In 2021 Nvidia was in the process of attempting to win British regulatory approval to buy ARM Holdings from SoftBank. They decided one thing they could do to further the effort was to build a supercomputer in Cambridge, UK.
As things turned out NVDA wasn't able to purchase ARM (they own a piece though) but the supercomputer was built. We we following those developments:
More recently, November 16, 2023, we posted:June 20, 2021
July 7, 2021
"Nvidia To Invest At Least $100 Million In UK Supercomputer"
NVIDIA Opens UK's Fastest Supercomputer To Outside Researchers, Academic and Commercial
NVIDIA Claims Install of UK’s Top Supercomputer, for Research in AI and Healthcare
Britain's Most Powerful Supercomputer And The Butterfly Effect Of Weather Modeling In the Cloud
....That 'puter was the fastest in Britain. From Nvidia:
NVIDIA Launches UK’s Most Powerful Supercomputer, for Research in AI and Healthcare
NVIDIA CEO Unveils ‘First Big Bet’ on Digital Biology Revolution with UK-Based Cambridge-1
Here's the latest:
"Where do I think the next amazing revolution is going to come? And this is going to be flat out one of the biggest ones ever.
— Seth Bannon 🌻 (@sethbannon) December 6, 2023
There's no question that digital biology is going to be it."
Jensen Huang, founder & CEO of NVIDIA.pic.twitter.com/7j4WrHKPok
And from the company, November 17, 2023:
AI to See ‘Major Second Wave,’ NVIDIA CEO Says in Fireside Chat With iliad Group Exec
NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang says sovereign AI a growing need for countries to reflect unique cultural, linguistic, industrial characteristics
European startups will get a massive boost from a new generation of AI infrastructure, NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang said Friday in a fireside chat with iliad Group Deputy CEO Aude Durand — and it’s coming just in time.
“We’re now seeing a major second wave,” Huang said of the state of AI during a virtual appearance at Scaleway’s ai-PULSE conference in Paris for an audience of more than 1,000 in-person attendees.
Two elements are propelling this force, Huang explained in a conversation livestreamed from Station F, the world’s largest startup campus, which Huang joined via video conference from NVIDIA’s headquarters in Silicon Valley.
First, “a recognition that every region and every country needs to build their sovereign AI,” Huang said. Second, the “adoption of AI in different industries,” as generative AI spreads throughout the world, Huang explained.
“So the types of breakthroughs that we’re seeing in language I fully expect to see in digital biology and manufacturing and robotics,” Huang said, noting this could create big opportunities for Europe with its rich digital biology and healthcare industries. “And of course, Europe is also home of some of the largest industrial manufacturing companies.”
Praise for France’s AI Leadership
Durand kicked off the conversation by asking Huang about his views on the European AI ecosystem, especially in France, where the government has invested millions of euros in AI research and development.
“Europe has always been rich in AI expertise,” Huang said, noting that NVIDIA works with 4,000 startups in Europe, more than 400 of them in France alone, pointing to Mistral, Qubit Pharmaceuticals and Poolside AI.
“At the same time, you have to really get the computing infrastructure going,” Huang said. “And this is the reason why Scaleway is so important to the advancement of AI in France” and throughout Europe, Huang said.
Highlighting the critical role of data in AI’s regional growth, Huang noted companies’ increasing awareness of the value of training AI with region-specific data. AI systems need to reflect the unique cultural and industrial nuances of each region, an approach gaining traction across Europe and beyond....
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