NVIDIA unveils the Blackwell GPU platform
At GTC 2024, NVIDIA introduced the Blackwell architecture (B200, GB200 NVL72 rack), a dual-die GPU designed for trillion-parameter model training and inference, succeeding Hopper.
Key facts
- Announced 18 March 2024 at GTC
- 208 billion transistors across two dies
- GB200 NVL72 rack connects 72 Blackwell GPUs via NVLink
- Volume shipments ramped from late 2024 into 2025
What happened
NVIDIA announced its next-generation AI accelerator and rack-scale systems, with all major clouds as launch customers.
Why it matters
Blackwell racks became the building block of 2025's gigawatt-scale AI datacenters.
Changelog
- 2026-09-29: created
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Sources (2)
- officialNVIDIA Blackwell Platform Arrives to Power a New Era of Computing (NVIDIA Newsroom)
- discussionWikipedia: Blackwell (microarchitecture)
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