Nvidia is committing $1 billion over five years to US scientific research involving AI

Announced in Washington, the commitment focuses on quantum computing, healthcare and energy security, as part of the US government’s Genesis Mission.

Nvidia announced Thursday in Washington that he would dedicate $1 billion over five years funding scientific discovery in the United States. The target areas are quantum computing, health and energy security. The Register notes that the sum represents approximately one sixtieth of the group's quarterly earnings.

In the wake of Genesis Mission

The initiative is part of the Genesis Mission, launched by the Trump administration to put AI at the service of scientific research. It accompanies the return of Nvidia to large public supercomputers: at least seven machines are planned in the laboratories of Argonne, Los Alamos and Lawrence Berkeley, including Solstice in Argonne, with 100,000 GPU Blackwell, built with Oracle.

These systems favour low precision AI calculations. For simulations that require double accuracy, Nvidia relies on the emulation of FP64 in its future Vera Rubin platform. The largest pure FP64 DoE supercomputer, Discovery at Oak Ridge (expected in 2029), however, will be based on AMD chips.