At its GTC developer conference, chip maker Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) debuted the GB200 GPU. This is the firms first chip that’s part of its new Blackwell platform – a new generation of AI graphics processors. Shares were little changed in after-hours trading.
The Blackwell GPU platform boasts groundbreaking features like 208 billion transistors, dual dies for cache coherency, and a massive 192GB of high bandwidth memory.
Described as an evolution beyond Nvidia’s H100 chips, it is designed to significantly enhance computational efficiency and power in generative AI and other demanding applications. With 2.5 times the floating point capabilities of H100s and substantial improvements in memory and bandwidth, Blackwell positions itself as a cornerstone for future AI advancements.
Nvidia highlighted the efficiency of the GB200 GPUs in training complex models and announced that major cloud service providers, including Amazon…
