'Isambard-AI': University of Bristol switches on UK's greenest supercomputer

Stuart Stone
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New supercomputer capable of up to 200 quadrillion calculations per second officially comes online following £225m government investment

The UK's fastest, most powerful, and greenest supercomputer has today been switched on for the first time at the University of Bristol following £225m investment from the government's Artificial Intelligence...

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