Fujitsu's New 2nm Chip Gives Banks and Militaries an AI Option Beyond Nvidia

Fujitsu will start global sales of the FUJITSU-MONAKA 2-nanometer Arm server CPU from November 2026, targeting AI inference workloads for banks, telecoms, governments, and defense sectors that prioritise control and traceability over raw GPU power. MONAKA offers a sovereign AI hardware alternative to Nvidia GPUs, focusing on inference performance with a Japan-developed design and partial TSMC manufacturing.

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