Discussion Nvidia Blackwell in Q1-2025

[Win2012R2]

People pay like 2000€ for a prettier color and another 2000€ for sports rims on their cars.

A car might be worth 10k less without those - some options are must have

 

[jpiniero]

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-introduces-rtx-pro-6000-blackwell-gpu-series-24064-cores-96gb-memory-and-up-to-600w

Here's the final specs. There's also a 300 W version of the RTX Pro 6000 as well.

 

[basix]

How many ROPs?

 

[jpiniero]

nVidia also announced Rubin - not until the second half of 2027 though (lol)

It's now 4 dies in one.

 

[adroc_thurston]

It's now 4 dies in one.

That's Ultra.
Vanilla Rubin is half that.

 

[jpiniero]

That's Ultra.
Vanilla Rubin is half that.

Ah, seems you are correct. Jensen had a slide later also saying that the arch after Rubin is called Feyman.

Hate to see the power draw... imagine Data Centers will have to build power generators on site soon.

 

[adroc_thurston]

Hate to see the power draw... imagine Data Centers will have to build power generators on site soon.

you just need nuclear reactors (no, I'm serious).

 

[jpiniero]

you just need nuclear reactors (no, I'm serious).

Oh, I could believe that.

 

[Mopetar]

Oh, I could believe that.

He is actually being serious. Nuclear is a great choice for data center power since the data center wants to draw about the same amount of power around the clock. Nuclear is great for supplying that kind of load.

 

[techjunkie123]

Nuclear fusion reactors are being funded for this purpose, amongst others of course.

 

[jpiniero]

He is actually being serious.

I wasn't disagreeing. A single B200 is 1kW... figure that Blackwell Ultra will be more than that, and Rubin Ultra even more so. Needing it's own Nuclear Power plant sounds about right.