The US Department of Energy plans to build a new flagship supercomputer at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in partnership with Dell and NVIDIA. The machine will be ten times more powerful than the current supercomputer and utilize cutting-edge Dell servers with the latest NVIDIA AI technology.
Named after UC Berkeley Professor Jennifer Doudna, a Nobel Laureate and pioneer of CRISPR research, the new supercomputer aims to advance scientific discovery in chemistry, physics, biology, and other fields. It will be powered by artificial intelligence, uniting high-performance computing, AI capabilities, and quantum computing for the first time.
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright announced the project, which is expected to be completed by 2026 and ready for users by 2027. The move comes as the Trump administration scales back research funding, but Doudna emphasized the importance of infrastructure and administration costs in scientific research.
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