IBM, Amazon, and Google Provide Supercomputers for COVID-19 Research

An IBM representative said the company is working with a number of national laboratories and other institutions to

provide a total of 330 petaflops of computing power for various projects in the fields of epidemiology, bioinformatics and molecular modeling.

"How supercomputers can help usfight this virus? High-performance computing systems enable researchers to perform very large numbers of calculations in epidemiology, bioinformatics, and molecular modeling. These experiments can take years if done manually, or months if done on slower traditional computing platforms."

Dario Gil, IBM

Global Program Manager, AI forMicrosoft's health "John Kahan added that Microsoft wants to" ensure that COVID-19 researchers have access to the necessary tools for modeling and research. " In line with this, the company has expanded access to its Azure cloud computing service.

Now in 160 countries there are more than 339thousand cases of coronavirus infection. 90% of all cases occur in six countries - China, Italy, USA, Iran, Spain and Germany. At the same time, in China, where the virus came from, there is a significant reduction in the epidemic. Since the end of 2019, 14.7 thousand people have died from coronavirus infection, more than 98.9 thousand people have recovered. In Russia, there are now 438 patients with coronavirus infection, of whom 12 were cured, and one patient died.

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