NVIDIA Unveils Blackwell GPU Architecture for Accelerated Computing
NVIDIA’s latest Blackwell GPU architecture promises to transform accelerated computing. This cutting-edge design enables organizations to create and deploy real-time generative AI models, including trillion-parameter large language models.
Key Highlights:
- Cost and Energy Efficiency: Blackwell offers up to 25 times lower cost and energy consumption compared to its predecessor, the Hopper architecture.
- Pioneering Legacy: Named after mathematician David Harold Blackwell, this architecture introduces six transformative technologies.
- Generative AI Engine: NVIDIA’s CEO, Jensen Huang, hails generative AI as the defining technology of our era, with Blackwell as its powerful engine.
- Innovations: Blackwell features the world’s most potent chip (208 billion transistors), a second-generation Transformer Engine, fifth-generation NVLink interconnect, and advanced reliability and security engines.
- Central Component: The NVIDIA GB200 Grace Blackwell Superchip combines GPUs and CPUs via ultra-fast NVLink, offering a staggering 1.4 exaflops of AI performance.
- Industry Adoption: Major cloud providers and partners are onboard, ensuring Blackwell’s impact across hardware, software, and sovereign clouds.