NVIDIA Is On a Different Planet

Sponsor: Thermaltake Tower 300 mATX Case on Amazon NVIDIA had a lot of announcements this week between the Blackwell GPUs (which will presumably come to the RTX 5090, 5080, and others), its NIMs, the humanoid and other robotics Project GR00T, NVLink Switch advancements, and more. But in addition to covering those stories and some of the surface-level technicals that have been released so far, we’re also talking about some of the absurdity of media coverage. This piece is a mix of news reporting on NVIDIA’s GTC 2024 keynote and of commentary and opinions on the state of the industry, NVIDIA’s scary position, and what AMD and Intel are left to do. Despite our focus in gaming, much of this technology eventually works its way into consumer parts (and it’s just fun to learn about). Check out our engineering interviews! Recently updated: Check out the one referenced with AMD on chiplet designs: The best way to support our work is through our store: Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - The AI Gold Rush 00:54 - Jensen Was Right 01:37 - Everyone Loves NVIDIA 05:04 - NVIDIA’s Keynote 06:30 - The Announcements Quickly Recapped 08:19 - NVIDIA Blackwell GPU Details 11:57 - Combinations of Blackwell & Grace (GB200) 13:07 - Why Multi-Chip Isn’t Easy for GPUs 17:55 - NVLink Switch, Connections, & RAS Diagnostics 19:50 - NIMs & Software Advancements 21:48 - Humanoid & Other Robotics: Project Gr00t 24:30 - WHAT WE THINK & Conclusions ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video (“this video is brought to you by“) and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or “sponsored content“ (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: f: w: Steve Burke: Host, Writing, Editing Jeremy Clayton: Writing, Research Vitalii Makhnovets: Video Editing