NVIDIA Computex 2025 Keynote Address Liveblog

[btarunr]

NVIDIA is at Computex 2025, with CEO Jensen Huang leading a keynote address. We go live with the various announcements. Jensen takes centerstage NVIDIA began with the announcement is the Grace Blackwell AI inferencing system. NVIDIA began the keynote showing off its latest GeForce RTX 5060 desktop and mobile graphics cards. Each node has the same compute throughput as the Sierra compute from 2018. The NVLink Spine is a backend interconnects 72 GB300 node. 1 NVLink spine moves more traffic than the entire Internet. Each NVL72 rack pulls 128 kVA of power. NVIDIA says the terminology "AI factory" and not "datacenter" is suitable because each of these pulls 100s of megawatts of power to offer compute power of hundreds of datacenters. NVIDIA is now describing the manufacturing process behind Blackwell GPU.




NVIDIA and its partners to build an AI supercomputer for Taiwan.

Grace Blackwell NVL72 is "one giant GPU" because an entire wafer worth silicon goes into making it.



NVLink Fusion enables semi-custom AI infrastructure, so companies don't have to rely on a handful partners for one-size-fits-all nodes, switches, and racks.


NVIDIA to also create GPUs as chiplets or IP blocks. It should be possible to use your own NICs or CPUs to build your own nodes. This of course works only at scale, and is meant for large companies.


NVIDIA to expand AI inferencing ecosystem to newer form-factors.


DGX Spark is designed for AI-native developers.


DGX Station motherboard, is designed for workstations and desktop. The most compute power from a 230 V 16 A wall outlet. Enough power for a 1 trillion param AI model.


AI changed compute, storage, and networking for enterprises. Agentic AI is the future for businesses. AI Agents are "digital AI." IT departments to become "HR for digital workers."


NVIDIA RTX Pro Server Rack. An x86-based server running RTX Pro or AIC Blackwell GPUs. These are the servers for enterprise AI agents.


CX8 is a new PCIe switch for AIC to AIC interconnections at rack scale.


NVIDIA AI Data platform replaces SQL as a new type of storage/query system.


Newton physics engine helps bring phsyical robots to life in the virtual world.


NVIDIA announces Issac Groot humanoid robot foundation model.


Everything that moves will be robotic.


$5 trillion worth new plants being planned around the world, which opens up opportunities for NVIDIA for digital twinning.


NVIDIA Constellation is the company's new Taiwan office.

And that's a wrap.

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[lexluthermiester]

4U RTX Pro server... Monstrous beast of a thing!

 

[ZoneDymo]

I take it we can sum the whole conference up in one acronym again?

 

[lexluthermiester]

I take it we can sum the whole conference up in one acronym again?

AI, yuppers.

 

[dlgh7]

AI, yuppers.

I know some might say Ai, but my guess would be lies.

 

[lexluthermiester]

lies

That's a verb not an acronym.

 

[dlgh7]

That's a verb not an acronym.

It is both.

Lying
Imbecile
Egomaniacal
Sociopath

 

[Space Lynx]

y'all need to go bed, lmao

 

[dlgh7]

y'all need to go bed, lmao

It isn't even 11 yet.

 

[Dr. Dro]

No mention whatsoever of GeForce? Disappointing, but not entirely unexpected. Was too busy watching GN's video where he (rightfully) roasts NVIDIA's hostile behavior towards the press. At least they are starting to feel the heat, if they were feeling comfortable, that wouldn't be happening. Great time for Intel and AMD to put the pedal to the metal and ship the much anticipated B770 and 9060 XT. Both have been trying their best to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory as of late, since the blue team lost momentum and the red can't seem to honor their MSRPs.

 

[Chaitanya]

y'all need to go bed, lmao

1105hrs here, I am sitting at desk in office. I will be fired if I sleep.

 

[_roman_]

Nope.

Fanboys will buy APPLE, BMW, CORSAIR, ... Intel, .... Nvidia, Razer, ...

Raytracing which I can not see in games enabled or disabled on a factory calibrated screen with delta smaller 1. Upscaling and other Marketing Unique Selling prepositions so the nvidia fanboy can buy it.

I think gigabyte focus on something else as Consumer Hardware like graphic cards and mainboards. Those slides speaks volumes.

 

[Icon Charlie]

I'll add this here as I've already know Ngreedia antics.... For years.

 

[Dr. Dro]

I'll add this here as I've already know Ngreedia antics.... For years.

Yeah, I've linked it on my post above, just didn't embed as to avoid the potential offtopic back and forth it would ensue. But since that cat is out of the bag

I see Nvidia's hostility towards the press as a clear sign that they feel uncomfortable. It's how megacorporations tend to deal with things, fully exploit the customer base while they have a clear advantage, and then throw their weight around when things don't go their way. (Intel's hey days when they bribed OEMs, or AMD during the early Zen 3 era/present situation with the Threadripper line as examples).

Looking for consumer-oriented ethics in billionaire global corporations is like looking for a needle in a haystack, except that you actually have a chance to come across the needle instead of just vacuous corporate statements. Thankfully we have people like Rossmann, the greatest technician that's ever lived, GN, etc. to stand against them and, at the very least, put the brakes on it.

 

[Kohl Baas]

I'll add this here as I've already know Ngreedia antics.... For years.

How far have we came from the times when nVidia was b*tching about Intel using it's muscle making partners not to want competitors' products on the shelves...

