Nvidia offers UK Covid supercomputer while waiting on Arm deal


The ‘Cambridge-1’ supercomputer will offer artificial intelligence for health care research, Nvidia said on Oct 5. — AFP

Nvidia Corp will attempt to build the UK’s most powerful computer to help the fight against Covid-19 while it seeks government approval to buy Britain’s biggest tech company, Arm.

The US$50mil (RM207.65mil) supercomputer will offer artificial intelligence for health care research, the US semiconductor giant said on Oct 5. Nvidia will also contribute computer scientists and additional processing power to help GlaxoSmithKline Plc speed up drug discovery as the world chases a coronavirus vaccine.

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