US EditionEdinburgh supercomputer to get £750mn in UK spending review
- The UK government announced up to £750 million in funding during Wednesday’s spending review to establish the country’s most powerful supercomputer based at Edinburgh University.
- The funding follows a reversal of the previous Labour government's decision last August to suspend the allocation, which was originally pledged under the Conservative administration.
- The new supercomputer will be integrated with an upcoming system of interconnected high-performance machines currently employed in drug and cancer studies to accelerate scientific breakthroughs.
- Chancellor Rachel Reeves emphasized the government’s commitment to revitalizing Scotland’s economy to improve the livelihoods of its workforce, while Secretary of State Peter Kyle noted Scotland’s significant industrial heritage as a stepping stone for advancements in artificial intelligence.
- This investment aims to drive economic growth and position Scotland at the forefront of UK technological breakthroughs with benefits expected in medicine, climate change, and AI research.
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The UK government is allocating $1bn (£750m) for a next generation AI supercomputer to be based in Edinburgh, Scotland. A previous supercomputer project was cancelled when the current administration come to power. This was announced at the end of 2023 to replace the current 28 petaFLOP ARCHER2 system from HPE Cray. This has 5,860 compute […] The post UK plans $1bn AI supercomputer appeared first on eeNews Europe.
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