After graphics cards, after servers, after AI chips, Nvidia is reportedly planning to enter the desktop processor market. This week, the American company presented the Digits project, a mini PC specializing in AI sold for $3,000, which can run large language models locally.
Nvidia on Qualcomm's turf
Under the hood of this computer is a unique combination: a GB10 Superchip system-on-chip, which combines a GPU based on the Blackwell architecture and developed by Nvidia, with a CPU composed of 20 Arm cores designed by Nvidia in collaboration with MediaTek. This low-power processor could be found in other computers.
Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, has made no secret of his desire to go beyond the Digits project with this CPU. During a meeting with investors, the executive welcomed the joint work with MediaTek (a “win-win deal”), but he did not want to reveal his plans. “Of course, we have plans,” he said.
Nvidia could therefore become a new player in the market for Arm-based desktop chips, facing Qualcomm and, to a certain extent, Apple.
Also during this Q&A session, the executive explained that Nvidia believes it can reduce the gap between Windows and Linux, which is used by the majority of AI developers. Jensen Huang wants to make the Linux subsystem of Windows “a mainstream product.” The WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), introduced in Windows 10 in 2016, is a real OS within the OS. "We will support [this technology] with everything we do to support professional and high-quality software, and PC makers will make it accessible to end users," he said.
Source: Reuters
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