January 7th, 2025
AI Chips
At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025 in Las Vegas, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang unveiled a series of groundbreaking products and partnerships, underscoring the company’s commitment to advancing artificial intelligence (AI) across various sectors.
GeForce RTX 50-Series GPUs
NVIDIA introduced the GeForce RTX 50 series, powered by the new Blackwell architecture. The flagship RTX 5090 boasts 92 billion transistors and delivers 3,352 trillion AI operations per second (TOPS). Priced at $1,999, it offers double the performance of its predecessor. The RTX 5080, delivering 1,800 TOPS, is priced at $999, with availability starting January 30. The RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070, offering 1,400 and 1,000 TOPS respectively, are set for release in February at $749 and $549. Laptops featuring these GPUs from manufacturers like Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Razer will be available beginning in March.
Cosmos Platform
Huang introduced Cosmos, a platform designed to advance “physical AI” by simulating real-world scenarios for robots and autonomous vehicles. Cosmos utilizes text, images, or video prompts to create virtual environments, enabling AI models to train with synthetic data for reinforcement learning. This innovation aims to enhance the understanding of complex physical environments by robots and autonomous systems.
Agentic AI Blueprints
NVIDIA launched agentic AI blueprints to automate enterprise tasks, providing customizable AI models for various applications. These blueprints are designed to streamline processes and improve efficiency across industries.
Partnerships in Autonomous Vehicles
The company announced collaborations with Toyota and Aurora Innovation to develop next-generation autonomous vehicles. Toyota plans to integrate NVIDIA’s Drive AGX Orin supercomputer and DriveOS into its upcoming vehicle fleets, enhancing capabilities in self-driving technology. Aurora Innovation is set to launch driverless trucks commercially in April, utilizing NVIDIA’s AI solutions.
Project DIGITS
NVIDIA unveiled Project DIGITS, a high-end desktop supercomputer tailored for AI researchers and enthusiasts. Starting at $3,000 and available in May, it enables the execution of AI models with up to 200 billion parameters without relying on cloud infrastructure.
These announcements highlight NVIDIA’s strategic expansion into AI-driven technologies, positioning the company at the forefront of innovation in gaming, robotics, and autonomous systems.
