Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled the company's next-generation AI computing platforms during his keynote at the annual GPU Technology Conference (GTC) in San Jose, California. The announcements centered on the new Blackwell GPU architecture and the future Vera Rubin platform, setting the roadmap for accelerated computing and generative AI.
The Blackwell platform, named for mathematician David Blackwell, is designed for trillion-parameter scale generative AI. According to Nvidia's announcement, systems powered by Blackwell GPUs can reduce AI inference costs and energy consumption by up to 25 times compared to the previous Hopper architecture. Major partners like Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle are expected to offer Blackwell-powered services starting later in 2026.
Looking further ahead, Huang also outlined the Vera Rubin platform, named for the astronomer, scheduled for release after Blackwell. This platform will feature new GPUs, an Arm-based CPU named Vera, and advanced networking with the X1600 switch. The company framed these announcements as critical for enabling the next wave of AI innovation across industries.
The GTC keynote did not provide specific sales projections for the new platforms. The event primarily served as a technological showcase for developers and partners, highlighting Nvidia's continued focus on advancing AI infrastructure.
