UK in talks with Nvidia, AMD, Intel and more to buy AI chips

【Lansheng Technology Information】According to the British Daily Telegraph, in order to catch up in the global computing power race, British Prime Minister Sunak will spend up to 100 million pounds of taxpayer funds to buy thousands of high-performance artificial intelligence chips. Government officials have been in discussions with IT giants Nvidia, AMD and Intel to procure equipment for a national "artificial intelligence research resource" as part of Sunak's ambition to make the UK a global leader in the field.

The effort, led by the science funding agency UK Research and Innovation, is believed to be in the advanced stages of an order for 5,000 GPUs from Nvidia, whose chips power AI models such as ChatGPT.

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt set aside £900m for computing resources in March, although much of it is expected to go to traditional "Exascale" supercomputers. AI resources are believed to be allocated just over £50m, but are expected to rise to £70m-£100m as the world scrambles for AI chips.

Last week, the Financial Times reported that Saudi Arabia had bought at least 3,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs, and tech giants like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google were also racing to secure tens of thousands of much-needed chips while Biden, under national security powers, blocked Nvidia sells the chips in China.

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