The Blackwell platform, named after mathematician David Harold Blackwell, is expected to revolutionize computing across industries. The Nvidia GB200 Grace Blackwell Superchip connects two Nvidia B200 Tensor Core GPUs to the Nvidia Grace CPU over a 900GB/s ultra-low-power chip-to-chip link. The GB200 Superchip is a key component of the Nvidia GB200 NVL72, a multi-node, liquid-cooled, rack-scale system for the most compute-intensive workloads. The platform is expected to be adopted by major cloud providers, server manufacturers, and leading AI companies, including Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI.
Key takeaways:
- Nvidia has unveiled its next-generation Blackwell graphics processing units (GPUs), which promise up to 30 times performance increase for LLM inference workloads and 25 times better energy consumption.
- The Blackwell platform introduces six pioneering technologies aimed at unlocking breakthroughs in data processing, engineering simulation, electronic design automation, computer-aided drug design, quantum computing, and generative AI.
- Blackwell will be the world’s most powerful chip, featuring 208 billion transistors and a second-generation transformer engine.
- The Nvidia GB200 Grace Blackwell Superchip forms the cornerstone of the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72, a rack-scale system boasting 1.4 exaflops of AI performance and 30TB of fast memory, with widespread adoption anticipated across major cloud providers, server manufacturers, and leading AI companies.