{"id":68348,"date":"2026-06-09T14:20:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=68348"},"modified":"2026-06-09T14:20:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:20:46","slug":"amd-commits-up-to-2-billion-to-accelerate-ai-innovation-and-research-in-the-united-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/68348-amd-commits-up-to-2-billion-to-accelerate-ai-innovation-and-research-in-the-united-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"<span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Commits up to \u00a32 Billion to Accelerate <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> Innovation and Research in the United Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News High\u00adlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a32bn invest\u00adment over five years to sup\u00adport advan\u00adced com\u00adpu\u00adting, sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic rese\u00adarch and work\u00adforce deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment across the United Kingdom.<\/li>\n<li>New stra\u00adte\u00adgic part\u00adner\u00adships with Impe\u00adri\u00adal Col\u00adlege Lon\u00addon and Orio\u00adle Net\u00adworks will help advan\u00adce <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span>, quan\u00adtum and next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon com\u00adpu\u00adting research.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> and Dell Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies are sup\u00adport\u00ading the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Cambridge\u2019s Zenith <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter and Sun\u00adri\u00adse fusi\u00adon <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> sys\u00adtem, hel\u00adping expand the <span class=\"caps\">UK<\/span>\u2019s sove\u00adreign <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Instinct\u2122 GPUs, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span>\u2122 CPUs and <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> ROCm\u2122 open soft\u00adware will sup\u00adport pro\u00adjects span\u00adning sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic rese\u00adarch, health\u00adca\u00adre, public-sec\u00adtor inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon and AI-dri\u00adven discovery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">LONDON<\/span>, June 08, 2026 (<span class=\"caps\">GLOBE<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">NEWSWIRE<\/span>) \u2014 <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> (<span class=\"caps\">NASDAQ<\/span>: <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>) today announ\u00adced plans to invest up to \u00a32bn over the next five years in the United King\u00addom to acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon and rese\u00adarch and expand access to the com\u00adpu\u00adte resour\u00adces nee\u00added for long-term eco\u00adno\u00admic growth and sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic lea\u00adder\u00adship across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Spea\u00adking at Lon\u00addon Tech Week, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Chair and <span class=\"caps\">CEO<\/span> Dr. Lisa Su out\u00adlined a series of invest\u00adments and stra\u00adte\u00adgic col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons desi\u00adgned to help acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte the <span class=\"caps\">UK<\/span>\u2019s <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> eco\u00adsys\u00adtem and broa\u00adden access to the advan\u00adced com\u00adpu\u00adting that under\u00adpins sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic dis\u00adco\u00advery and public-sec\u00adtor inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon. The initia\u00adti\u00adves ali\u00adgn with the <span class=\"caps\">UK<\/span>\u2019s <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> Oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties Action Plan and <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> Hard\u00adware Stra\u00adtegy, sup\u00adport\u00ading broa\u00adder natio\u00adnal prio\u00adri\u00adties to build world-class <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre, deve\u00adlop tech\u00adni\u00adcal talent and acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> adoption.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>The United King\u00addom has the talent, rese\u00adarch excel\u00adlence and ambi\u00adti\u00adon to help lead the next era of <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span>,\u201d said Dr. Lisa Su, chair and <span class=\"caps\">CEO<\/span>, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>. \u201c<span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> is proud to deepen our com\u00admit\u00adment to the <span class=\"caps\">UK<\/span> and work with part\u00adners across govern\u00adment, aca\u00adde\u00admia and indus\u00adtry to expand access to the com\u00adpu\u00adte infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre nee\u00added to advan\u00adce sove\u00adreign <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span>, acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte dis\u00adco\u00advery and dri\u00adve long-term eco\u00adno\u00admic growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The announce\u00adment was wel\u00adco\u00admed by <span class=\"caps\">UK<\/span> govern\u00adment lea\u00adders as a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant step toward streng\u00adthening the country\u2019s <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre, rese\u00adarch eco\u00adsys\u00adtem and long-term eco\u00adno\u00admic competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>This invest\u00adment is a major vote of con\u00adfi\u00addence in Britain\u2019s place as a glo\u00adbal <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> super\u00adpower. We\u2019ve got the talent, the world-class uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties and the ambi\u00adti\u00adon to lead, and part\u00adner\u00adships like this help turn that