NVIDIA Keynote Live Blog (11pm ET/03:00 UTC)
10:58 PM EDT –Returning to the second day of Computex’s live blog coverage
10:59 PM EDT -Following AMD’s CPU-centric large showcase, NVIDIA is standing on the deck tonight to offer what promises to be a variety of keynotes that touch on some aspects of NVIDIA’s business.
11:00 PM EDT -The untitled keynote will run for an hour and will feature who the NVIDIA VPs are, such as Ian Buck (VP Accelerated Computing), Michael Kagan (CTO) and Jeff Fisher (SVP GeForce).
11:00 PM EDT -Therefore, expect the keynote to cover everything from the data center to the game
11:01 PM EDT ――Now, let’s go
11:02 PM EDT -Start with a brief promotional video from NVIDIA and the growth of your GPU business from games to AI and more.
11:03 PM EDT -First, Ian Back
11:03 PM EDT -Start with AI
11:04 PM EDT -This requires rethinking the data center itself
11:04 PM EDT -AI also enables new markets for digital twins
11:04 PM EDT -Potential $ 150 billion market
11:04 PM EDT -And an additional $ 100 billion market for cloud gaming streaming
11:05 PM EDT -Everything available to NVIDIA partners using NVIDIA hardware
11:05 PM EDT -These tasks consume a lot of computing power-so energy efficiency is important
11:06 PM EDT -Of course, NVIDIA is also pleased to claim that moving from using CPUs for computing tasks to GPUs can save a lot of power.
11:07 PM EDT -And NVIDIA has a significant collection of other hardware, including Grace CPUs and former Mellanox network hardware.
11:07 PM EDT -H100 Accelerator Recapping
11:08 PM EDT -NVLink 4, multi-instance GPU, sensitive computing, transformer accelerator, etc.
11:08 PM EDT -And NVLink switches to form a larger cluster of computers
11:10 PM EDT -And a cry to NVIDIA’s Taiwanese partners who participated in building these new servers
11:10 PM EDT -Current NVIDIA Roadmap
11:11 PM EDT -Two years of hardware rhythm. Interleave between x86 and Arm
11:11 PM EDT -Now, let’s move on to Grace
11:11 PM EDT -Grace will be shipped next year
11:11 PM EDT -Grace and Grace Hopper
11:12 PM EDT -For CPU and CPU + GPU workloads
11:12 PM EDT -Grace Superchip has 144 cores. Equipped with 1TB of LPDDR5X memory, it consumes 500 watts
11:13 PM EDT -And repeat NVIDIA’s plan to deploy NVLink on all silicon so that it can be linked to other NVIDIA and third-party hardware using fast cache coherent interconnects.
11:14 PM EDT -NVIDIA has developed a number of reference systems over the years, but is now making a new generation of reference systems based on Grace.
11:15 PM EDT -New CGX, OVX, and GFX refrence designs with Grace and / or GraceHopper
11:15 PM EDT -Announcement of HGX Grace and HGX Grace Hopper System
11:15 PM EDT -Both are specially designed for OEM 2U chassis
11:16 PM EDT -Leverage existing system architecture
11:16 PM EDT -Grace System will begin shipping in the first half of 2023
11:17 PM EDT -Next, let’s talk about the Bluefield-3 NPU.
11:18 PM EDT -NVIDIA is betting that Bluefield and DPU will be essential to the data center
11:18 PM EDT -A lot of silicon, you will be able to process using NVIDIA GPU
11:19 PM EDT -Or, as NVIDIA likes, this network device will be the backbone of the AI system
11:19 PM EDT -Next, move on to NVIDIA’s enterprise software stack
11:20 PM EDT -Just in case, NVIDIA has more software engineers than hardware engineers. Therefore, at the enterprise level, software is a differentiator for NV rather than hardware.
11:20 PM EDT -The next wave of AI: robotics
11:21 PM EDT -“There is a clear demand for automation”
11:22 PM EDT -Summary of NVIDIA’s Isaac robotics platform
11:23 PM EDT -And how Isaac interfaces with Omniverse for simulation and robot training
11:24 PM EDT -Most of what makes this possible is NVIDIA’s pre-trained model available at NGC
11:25 PM EDT -This is another example of NVIDIA using software to build an ecosystem.
