The GB10 Grace Blackwell chip presented yesterday was developed jointly by Nvidia and MediaTek, and therefore the founder of the first company said at a press conference that the latter can dispose of these developments at its own discretion, and Nvidia itself has “its own plans” for the further use of this processor , in addition to the Project Digits developer platform.
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At the very least, Reuters cites the following statements from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about MediaTek’s ability to use joint developments on the chip: “Now they can give it to us, they can keep it and serve the needs of the market. Thus, this situation turned out to be beneficial for both parties.” Previously, there were rumors about Nvidia’s intentions to develop a processor for PCs that could compete with solutions from Intel, AMD and Qualcomm.
Project Digits, at $3,000, cannot claim the status of a mass product, since it is a platform for developers using artificial intelligence systems. However, the head of Nvidia made it clear that the company has further plans for the chip underlying this platform: “Of course we have plans. Wait and we’ll tell you about them.” Huang also explained that Nvidia hopes to bridge the gap between the popularity of Linux and Windows by using Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux platform, which allows both operating systems to run on the same PC. With this approach, Nvidia hopes to popularize Linux apps in the mainstream PC market.