Jensen Huang Says Nvidia's New Vera Rubin Chips Are in 'Full Production'

"Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says that the company's next-generation AI superchip platform, Vera Rubin, is on schedule to begin arriving to customers later this year. "Today, I can tell you that Vera Rubin is in full production," Huang said during a press event on Monday at the annual CES technology trade show in Las Vegas. Rubin will cut the cost of running AI models to about one-tenth of Nvidia's current leading chip system, Blackwell, the company told analysts and journalists during a call on Sunday."

"Nvidia said on the call that two of its existing partners, Microsoft and CoreWeave, will be among the first companies to begin offering services powered by Rubin chips later this year. Two major AI data centers that Microsoft is currently building in Georgia and Wisconsin will eventually include thousands of Rubin chips, Nvidia added. Some of Nvidia's partners have already started running their next-generation AI models on early Rubin systems, the company said."

"Nvidia's latest chip platform is named after Vera Rubin, an American astronomer who reshaped how scientists understand the properties of galaxies. The system includes six different chips, including the Rubin GPU and an Vera CPU, both of which are built using Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's 3 nanometer fabrication process and the most advanced bandwidth memory technology currently available."

Vera Rubin is in full production and will begin arriving to customers later this year. The platform reduces the cost of running AI models to about one-tenth of Nvidia's current Blackwell system and can train certain large models using roughly one-fourth as many chips. Microsoft and CoreWeave will be early providers of Rubin-powered services, and two Microsoft AI data centers in Georgia and Wisconsin will include thousands of Rubin chips. Some partners have already tested next-generation models on early Rubin systems. Nvidia is collaborating with Red Hat to expand enterprise products for the new platform. The system contains six chips, including a Rubin GPU and a Vera CPU built on TSMC 3nm with advanced bandwidth memory and sixth-generation interconnects linking components.

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