Dawn, built by the teams at the Cambridge Open Zettascale Lab and the University of Cambridge’s Research Computing Services, is a key component of the UK government’s AI Research Resource. As part of this national initiative, Dawn helps power the next generation of AI infrastructure, delivering specialised high-performance compute capacity to researchers, academia, and industry.
Now operational in the state-of-the-art West Cambridge Data Centre, Dawn is currently one of the most powerful AI supercomputer in the UK, with more than a thousand top-end Intel graphics processing units (GPUs) operating inside its server stacks.
The supercomputer’s bespoke innovations in hardware and software result from a long-term co-design partnership between the Cambridge Open Zettascale Lab, directed by Dr Paul Calleja, and global tech leaders Intel and Dell Technologies, with support from the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
Dawn is currently being deployed for use by scientists within Cambridge and across the UK in critical research fields such as clean energy, personalised medicine and climate.
To explore access opportunities for Dawn, please visit the Research Computing Services access page.
The film below explores how Dawn is driving breakthroughs in clean and sustainable fusion energy —>
