Nvidia to build Israeli supercomputer as AI demand soars

JERUSALEM – NvidiaCorp said on Monday it wasbuilding Israel’s most powerful artificial intelligence (AI)supercomputerto meet soaring customerdemandforAIapplications.

Nvidia, the world’s most valuable listed chip company, said the cloud-based system would cost hundreds of millions of dollars and be partly operational by the end of 2023.

Gilad Shainer, a senior vice president atNvidia, saidNvidiaworked with 800 startups in Israel and tens of thousands of software engineers.

The system, called Israel-1, is expected to deliver performance of up to eight exaflops ofAIcomputing to make it one of the world’s fastestAIsupercomputers. One exaflop has the ability to perform 1 quintillion …

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