DOE unveils AI supercomputer aimed at transforming energy sector
The Department of Energy announced details Thursday for an advanced supercomputer that would speed up development of technologies such as artificial intelligence and fusion, priorities for Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
The supercomputer, NERSC-10, is expected to provide more than 10 times the performance of the most advanced machine at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, which is housed at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California. DOE said it is partnering with Dell Technologies — a leader in servers for artificial intelligence — to develop the supercomputer, which would be powered by chips from Nvidia.
'Doudna is a time machine for science — compressing years of discovery into days,' Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia, said in a news release. The system, expected to be delivered in 2026, is named after Jennifer Doudna, a biochemist at the lab who won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
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Wright, who visited the lab Thursday, called the system 'a powerhouse for rapid innovation that will transform our efforts to develop abundant, affordable energy supplies.'
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