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Exclusive: #US Dept of #Energy forms $1B #supercomputer & #AI partnership with #AMD

The US has formed a $1 billion partnership with Advanced Micro Devices to construct 2 supercomputers that will tackle large scientific problems ranging from #NuclearPower to #cancer treatments to #NationalSecurity, Energy Secy Chris Wright & AMD CEO Lisa Su told Reuters.

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https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-department-energy-forms-1-billion-supercomputer-ai-partnership-with-amd-2025-10-27/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

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Nonilex Oct 27

The US is building the 2 machines to ensure the country has enough #supercomputers to run increasingly complex experiments that require harnessing enormous amounts of data-crunching capability. The machines can accelerate the process of making scientific discoveries in areas the US is focused on.

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Nonilex Oct 27

#Energy Secy Wright said the systems would "supercharge" advances in #NuclearPower & #fusion energy, #technologies for #defense & #NationalSecurity, & the development of #drugs.

Scientists & companies are trying to replicate fusion, the reaction that fuels the sun, by jamming light atoms in a plasma gas under intense heat & pressure to release massive amounts of energy.

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Nonilex Oct 27

…"We're going to get just massively faster progress using the computation from these #AI systems that I believe will have practical pathways to harness #fusion #energy in the next 2 or 3 years."

Wright said the #supercomputers would also help manage the US arsenal of #NuclearWeapons [Skynet anyone?] & accelerate #drug discovery by simulating ways to treat #cancer down to the
molecular level.

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Nonilex Oct 27

"My hope is in the next 5 or 8 years, we will turn most cancers, many of which today are ultimate death sentences, into manageable conditions," Wright said.

[that sounds great, but #Trump has defunded #CleanEnergy, he actually wants to use #coal & other #FossilFuels which will increase #cancer rates!]

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Nonilex Oct 27

The plans call for the first #supercomputer called #Lux to be constructed & come online within the next 6 months. It will be based around AMD's MI355X #ArtificialIntelligence chips, & the design will also include central processors & networking chips made by #AMD. The system is co-developed by AMD, #HewlettPackard Enterprise, #Oracle Cloud Infrastructure & Oak Ridge National Laboratory (#ORNL).

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Nonilex

#ORNL Director Stephen Streiffer said the #Lux #supercomputer will deliver about 3X the #AI capacity of current supercomputers.

The second, more advanced computer called #Discovery will be based around AMD's MI430 series of AI chips that are tuned for high-performance #computing. This system will be designed by ORNL, #HewlettPackard & #AMD. Discovery is expected to be delivered in 2028 & be ready for operations in 2029.

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Nonilex Oct 27

The Department of #Energy will host the #computers, the companies will provide the machines & capital spending, & both sides will share the #computing power, a DOE official said.

The 2 #supercomputers based on #AMD chips are intended to be the first of many of these types of partnerships with private industry & #DOE labs across the country, the official said.

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