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MN-Core AI Processors Cloud Platform

Preferred Networks (PFN) provides AI-optimized computing infrastructure through its proprietary MN-Core AI processors and the Preferred Computing Platform (PFCP) cloud service. …

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Company/Organization: Preferred Networks
Industry: Internet Software & Services
Location: Tokyo

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MN-Core AI Processors Cloud Platform

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Preferred Networks (PFN) develops and integrates its own MN-Core series of AI processors with advanced networking and storage technologies to provide cutting-edge computing infrastructure optimized for AI-specific performance and power efficiency. Since 2024, PFN has offered the Preferred Computing Platform (PFCP)—the sole cloud service for AI workloads running on the MN-Core series. PFCP provides exclusive access to servers equipped with eight MN-Core 2 boards each, with all nodes interconnected by a high-speed network optimized for deep learning, and also offers a multi-tenant Kubernetes cluster environment extended specifically for AI workloads. PFN's in-house MN-3 computer cluster, operating since May 2020, uses MN-Core processors co-developed with Kobe University specifically for deep learning applications. MN-3 topped the Green500 list of the world's most energy-efficient supercomputers three times in June 2020, June 2021, and November 2021. PFN's computing infrastructure is built and operated as a machine learning platform with Kubernetes as its core technology, leveraging both on-premises and cloud environments managed through PFN's proprietary ML platform.

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https://www.preferred.jp/en/business/computing

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