At the COMPUTEX 2024 conference, which is the focus of the global technology industry, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang announced the upcoming news of Rubin, the next generation of AI chip architecture. As the world's leading graphics processing unit (GPU) manufacturer, NVIDIA has been developing high-performance AI chips to meet the growing demand for computing.
1. Innovation highlights of Rubin chips
As NVIDIA's latest AI computing solution, the Rubin chip has a number of innovative highlights. First of all, the Rubin chip integrates 8-layer HBM4 high-bandwidth storage technology for the first time, and the introduction of this technology will greatly improve the data transfer rate and storage density, thereby speeding up the execution of AI tasks. Secondly, the Rubin chip also uses the new NVLink 6 Switch technology, which provides a connection rate of up to 3600 GB/s, making communication between multiple chips more efficient. In addition, the Rubin chip is also equipped with a CX9 SuperNIC component, which achieves a transfer rate of 1600 GB/s, providing powerful data transmission support for AI applications.
Second, the process and packaging technology of Rubin chips
Manufactured on an advanced 3nm process, the Rubin chip offers higher transistor density, lower power consumption, and more powerful performance than its predecessor. In addition, NVIDIA has also introduced CoWoS-L packaging technology, which enables Rubin chips to maintain high performance while also having better reliability and stability. These state-of-the-art processes and packaging technologies will ensure that Rubin chips perform optimally in real-world applications.
Picture: Rubin, NVIDIA's next-generation AI chip, will be launched in 2026 (Source: Wall Street News)
3. Market application prospects of Rubin chips
With its excellent performance and innovative technology, Rubin chips will show a wide range of application prospects in many fields. First of all, in the field of autonomous driving, the Rubin chip will be able to process massive amounts of image and video data in real time to provide accurate perception and decision-making capabilities for autonomous vehicles. Secondly, in the field of cloud computing and data centers, Rubin chips will greatly improve data processing and storage capabilities to meet the growing demand for data processing. In addition, Rubin chips will also play an important role in medical health, intelligent manufacturing and other fields, and promote the digital transformation and intelligent upgrading of these industries.
Fourth, NVIDIA's market strategy and competitiveness
As the world's leading AI chip manufacturer, NVIDIA has been committed to meeting market demand through innovative technologies and products. NVIDIA is launching new AI chips at a pace of "one generation a year" and continues to promote the development of AI computing technology. By introducing high-performance products such as Rubin chips, NVIDIA will further consolidate its leading position in the AI chip market. At the same time, NVIDIA will continue to strengthen cooperation with other enterprises and research institutions to jointly promote the innovation and application of AI technology.
In short, the launch of Rubin, NVIDIA's next-generation AI chip, will lead the future AI computing revolution. With its excellent performance and innovative technology, the Rubin chip will show a wide range of application prospects in many fields. NVIDIA will continue to uphold innovative ideas and market strategies to continuously promote the development and application of AI technology. We look forward to seeing more AI applications based on Rubin chips emerge and contribute to the development and progress of human society."
