On Monday, NVIDIA unveiled its latest artificial intelligence (AI) chip B200 Blackwell chip, which the company says can do some tasks over 30 times faster than its predecessor. The company’s CEO Jensen Huang detailed a new set of software tools at the company’s annual developer conference.
The company’s major clients and consumers include – Microsoft, OpenAI, Google and Amazon, all of whom are expected to use the firm’s new flagship chip in cloud-computing services. The company stated that its new software tools – microservices, improve system efficiency to make it easier for businesses to incorporate an AI model into its work.
Apart from this the company has also announced a new line of chips for cars that can run chatbots inside the vehicle. Nvidia stated the BYD and Xpeng, the Chinese electric vehicle would both use its new chips. Huang also presented new series of chips for creating humanoid robots, and also invited several robots to join him on stage.
Currently, Nvidia is the third-most valuable company in the US after Microsoft and Apple, its shares have surged to over 240 per cent in the past year, and its market value currently is at a whopping $2 trillion.
Originally known for making the type of computer chips that process graphics for computer games, Nvidia had started adding features to its chips that helps machine learnings, and made investments that have helped grow its market share. However Nvidia, is facing competition in terms of Intel and AMD.
