By KL Lim
NVIDIA has unveiled its GPU roadmap. Following the Blackwell architecture announced at this year’s GTC, it will introduce Blackwell Ultra, Rubin and Rubin Ultra over the next three years.
Founder and CEO Jensen Huang shared this during his keynote address as a prelude to the official opening Computex. His much-awaited keynote keeps getting earlier and earlier. While those in previous years were held a day before the opening of Computex, this year’s address took place two days earlier — on a Sunday and for the first time, at night.
It is testament to his rockstar pull because thousands queued for hours in the rain and filled up the 5,000-seat National Taiwan University Sports Center. More had to catch the presentation at a hall on level one with a staggering 1.47 million watching online.
The keynote started a little after 7pm as people were still streaming in to the indoor stadium.
Taiwan is clearly an important market to NVIDIA as Huang began and closed his presentation by mentioning the island. He also lauded Taiwan’s tech titans and solid ecosystem of partners. What a tribute to Taiwan from the world’s third most valuable company!
“The future of computing is accelerated. With our innovations in AI and accelerated computing, we’re pushing the boundaries of what’s possible and driving the next wave of technological advancement,” said Huang.
Amid his many announcements, one that stood out concerns Foxconn. Huang shared how the world’s largest contract manufacturer has turned to a digital twin powered by NVIDIA Omniverse and Isaac to define processes and train robots in a virtual environment. Doing so will help Foxconn achieve new levels of automation and industrial efficiency, saving time, cost, and energy.
Having attended his Computex keynote since 2002, I find this to be one of the most captivating, impactful and electrifying. Maybe it’s because I finally got to rest my joints after the hours of queuing, standing and waiting. But it’s more likely because of the future that Huang has painted and the excitement of seeing how AI is powering a new industrial revolution.
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