Nvidia announced at GTC that it would team up with HPE to build two new supercomputers based on its Vera Rubin platform for Los Alamos National Laboratory. The machine will be used for national data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/security” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/security”>security and scientific research using AI simulation and scientific computing, thus following the latest trends in supercomputing. In all, Nvidia said it has data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/supercomputers/nvidia-and-partners-to-build-seven-ai-supercomputers-for-the-u-s-govt-with-over-100-000-blackwell-gpus-combined-performance-of-2-200-exaflops-of-compute” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/supercomputers/nvidia-and-partners-to-build-seven-ai-supercomputers-for-the-u-s-govt-with-over-100-000-blackwell-gpus-combined-performance-of-2-200-exaflops-of-compute”>won seven supercomputer contracts with the Department of Energy (DoE).
Nvidia’s announcement comes on the heels of data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/supercomputers/u-s-department-of-energy-and-amd-cut-a-usd1-billion-deal-for-two-ai-supercomputers-pairing-has-already-birthed-the-two-fastest-machines-on-the-planet” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/supercomputers/u-s-department-of-energy-and-amd-cut-a-usd1-billion-deal-for-two-ai-supercomputers-pairing-has-already-birthed-the-two-fastest-machines-on-the-planet”>AMD’s announcement yesterday of two new…
