Nvidia recently revealed details about its new AI graphics processors, and one of them is named for a scientist familiar to many space fans. Vera Rubin, the namesake for one of Nvidia's new AI GPU platforms,

Nvidia will also offer a single rack called the GB300 NVL72 that offers 1.1 exaflops of FP4, 20TB of HBM memory, 40TB of “fast memory,” and 130TB/sec of NVLink bandwidth and 14.4 TB/sec networking.

The Vera Rubin die will have two GPUs sandwiched together, delivering over 50 petaflops of FP4 performance per chip. Nvidia claims that a full rack of these will deliver over 3.6 exaflops of performance—that's more than three times what's possible on existing Blackwell hardware.

Nvidia Corp., looking to cement its place at the heart of the artificial intelligence boom, laid out plans for more powerful chips, a model for robotics, and “personal AI supercomputers” that will let developers work on desktop machines.

Jensen Huang headlined the Nvidia GTC 2025 keynote, giving updates on Blackwell, Vera Rubin, and a new Disney and Google Deepmind partnership.

The giant chipmaker has transformed its annual developer conference from an academic event into a who’s who gathering for the future of artificial intelligence.