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Lenovo joins forces with the University of Southampton for Nvidia-powered supercomputer
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Lenovo has announced it is partnering with the UK's University of Southampton to deliver “next-generation high-performance computing (HPC) capabilities” to power research and innovation.
Key facts
- The University of Southampton has already ordered a supercomputer from Lenovo with an approximate value of £7 million ($9.2m), with the first phase of deployment set to include Lenovo ThinkSystem
- Professor Mark Spearing, VP research and enterprise at the University of Southampton, added: “This partnership represents a major step forward in strengthening their research infrastructure
- Lenovo has announced it is partnering with the UK's University of Southampton to deliver “next-generation high-performance computing (HPC) capabilities” to power research and innovation
- Lenovo’s latest HPC solutions, including next-generation GPU-accelerated systems, will enable the University of Southampton to tackle data-intensive workloads and accelerate breakthrough research
Summary
The four-year agreement will see Lenovo serve as the university’s preferred HPC infrastructure supplier, helping to support its ambition of deploying a system that ranks on the Top500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers. The University of Southampton has already ordered a supercomputer from Lenovo with an approximate value of £7 million ($9.2m), with the first phase of deployment set to include Lenovo ThinkSystem SR675 V3 servers, equipped with Nvidia H200 GPUs and NVLink technology. The system has a planned delivery date this summer and is expected to “significantly expand” the university’s computational power, Lenovo said in a statement. “As research demands continue to grow in scale and complexity, access to powerful, scalable computing is critical,” said Andy Rhodes, managing director, Lenovo UK & Ireland.