NVIDIA Reportedly Progressing Well with "Rubin" AI GPU Development - Insiders Foresee Q3'25 Sampling

[T0@st]

Over a year ago, industry moles started chattering about a potential "late 2025" launch of NVIDIA "Rubin" AI accelerators/ GPUs. According to older rumors, one of the successors to current-gen "Blackwell" hardware could debut in chiplet-based "R100" form. Weeks ahead of Christmas 2024, Taiwanese insider reports pointed to Team Green's development of the "Rubin" AI project being sixth months ahead of schedule. Despite this extra positive outlook, experts surmised that the North American giant would not be rushing out shiny new options—especially with the recent arrival of "Blackwell Ultra" products. A lot of leaks seem to be coming from sources at (or adjacent to) TSMC.

Taiwan's top foundry service is reportedly in the "Rubin" equation; with a 3 nm (N3P) node process and CoWoS-L packaging linked to "R100." According to local murmurs, the final "taping out"—of Rubin GPUs and Vera CPUs—is due for completion this month. Trial production is expected run throughout the summer, with initial samples being ready for distribution by September. According to a fresh Ctee TW news report, unnamed supply chain participants reckon that NVIDIA's "new chip development schedule is smoother than before, and mass production (of Rubin and Vera chips) will begin as early as 2026." In theory, the first publicly exhibited final examples could turn up at CES 2026.



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[Zazigalka]

hope Rubin delivers the same sort of performance uplift as Ampere did after Turing. Cause if it's just another evolution of Blackwell, it'll be ROMO over and over again. Relief of missing out.

 

[piloponth]

hope Rubin delivers the same sort of performance uplift as Ampere did after Turing. Cause if it's just another evolution of Blackwell, it'll be ROMO over and over again. Relief of missing out.

You really thinks that there will be a consumer gaming GPUs out of Rubin silicon? Think again.

 

[KLMR]

Still waiting to see a HBM consumer board by nvidia and they are about to release version 4...

 

[Dr. Dro]

You really thinks that there will be a consumer gaming GPUs out of Rubin silicon? Think again.

There will be one, most likely. For the 2027-2028 season

 

[Zazigalka]

You really thinks that there will be a consumer gaming GPUs out of Rubin silicon? Think again.

yes, when udna comes out, there will be.

 

[Rightness_1]

Does nGreedia remember how to make a new architecture, or are we back to a minor process node shrink and some unblown fuses like the last couple of times?

 

[Dr. Dro]

Does nGreedia remember how to make a new architecture, or are we back to a minor process node shrink and some unblown fuses like the last couple of times?

They're already pulling triple digits on the competition, do you want their prices to get even higher?

 

[Bwaze]

Does nGreedia remember how to make a new architecture, or are we back to a minor process node shrink and some unblown fuses like the last couple of times?

I think they’ll have to slowly sell LLM, AI accelerators to people that already bought them, so they’ll have to make advancements. But they might be so out of normal PC use their Gaming branch might need to invent new uses for the hardware, even more out of touch with needs of gamers than inventing fake frames.