Nvidia recently revealed details about its new AI graphics processors, and one of them is named for a scientist familiar to many space fans. Vera Rubin, the namesake for one of Nvidia's new AI GPU platforms,

On the near horizon — H2 2025 — Nvidia will release Blackwell Ultra, a GPU that’ll come in several configurations. A single Ultra chip will offer the same 20 petaflops of AI performance as Blackwell, but with 288GB of memory — up from 192GB in vanilla Blackwell.

Nvidia will also offer a single rack called the GB300 NVL72 that offers 1.1 exaflops of FP4, 20TB of HBM memory, 40TB of “fast memory,” and 130TB/sec of NVLink bandwidth and 14.4 TB/sec networking.

Nvidia Corp., looking to cement its place at the heart of the artificial intelligence boom, laid out plans for more powerful chips, a model for robotics, and “personal AI supercomputers” that will let developers work on desktop machines.

Jensen Huang headlined the Nvidia GTC 2025 keynote, giving updates on Blackwell, Vera Rubin, and a new Disney and Google Deepmind partnership.

This week, the industry is focused on the Nvidia GTC (GPU Technology Conference) 2025, an event that will bring new updates from Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang. Both investors and consumers are likely watching the conference for updates on the upcoming Nvidia Blackwell Ultra,