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AI in the Biosciences (AIBIO UK) BBSRC Network @aibio-uk.bsky.social · Jul 23

🚀 ISAMBARD-AI, the UK’s new AI Research Resource, is now live!

Two access opportunities are open for researchers to tap into world-class supercomputing.

Apply now: www.gov.uk/government/p...

#AI #Supercomputing #AIRR #UKResearch

AIRR advanced supercomputers for the UK

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Simon McIntosh-Smith @simonmcs.bsky.social · Jul 21

After the official switch on of Isambard-AI last week, you can now apply for time on this amazing resource! Open for researchers and companies in the UK, find out how to apply to the UK's newest and fastest supercomputer at the following link: www.gov.uk/government/p...

AIRR advanced supercomputers for the UK

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Drew Jolly @amjolly.bsky.social · Jul 17

Isambard-AI Now Fully Operational, Supporting Cancer Research and AI Security
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Isambard-AI Now Fully Operational, Supporting Cancer Research and AI Security

July 17, 2025 — Faster, more accurate cancer diagnoses and new clean-energy innovations are some of the key breakthroughs which are now closer to reality as the UK’s most powerful […]

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Glenn K. Lockwood @glennklockwood.com · Jun 24

Here's my notes from ISC'25 in Hamburg: blog.glennklockwood.com/2025/06/isc2...

#HPC

ISC'25 recap

I had the pleasure of attending the 40th annual ISC High Performance conference this month in Hamburg, Germany. It was a delightful way to t...

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Simon McIntosh-Smith @simonmcs.bsky.social · Jan 30

I did meet Larry the cat as I was leaving - the security guard was trying to make sure he didn't get out! Larry was very friendly - fun to meet a celeb.

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Simon McIntosh-Smith @simonmcs.bsky.social · Jan 30

Excited to be invited to 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the UK Prime Minister, for AI discussions with a visiting trade delegation from India. Proud to represent @bristoluni.bsky.social, the Bristol Centre for Supercomputing (BriCS) and Isambard-AI at this important meeting! #AI

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Emily Coles @e-coles.bsky.social · Jan 14

What a day for Isambard-AI, central to the Government's AI Opportunities Action Plan 💪🏻

www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...

#ai #hpc

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University of Bristol supercomputer will help UK become ‘technological superpower’

The UK’s fastest supercomputer Isambard-AI will play a major role in advancing the nation’s AI capabilities.

www.bristol.ac.uk

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hpc.social on BlueSky @hpc.social · Jan 12

New #HPC Job! ✨️
Research Associate / Senior Research Associate in High Performance Computing
Location: Bristol, UK
Employer: University of Bristol
Remote: Hybrid

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Emily Coles @e-coles.bsky.social · Dec 23

What a year for the Bristol Centre for Supercomputing.
Isambard-3 launched ☑️ Isambard-AI phase 1 launched ☑️ Isambard-AI phase 2 well underway ☑️ Here's to the next!💥

@simonmcs.bsky.social @rjjgilham.bsky.social @emmamrose.bsky.social

#hpc #ai

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University of Bristol on LinkedIn: #supercomputer

The UK's fastest supercomputer has taken a leap towards completion! The first snow flurry of the year heralded the arrival of a new data centre which will…

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HPC Guru @hpcguru.bsky.social · Dec 12

A collection of photos unlike anything you might have seen before - from "The Art of Failure Analysis" contest

Searching for defects in their chips, these engineers found something inspiring

spectrum.ieee.org/the-art-of-f...

#HPC via @ieeespectrum.bsky.social

The Art of Failure Analysis 2024

Searching for defects in their chips, these engineers found something inspiring

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Tom Deakin @tomdeakin.bsky.social · Dec 10

Last day to apply for this position! Come and join the HPC Group in Bristol.

Tom Deakin @tomdeakin.bsky.social · Nov 20

📣🌦️ Come and join me and the team in porting Weather/Climate codes to GPUs.
We're hiring a post-doc Research Associate/Senior Research Associate position to help get ocean models running on GPUs in a portable way with OpenMP and the PSyclone DSL.

Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol

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Simon McIntosh-Smith @simonmcs.bsky.social · Dec 6

#CIUK has finished for this year. A great event, it felt like most of the UK community was there, with over 900 attendees! Exciting to exhibit Isambard-AI, Isambard 3 and the Bristol Centre for Supercomputing (BriCS). Huge thanks to all our team for their hard work pulling this together #HPC #AI

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Tom Deakin @tomdeakin.bsky.social · Dec 5

Great to be here are a bustling and bigger than ever #CIUK in Manchester, catching up on all things UK HPC.
We’re hiring RA and Lecturer/Senior Lecturer positions, so if you’re interested come and find me to chat.

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Simon McIntosh-Smith @simonmcs.bsky.social · Dec 4

Come and say hello on the Bristol booth!

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GW4 Alliance @gw4alliance.bsky.social · Dec 4

GW4 Isambard 3 #Supercomputer is officially online🎉🧠 !

Part of a collaboration between the universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter, alongside partners HPE, NVIDIA and Arm, Isambard 3 will push the boundaries of science.

🔗 https://buff.ly/4g7HtMK

Isambard 3 Supercomputer: Image Credit: Christy Nunns/University of Bristol

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Nicole Hemsoth Prickett @nicolehemsoth.bsky.social · Dec 2

Pat Gelsinger is out as Intel CEO, and the debate begins anew about breaking Intel up. Consider TSMC and the US government when calculating your odds.

www.nextplatform.com/2024/12/02/w...

With Gelsinger Gone, Who Benefits From An Intel Break Up?

We did not think that today we would be writing about Pat Gelsinger "retiring" from the company that he loves best and most. Intel’s prodigal and now

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Simon McIntosh-Smith @simonmcs.bsky.social · Dec 2

That's a million dollar question... I guess some do, and that's why we have things like Captcha?

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Simon McIntosh-Smith @simonmcs.bsky.social · Dec 2

Well it was snowing when we were installing the Isambard-AI modular data centre 2 weeks ago, and we had 115mm (4.5 inches) of rain in November, so don't let my pictures of blue sky (no pun intended) fool you...

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Simon McIntosh-Smith @simonmcs.bsky.social · Dec 2

Or there are lots more bots...

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Simon McIntosh-Smith @simonmcs.bsky.social · Dec 2

I hear Arm is hiring a lot into this space at the moment, worth looking there!

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Simon McIntosh-Smith @simonmcs.bsky.social · Dec 2

I feel for Intel. Pat certainly had vision, and he understood the technology. I fear more for Intel now. I hope they can chart a path through, it's not in the industry's best interest for them to disintegrate now.

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Simon McIntosh-Smith @simonmcs.bsky.social · Dec 2

Bristol looking lovely in the winter sun today. Walking from the University to meet the Brunel Archive to explore collaboration around Isambard-AI. #HPC BriCS

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Simon McIntosh-Smith @simonmcs.bsky.social · Nov 29

Just posted on LinkedIn - see this video of how we installed the Isambard-AI modular datacenter in Bristol last week, during a snowstorm! This 5MW facility will soon be home to a new HPE EX4000 supercomputer, including 5,280 NVIDIA GH200 GPUs www.linkedin.com/posts/simonm...

Simon McIntosh-Smith on LinkedIn: The Bristol Centre for Supercomputing (BriCS) team and our partners have…

The Bristol Centre for Supercomputing (BriCS) team and our partners have been doing an amazing job, building the Isambard-AI site in record time. Last week the…

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Chris Coates @cjcshadowsan.bsky.social · Nov 23

Great job for Team UKSCC, winning this years #SC24 IndySCC on debut!

Some of these started out in the #CIUK Student Cluster Challenge competition, so it's great that we can show that our best in the UK can go head to head on the world stage and compete.

Carlos Bederian @zzzoom.bsky.social · Nov 22

Congratulations to Team UKSCC on winning this year's #SC24 IndySCC!

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Simon McIntosh-Smith @simonmcs.bsky.social · Nov 21

Arm publishes reference architecture for PCs - Now it's up to OEMs and devs to decide whether they want in (The Register)

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