# Hot Chips 2026: Fujitsu's Monaka CPU

DevFeed: [Hot Chips 2026: Fujitsu's Monaka CPU](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/hot-chips-2026-fujitsu-s-monaka-cpu-13992.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://chipsandcheese.com/p/hot-chips-2026-fujitsus-monaka-cpu>)

Author: Chester Lam

Published: 2026-08-26T01:20:30Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Chips and Cheese](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chips-and-cheese.md>)

Topics: [cpu](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cpu.md>), [Arm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/arm.md>), [Algorithm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/algorithm.md>), [intel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/intel.md>)

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## AI overview

The article examines Fujitsu's Monaka CPU, which is intended to improve on A64FX's limitations for general-purpose workloads while retaining strong HPC vector throughput. It discusses Monaka's three-level TAGE branch predictor and contrasts it with A64FX's perceptron-like predictor.

## Source excerpt

Building on a long history of HPC-focused cores, and looking beyond HPC