poten\u00adti\u00adal into real pro\u00adgress,\u201d said Rachel Ree\u00adves, Chan\u00adcell\u00ador of the Exche\u00adquer. \u201cIt will dri\u00adve more cut\u00adting-edge rese\u00adarch here in the <span class=\"caps\">UK<\/span>, open up oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties for peo\u00adp\u00adle to build the skills they need for the jobs of the future, and speed up breakth\u00adroughs that can impro\u00adve people\u2019s lives and grow our economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>This invest\u00adment reflects the strength of Britain\u2019s talent, rese\u00adarch and ambi\u00adti\u00adon in <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> \u2014 but also the infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre we are put\u00adting in place to match it,\u201d said Liz Kend\u00adall, Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy Secre\u00adta\u00adry. \u201cWith world-class chip desi\u00adgners, lea\u00adding uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties, and part\u00adners such as <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> choo\u00adsing to invest here, we are buil\u00adding the com\u00adpu\u00adte capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty nee\u00added to power inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon, dri\u00adve growth, crea\u00adte jobs, and ensu\u00adre the most advan\u00adced <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies are deve\u00adlo\u00adped in the&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">UK<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Stra\u00adte\u00adgic Col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons to Advan\u00adce <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> Rese\u00adarch and Infrastructure<\/strong><br>\nBuil\u00adding on its&nbsp;<a title=\"recently announced work with Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) and JPMorganChase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2026-6-3-oqc-jpmorganchase-and-amd-commence-research-collaborata.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2026-6-3-oqc-jpmorganchase-and-amd-commence-research-collaborata.html\" aria-label=\"recently announced work with Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) and JPMorganChase - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link>recent\u00adly announ\u00adced work with Oxford Quan\u00adtum Cir\u00adcuits (<span class=\"caps\">OQC<\/span>) and JPMor\u00adgan\u00adCha\u00adse<\/a>, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> also announ\u00adced a col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon with Impe\u00adri\u00adal Col\u00adlege Lon\u00addon to advan\u00adce com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adtio\u00adnal sci\u00adence and sup\u00adport\u00ading rese\u00adarch that reli\u00ades on lar\u00adge-sca\u00adle com\u00adpu\u00adting resour\u00adces, inclu\u00adding health\u00adca\u00adre inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon and cli\u00adma\u00adte modeling.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> and Impe\u00adri\u00adal also intend to explo\u00adre oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties to opti\u00admi\u00adze <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> models, sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic work\u00adflows and data-inten\u00adsi\u00adve appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons on <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> com\u00adpu\u00adte plat\u00adforms and <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> ROCm\u2122 open software.<\/p>\n<p>Addi\u00adtio\u00adnal\u00adly, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> is col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adting with Orio\u00adle Net\u00adworks in sup\u00adport of the <span class=\"caps\">UK<\/span>\u2019s Advan\u00adced Rese\u00adarch and Inven\u00adti\u00adon Agen\u00adcy (<span class=\"caps\">ARIA<\/span>) Sca\u00adling Infe\u00adrence Lab, a natio\u00adnal initia\u00adti\u00adve desi\u00adgned to address cri\u00adti\u00adcal <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre bottlenecks.<\/p>\n<p>The effort com\u00adbi\u00adnes Oriole\u2019s <span class=\"caps\">PRISM<\/span> pho\u00adto\u00adnic net\u00adwor\u00adking archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre with <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Instinct\u2122 GPUs and <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span>\u2122 pro\u00adces\u00adsors to eva\u00adlua\u00adte new approa\u00adches for sca\u00adling infe\u00adrence workloads while impro\u00adving per\u00adfor\u00admance and ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy and redu\u00adcing latency.<\/p>\n<p>The initia\u00adti\u00adve sup\u00adports what is expec\u00adted to be the world\u2019s first lar\u00adge-sca\u00adle <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> sys\u00adtem powered by a pure pho\u00adto\u00adnic net\u00adwork, an important step toward infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies that can sup\u00adport future gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons of <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> sys\u00adtems in the&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">UK<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expan\u00adding Natio\u00adnal <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> Super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting Capacity<\/strong><br>\n<span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> and Dell Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies are working with the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Cam\u00adbridge on its expan\u00adding natio\u00adnal <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre foot\u00adprint, inclu\u00adding the new Zenith <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter and the Sun\u00adri\u00adse fusi\u00adon <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> sys\u00adtem deve\u00adlo\u00adped in col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon with the United King\u00addom Ato\u00admic Ener\u00adgy Aut\u00adho\u00adri\u00adty (<span class=\"caps\">UKAEA<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p>Zenith is a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant new <span class=\"caps\">UK<\/span> AI-for-sci\u00adence plat\u00adform, fun\u00added by the Depart\u00adment for Sci\u00adence, Inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon and Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy (<span class=\"caps\">DSIT<\/span>) and <span class=\"caps\">UK<\/span> Rese\u00adarch and Inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon (<span class=\"caps\">UKRI<\/span>), desi\u00adgned and ope\u00adra\u00adted by the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Cam\u00adbridge, and built with <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> and Dell technology.