×îÐÂÂ鶹ÊÓƵ

Technology

UK’s fastest supercomputer will be built in a car park in Bristol

Isambard-AI will contain about 5000 graphics processing units, making it 10 times as powerful as the UK’s current fastest computer, but it will have a humble home in a Bristol car park

By Matthew Sparkes

20 October 2023

The National Composites Centre in Bristol, UK

The UK’s new supercomputer will be housed in containers in a car park at the National Composites Centre in Bristol

Stride Treglown Arrchitects

The fastest ever supercomputer in the UK would be one of the five quickest computers in the world if finished now, but the tremendously powerful machine will have a humble home in a Bristol car park.

with scant detail, but at the University of Bristol, UK, who is running the project to build it, says it will consist of about 5000 powerful graphics processing units,…

Sign up to our weekly newsletter

Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox! We'll also keep you up to date with ×îÐÂÂ鶹ÊÓƵ events and special offers.

Sign up

To continue reading, today with our introductory offers

or

Existing subscribers

Sign in to your account
Piano Exit Overlay Banner Mobile Piano Exit Overlay Banner Desktop