The federal U.S. Department of Energy has struck a $1 billion partnership with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to construct two supercomputers that will help facilitate artificial intelligence (AI).
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Specifically, the supercomputers to be developed by AMD in conjunction with the U.S. government will tackle large scientific problems ranging from nuclear power to cancer treatments. The computers will also reportedly play a role in U.S. national security, though what that role would be is unclear.
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and AMD CEO Lisa Su announced the supercomputer deal on Oct. 27. They said that the U.S. is building the two supercomputers to ensure America has enough computing power to run increasingly complex AI models and scientific applications that require large amounts of data and energy.
‘Supercharge’
Energy Secretary Wright added that the new supercomputers will “supercharge” U.S. advances in nuclear power and fusion energy, and could also help with drug development and other scientific pursuits. “We’re going to get just massively faster progress using the computation from these AI systems that I believe will have practical pathways to harness fusion energy in the next two or three years,” he said.
The plans call for the first supercomputer, called Lux, to be constructed and come online within the next six months. It will be based around AMD’s MI355X artificial intelligence chips, and the design will also include central processors (CPUs) and networking chips made by AMD.
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