The American graphics processor manufacturer Nvidia has introduced a new generation of Blackwell microchips. According to the company itself, this is the most powerful chip in the world today. Blackwell is primarily intended for developments in the field of AI.
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The Blackwell platform, including the corresponding software, is designed for ultra-fast computing. The processor itself has 208 billion transistors. The previous model H100 has 80 billion of them (launched in 2022).
In this way, Blackwell can provide double the power when training AI models. It will also increase five times the speed at which models like ChatGPT respond to requests.
According to the company’s CEO, Jensen Huang, the Nvidia GB200 “superchip” will combine two Blackwell graphics processors with a Grace central processor.
Nvidia’s new development is designed to achieve advances in big data processing, engineering modeling, drug development, room computing and generative artificial intelligence.
“For three decades, we have been pursuing accelerated computing to enable advances such as deep machine learning and artificial intelligence,” Huang said in a presentation in San Jose, California.
He added that generative AI is the defining technology of today, and Blackwell “is the engine of the new industrial revolution.”
In addition to Nvidia, giants such as Microsoft, Amazon and Apple are developing chips for the formation and launch of AI-based products. But the solutions of these technology companies are far behind those of Nvidia. In terms of power, they still cannot be compared even with the previous H100 model, which today is the basis for most existing AI services.
In February, Nvidia updated the world record for value growth. The company’s capitalization exceeded Russia’s GDP and its market value reached $1.97 trillion.
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Natalia Gormaleva
Source: RB
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