11:26 PM EDT -IsaacSim with Omniverse
11:26 PM EDT -NVIDIA wants to close the gap between sim and real
11:26 PM EDT -Announcement of IsaacSim 2022.1 release
11:27 PM EDT -Start demo of IsaacSim
11:29 PM EDT -Next, NVIDIA hardware for robotics: Jetson
11:31 PM EDT -NVIDIA’s Orin SoC is reported to be working well in the MLPerf benchmark
11:31 PM EDT -Jetson AGXOrin development kit is now available
11:32 PM EDT -Production systems using Jetson Orin are currently available, many announced at Computex this week.
11:33 PM EDT -Izak Nova Olin.State-of-the-art architecture for autonomous mobile robots
11:34 PM EDT -One more: drive Hyperion
11:35 PM EDT -Hyperion version 8 will begin shipping in 2024
11:35 PM EDT -And Hyperion 9 is under development for cars shipping from 2026.
11:35 PM EDT -Processes twice as much sensor data as Hyperion 8
11:36 PM EDT -And NVIDIA has signed up for Hyperion’s additional supplier partners
11:36 PM EDT -And now we’re moving on to the game with Jeff Fisher
11:37 PM EDT -“Taiwan is the birthplace of the PC ecosystem”
11:37 PM EDT -Summary of NVIDIA’s current hardware stack, including GeForce RTX series graphics cards, Max-Q laptops, G-Sync monitors, etc.
11:38 PM EDT -PC gaming hardware is expected to reach a $ 67 billion market this year, with double-digit growth expected over the next few years.
11:38 PM EDT -Jeff is grateful to NVIDIA’s partner products
11:39 PM EDT -“”[Ampere] The fastest GPU in the world. “
11:39 PM EDT -Summary of Ampere family features such as RT core, DLSS, NVENC video encoder
11:40 PM EDT -Publishing a video about NVIDIA’s driver development process
11:41 PM EDT -This looks like the same (or similar) GameReady development video released a few weeks ago
11:41 PM EDT -“Our mission with the driver is invisible.”
11:42 PM EDT -Currently there are over 250 RTX games and applications
11:42 PM EDT -Hitman 3 is getting ray tracing and DLSS updates
11:43 PM EDT -Announced that RT and DLSS will also be installed in F122 to be released in July
11:44 PM EDT -Next move on to NVIDIA Reflex
11:44 PM EDT -“Low system latency helps all gamers”
11:44 PM EDT -NVIDIA recently conducted a survey on how system latency affects target accuracy.
11:44 PM EDT -Kovaak’s system delay challenges
11:45 PM EDT -Now run another promotional video on Reflex
11:45 PM EDT -Talk about using Reflex to reduce system latency
11:46 PM EDT -Reflex is even a recent Unreal Engine plugin
11:46 PM EDT -Currently up to 38 games and 22 monitors
11:47 PM EDT -Introducing the new Reflex compatible display
11:47 PM EDT -New 500Hz 1080p 24 inch Asus monitor
11:47 PM EDT -TN panel
11:47 PM EDT -Includes Reflex analyzer
11:48 PM EDT -Next, move on to a GeForce laptop with Max-Q
11:48 PM EDT -Max-Q feature set summary
11:49 PM EDT -Computex’s new gaming laptops such as MSI, Asus and Gigabyte
11:49 PM EDT -Next move to NVIDIA Studio
11:49 PM EDT -A platform focused on creating NVIDIA
11:50 PM EDT -Currently over 200 Studio Acceleration applications
11:51 PM EDT -And how Omniverse can help game developers and content creators
11:51 PM EDT -Omniverse downloads increased 10 times
11:51 PM EDT -Omniverse has also been updated with new features such as Omniverse Cloud and Audio2Face
11:53 PM EDT -Looking back at the game segment of this keynote and the state of NVIDIA’s game ecosystem
11:53 PM EDT -And Jeff would like to thank NVIDIA’s partners again at the end.
11:54 PM EDT -And by signing off with Toy Jensen, that’s it. Thank you for your participation.