Sweden’s Most Powerful AI Supercomputer Gets Nvidia Boost

The 34 new DGX A100s will add half an exaflop of extra AI performance

Ben Wodecki, Jr. Editor

January 25, 2023

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Berzelius, the most powerful AI supercomputer in Sweden
Sweden's most powerful AI supercomputer, Berzelius

Berzelius, the most powerful AI supercomputer in Sweden, has gotten an upgrade courtesy of Nvidia.

Installed back in 2021, the supercomputer is now getting a hardware boost of an additional 34 Nvidia DGX A100 chips, atop the already 60 in place. Each new unit will sport GPUs with 80 GB of memory each.

The upgrade will effectively provide almost half an exaflop of extra AI performance. That boost will aid Berelius’s task of training large language models, including GPT-SW3, the first Swedish LLM. Berzelius, installed at Linköping University, is also designed to run computation for tasks including protein-folding.

Berzelius is built atop Nvidia’s data center platform SuperPOD. The company’s founder and CEO Jensen Huang announced the news at an event in Stockholm.

Photo of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Marcus Wallenberg from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation in Sweden

“Supercomputers are helping to solve some of the hardest problems of our time — and with the Wallenberg Foundation, we’re providing the conditions to fuel AI innovation and groundbreaking research,” said Huang. “Sweden has a vibrant AI ecosystem, and Berzelius is fundamental in supporting the country’s competitiveness.”

“This is a year when people are turning their focus to sustainability challenges we face as a planet,” said Linköping University professor Anders Ynnerman, who leads Sweden's largest AI innovation search effort, WASP. “Without advances in AI and other innovations, we won’t have a sustainable future.”

About the Author

Ben Wodecki

Jr. Editor

Ben Wodecki is the Jr. Editor of AI Business, covering a wide range of AI content. Ben joined the team in March 2021 as assistant editor and was promoted to Jr. Editor. He has written for The New Statesman, Intellectual Property Magazine, and The Telegraph India, among others. He holds an MSc in Digital Journalism from Middlesex University.

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