Overview
- AIRR users will, for the first time, access AMD MI355X accelerators integrated by Dell, enabling larger models and datasets.
- The upgrade extends free high-performance compute to UK researchers, SMEs and start-ups through the national AIRR program.
- DAWN has already supported more than 350 projects, including work on personalised cancer vaccines and environmental modelling.
- The move sits within the AI Opportunities Action Plan, which targets a twentyfold expansion of AIRR by 2030.
- The government cites stronger computing resilience through technology diversification, alongside plans for a new supercomputer in Edinburgh.