Nvidia says it will build UK’s most powerful supercomputer

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (Chiang Ying-ying/AP)

Graphics chip maker Nvidia has said it plans to build Britain’s fastest supercomputer that healthcare researchers can use to work on medical problems including Covid-19.

Nvidia, based in Santa Clara, California, said it will spend £40 million on the supercomputer, dubbed Cambridge-1, which will consist of 80 Nvidia systems and is expected to be online by the end of the year.