# clm_EAE4AFDB57C4

subject: Preferred Networks (/record/preferred-networks.md)  
predicate: adopted  
value: MN-Core  
valid_from: 2022-10-16  
valid_to: null  
published: 2023-10-15  
recorded: 2026-11-10  
confidence: 0.70  
status: valid  
assertable: true  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-11-10  
cite: AsOf. "Preferred Networks adopted: MN-Core", as of 2022-10-16. Claim clm_EAE4AFDB57C4, https://asof.is/claim/clm_EAE4AFDB57C4, accessed 2026-11-11. Source: https://www.preferred.jp/en/news/pr20231016.  
checked: 2026-11-10 · its source page states the value and the date  

> TOKYO – October 16, 2022 – Preferred Networks, Inc. (PFN) has begun using MN-Core ™, the first generation of deep learning-optimized custom processor co-developed by PFN and Kobe University, as a computational infrastructure for PFP

What https://www.preferred.jp/en/news/pr20231016 says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://www.preferred.jp/en/news/pr20231016 (primary, Preferred Networks, published 2023-10-15)

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