Nvidia Offers U.K. Covid Supercomputer While Waiting on Arm Deal
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NVIDIA Corp. will attempt to build the U.K.’s most powerful computer to help the fight against Covid-19 while it seeks government approval to buy Britain’s biggest tech company, Arm.
The $50 million supercomputer will offer artificial intelligence for health care research, the U.S. semiconductor giant said Monday. Nvidia will also contribute computer scientists and additional processing power to help GlaxoSmithKline Plc speed up drug discovery as the world chases a coronavirus vaccine.