Nvidia says it will make commitments valued at $1 billion over the next five years to expand US scientific research capacity. The effort covers work in quantum computing, healthcare and energy security, along with research and development using what the company calls super intelligence infrastructure.
Nvidia announced the commitment at the Science: A New Golden Age event in Washington, DC. The US Office of Science and Technology Policy also marked an expansion of the Genesis Mission, a research initiative in which Nvidia is an industry partner.
The commitment supports higher education
According to Nvidia, its commitment will support research at US higher education institutions, investment in quantum computing and cloud service providers serving US government missions. The company has invited members of the science community to collaborate on research using its computing and infrastructure resources.
Nvidia says it is collaborating on several projects among the Genesis Mission phase 2 awards announced at the event. They include work in quantum computing, fusion, accelerator design and microelectronics.
Nvidia has worked with national laboratories for decades
The announcement follows more than two decades of Nvidia collaboration with US national laboratories. Last year, the company announced a partnership with the Department of Energy on the Genesis Mission. That work includes building what Nvidia describes as the department’s largest supercomputer for scientific research at Argonne National Laboratory, as well as supporting seven new systems across Argonne and Los Alamos National Laboratories.
Nvidia says it will carry out the $1 billion commitment over the next five years.
