Posted 3/19/2024, 12:10:00 AM
NVIDIA Unveils Blackwell Chips, Up to 30X Faster Than Previous Model for AI
- NVIDIA announced Blackwell, new AI chips up to 30 times faster than previous H100 chips
- Blackwell offers 20 petaflops speed, thanks to 208 billion transistors, vs 80 billion in H100
- Blackwell connects multiple chips to achieve speeds up to 10 terabytes per second
- Blackwell named after mathematician David Blackwell; called "world's most powerful chip"
- CEOs like Altman, Nadella, Musk praise Blackwell's "massive performance leaps" for AI