.

Initial targets include data centers, enterprises, academia/HPC, and defense, emphasizing on-premises AI infrastructure for confidential data handling.

The product seeks sovereign capability and autonomy through sustainable, high-operability AI infrastructure with strong traceability and domestic manufacturing across Japan and Europe.