New supercomputer to simulate disease and search for drugs

The Cambridge-1 supercomputer is designed for artificial intelligence (AI) research in healthcare.

 

The company plans to allocate resources to Cambridge-1 infour pillars: industry research, empowering universities with computing power, AI medical startups, and AI education for future scientists.

Cambridge-1 will enable the world's leading researchers to do their life's work on the UK's most powerful supercomputer, unraveling the answer to diseases and treatments on a scale and at a speed previously impossible in the UK. 

Jensen Huang, Founder and CEONVIDIA

According to the creators of the supercomputer, the new capabilities of artificial intelligence will help scientists better understand diseases such as:

  • Dementia
  • stroke
  • brain cancer,
  • multiple sclerosis.

The company said in a statement that it will work with its partners to share this knowledge with the wider scientific community.

The Cambridge-1 is ranked 41st among the world's highest performing supercomputers, according to the TOP500 ranking.

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