日本富士通公司周一表示，将于11月开始在全球销售“Monaka”中央处理器（CPU）。这款日本国产芯片可作为人工智能系统的“大脑”。这家电信和计算机企业还表示，将面向日本和欧洲市场销售日本国内生产的服务器。欧洲市场对日本制造产品需求正在增长，这促使富士通提供从半导体到服务器的一体化产品。富士通表示，Monaka采用一种称为“推理”（inference）的技术，可以利用更少的数据和更低的功耗运行AI。

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