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BRISTOL, UK, JUL 17 – The UK government aims to expand computing capacity 20-fold by 2030 to accelerate AI research, medical breakthroughs, and climate solutions using Isambard-AI.
- In Bristol, Peter Kyle flicked the switch on the Isambard-AI machine on Thursday, in a move ministers say will help the UK develop new medical cures and tools to cut emissions.
- Part of the strategy includes a £1bn pledge to increase capacity 20-fold by 2030, including AI growth zones to speed planning approvals for data centres.
- Processing tests show that Isambard-AI paired with Dawn, Cambridge’s supercomputer, processes in one second what would take the global population 80 years, and researchers use it to sift tens of millions of chemical combinations.
- Businesses and scientists can use Isambard-AI to process data for AI models, driving drug discoveries and climate breakthroughs, and part of it was used in January for vaccine development.
- Plans call for billions in funding and a tenfold capacity increase by 2030, with Rachel Reeves confirming £750m for supercomputers in Edinburgh and Wales, and by 2030 capacity is expected to reach 420 AI exaFLOP, equal to one billion people spending 13,316 years in one second.
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Isambard-AI, UK's most powerful supercomputer, goes live in Bristol
A supercomputer, which is now the most powerful in the UK, has been fully activated in Bristol. The Isambard-AI machine, a major leap forward in the country's technological capabilities, was launched by Technology Secretary Peter Kyle, as part of the government’s fresh push towards expanding artificial intelligence (AI) resources, as reported by BBC. Kyle officially “flicked the switch” on the machine during an announcement that also unveiled ne…
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