Nvidia Just Showed Off a New AI Chip That Makes Its Last One Look Like a Toy

Remember when Nvidia's Blackwell chip was supposed to be the ultimate AI brain? That was so 2024. The company just pulled back the curtain on its successor, and it makes Blackwell look like a calculator.

It's called Vera Rubin, and CNBC got an exclusive first look at Nvidia's headquarters in Santa Clara. The numbers are staggering: 1.3 million individual components, 72 next-gen GPUs, 36 CPUs, parts sourced from over 80 suppliers across 20+ countries, and 10 times more performance per watt than Blackwell.

This video from CBS News racking up over 100K views breaks down why the Pentagon and Anthropic story matters so much for chips like these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE1BxJbDv-k

That "per watt" part is the real game-changer. Right now, one of the biggest problems with AI is that it guzzles electricity like crazy. Data centers are struggling to find enough power. Vera Rubin could mean the same AI horsepower while using a fraction of the energy.

There's a catch, though. All that AI demand has created a global shortage of memory chips, which is driving up costs for everything from phones to laptops. Nvidia says it's working closely with suppliers to keep things on track, but the ripple effects are real.

Vera Rubin is expected to ship in the second half of 2026, and it could not come at a better time for an industry that's simultaneously booming and straining at the seams.

As reported by CNBC.

Source: CNBC