<\/p>\n<p>Sun\u00adri\u00adse is a second <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter powered by <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> and Dell being built now, fun\u00added by the Depart\u00adment for Ener\u00adgy Secu\u00adri\u00adty and Net Zero (<span class=\"caps\">DESNZ<\/span>), owned by <span class=\"caps\">UKAEA<\/span>, and ope\u00adra\u00adted by the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Cam\u00adbridge. Sun\u00adri\u00adse is part of a long stan\u00adding UKAEA-Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Cam\u00adbridge part\u00adner\u00adship and dedi\u00adca\u00adted to the fusi\u00adon mission.<\/p>\n<p>Tog\u00ade\u00adther, the\u00adse sys\u00adtems sup\u00adport a broad ran\u00adge of AI-for-sci\u00adence appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons inclu\u00adding health\u00adca\u00adre rese\u00adarch, cli\u00adma\u00adte model\u00adling, mate\u00adri\u00adals sci\u00adence, engi\u00adnee\u00adring simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon, fusi\u00adon rese\u00adarch and sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> model development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sup\u00adport\u00ading the <span class=\"caps\">UK<\/span>\u2019s Natio\u00adnal <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> Future<\/strong><br>\nBy com\u00adbi\u00adning stra\u00adte\u00adgic invest\u00adments with rese\u00adarch and eco\u00adsys\u00adtem part\u00adner\u00adships, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> is hel\u00adping expand the <span class=\"caps\">UK<\/span>\u2019s com\u00adpu\u00adting capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties and sup\u00adport\u00ading the next gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic and tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal breakth\u00adroughs. The com\u00adpa\u00adny will con\u00adti\u00adnue working with govern\u00adment, aca\u00adde\u00admia and indus\u00adtry to streng\u00adthen the foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adons for long-term com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adve\u00adness and glo\u00adbal lea\u00adder\u00adship in&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> (<span class=\"caps\">NASDAQ<\/span>: <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>) dri\u00adves inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon in high-per\u00adfor\u00admance and <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> com\u00adpu\u00adting to sol\u00adve the world\u2019s most important chal\u00adlenges. Today, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy powers bil\u00adli\u00adons of expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adces across cloud and <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre, embedded sys\u00adtems, <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> PCs and gam\u00ading. With a broad port\u00adfo\u00adlio of AI-opti\u00admi\u00adsed CPUs, GPUs, net\u00adwor\u00adking and soft\u00adware, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> deli\u00advers full-stack <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> solu\u00adti\u00adons that pro\u00advi\u00adde the per\u00adfor\u00admance and sca\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty nee\u00added for a new era of intel\u00adli\u00adgent com\u00adpu\u00adting. Learn more at&nbsp;<a title=\"www.amd.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\" aria-label=\"www.amd.com - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link>www.amd.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News High\u00adlights: \u00a32bn invest\u00adment over five years to sup\u00adport advan\u00adced com\u00adpu\u00adting, sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic rese\u00adarch and work\u00adforce deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment across the United King\u00addom. New stra\u00adte\u00adgic part\u00adner\u00adships with Impe\u00adri\u00adal Col\u00adlege Lon\u00addon and Orio\u00adle Net\u00adworks will help advan\u00adce <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span>, quan\u00adtum and next-gene\u00adra\u00ad\u00adti\u00adon com\u00adpu\u00adting rese\u00adarch. <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> and Dell Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies are sup\u00adport\u00ading the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Cambridge\u2019s Zenith <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span> super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter and Sun\u00adri\u00adse fusi\u00adon (\u2026) <a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/68348-amd-commits-up-to-2-billion-to-accelerate-ai-innovation-and-research-in-the-united-kingdom\/\">Wei\u00adter\u00adle\u00adsen&nbsp;\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":68349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[2164,966,1598],"class_list":["post-68348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pressemitteilungen","tag-ai","tag-amd","tag-supercomputer","entry"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@Planet_3DNow\/116720120664230800","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68350,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68348\/revisions\/68350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}