Print KOBE, Japan — Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) has been given access to what has been described as the world's "most powerful computer" in order to develop tire materials for future mobility. SRI said it will be using the new "exascale" Fugaku supercomputer at the Riken Center for Computational Science in Kobe to expand its materials-simulation capabilities at the smallest particle level, to support the development of "long-lasting" tires. The Riken Center started development on the Fugaku — named after an alternative name for Mount Fuji — in 2014 as the successor to the K computer. Sumitomo Rubber previously used the Riken Center's K-supercomputer to launch its 4D nano design process, which it claims helped improve the performance of the tire maker's Falken-brand tire range.