NVIDIA made several significant announcements at GTC 2024, the premier AI conference. Here is a summary of the key highlights:
– NVIDIA Blackwell: Huang unveiled the NVIDIA Blackwell platform, which combines the power of two chips and offers speeds of 10 Tbps. 30 times faster than the previous H100.
– Project GR00T for humanoid robots, Jetson Thor computer, and updates to the Isaac robotics platform were introduced.
– The next-gen AI supercomputer DGX SuperPOD with GB200 Grace Blackwell Superchips and liquid-cooled rack-scale architecture was unveiled.
– X800 series networking switches boasting 800Gb/s throughput for AI infrastructures were introduced.
– Collaborations with Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Google Cloud, SAP SE, and others were expanded to enhance AI integration.
– Earth-2 climate platform was launched to address economic losses from climate change-induced extreme weather.
– Healthcare microservices, Omniverse Cloud APIs, DRIVE Thor for next-gen fleets, and Sovereign AI solutions were announced.
– The 6G Research Cloud platform and contributions to Japan’s ABCI-Q supercomputer were highlighted.
– NVIDIA Quantum Cloud services and advanced networking solutions like Quantum-X800 and Spectrum-X800 were introduced.
– NVIDIA unveiled Omniverse Cloud APIs for seamless integration into various software applications across industries.
– NVIDIA NIM: Nvidia introduced NVIDIA NIM, a software platform aimed at simplifying the deployment of AI models, leveraging Nvidia’s hardware as a foundation, and integrating with public cloud platforms such as Amazon SageMaker and Microsoft Azure AI