 

[Onasi]

I see Nvidia's hostility towards the press as a clear sign that they feel uncomfortable. It's how megacorporations tend to deal with things, fully exploit the customer base while they have a clear advantage, and then throw their weight around when things don't go their way. (Intel's hey days when they bribed OEMs, or AMD during the early Zen 3 era/present situation with the Threadripper line as examples).

It’s uncomfortable in that distinct “why don’t you all fuck off already and just let us make bank on AI chips” way. This reaaaaally feels like NV is basically considering the consumer line as a liability, an obligation that they kinda have to and are expected to fulfill, but they really would rather not or at least they definitely do not care for the consumers and press getting “uppity”. You’re right that this is probably the best moment for the competition to humble them a bit, give them a reality check, but we’ll see.

 

[kondamin]

I so hope the wider media has a spine and keeps calling it data centres and doesn’t adopt “ai factory”
A factory makes something, a data center heats up silicon inefficiently.

Also where are the n1 and n1x?

 

[nguyen]

Yeah, I've linked it on my post above, just didn't embed as to avoid the potential offtopic back and forth it would ensue. But since that cat is out of the bag

I see Nvidia's hostility towards the press as a clear sign that they feel uncomfortable. It's how megacorporations tend to deal with things, fully exploit the customer base while they have a clear advantage, and then throw their weight around when things don't go their way. (Intel's hey days when they bribed OEMs, or AMD during the early Zen 3 era/present situation with the Threadripper line as examples).

Looking for consumer-oriented ethics in billionaire global corporations is like looking for a needle in a haystack, except that you actually have a chance to come across the needle instead of just vacuous corporate statements. Thankfully we have people like Rossmann, the greatest technician that's ever lived, GN, etc. to stand against them and, at the very least, put the brakes on it.

Nvidia is looking to sell GPUs via Tiktok, so they are screwing legacy media .

 

[lexluthermiester]

Was too busy watching GN's video where he (rightfully) roasts NVIDIA's hostile behavior towards the press.

To be fair, much of the press has been very hostile themselves. Sadly, I empathize with NVidia on that one. Much of the press(not all) need to do a lot of growing up, learning how to be civilized and stop acting like children throwing a tantrum. It's pathetic.

EDIT: Granted, there is a limit to the empathy. NVidia is being childish as well. LeatherJacket has been has been a complete tool since the release of Turing. Still, that's no excuse for either party to be utter twats to each other.

 

[Onasi]

@lexluthermiester
I feel like modern “clout chasing” culture is to blame for this. The press and influencers are trying way too hard to earn brownie points with the proles by basically doubling down on the common sentiment. People want to shit on NVidia (for reasons both valid and not) and the media for the most part is happy to mirror that since that’s what’s getting the clicks. It honestly kind of getting to the point of being obnoxious. Yes, I get it, NVidia bad, Leather Jacket man bad, NGREEDYA, 8 gigs of VRAM, fuck fake frames, and so on and so forth, Blackwell more like Blackshit lololol. That’s all great, but that’s forum level discourse and probably shouldn’t be something that the ostensible professionals go for.

 

[Dr. Dro]

To be fair, the much of the press has been very hostile themselves. Sadly, I empathize with NVidia on that one. Much of the press(not all) need to do a lot of growing up, learning how to be civilized and stop acting like children throwing a tantrum. It's pathetic.

That they have, but IMHO - as long as nothing patently false is said, grilling them is fair game. The purpose of the media is to keep them from flying off the handle, and fly off the handle Nvidia has, on more than a few occasions.

End of the day, it turns out people tend to be extremely protective of their purchasing decisions. Feelings precede facts until it's too late, and you haven't really gotten your feet wet until the cliques accuse you of being <brand> fanboy. I'm especially fond of when I'm reduced to a "this user", sprinked with the likes of "paid shill with nothing of real substance", or "this person just hates", and "they need a timeout from the forum!!1", just because I pointed out their favorite brand did a room temp IQ move - and you don't have any street cred until at least 2 or 3 cliques have directed that at you

@lexluthermiester
I feel like modern “clout chasing” culture is to blame for this. The press and influencers are trying way too hard to earn brownie points with the proles by basically doubling down on the common sentiment. People want to shit on NVidia (for reasons both valid and not) and the media for the most part is happy to mirror that since that’s what’s getting the clicks. It honestly kind of getting to the point of being obnoxious. Yes, I get it, NVidia bad, Leather Jacket man bad, NGREEDYA, 8 gigs of VRAM, fuck fake frames, and so on and so forth, Blackwell more like Blackshit lololol. That’s all great, but that’s forum level discourse and probably shouldn’t be something that the ostensible professionals go for.

Bingo. And you don't really have to go too far to see the true face of the "movement", just scroll up a little.

It is both.

Lying
Imbecile
Egomaniacal
Sociopath

It's like it's personal to some people.

 

[_roman_]

Just for information - maybe related - I did not watch it yet.

Someone on Gamers nexus youtube comments

Der8auer, Hardware Unboxed, AND GN laying the fire on NVIDIA today. Everyone talking about the scumminess of NVIDIA with their 5060 "previews" with hardcore testing requirements and false comparisons. Public company continues to be the horrible option, ruining reputation to get that 0.001% extra profit for shareholders...Glad the community is standing together!

I'll watch that next

Hardware unboxed video mentions some Test constraints and explain how things most likely are.

Geforce RTX 5060 Preview mit exklusiven Benchmarks: Was könnt ihr von der neuen und bislang günstigsten Nvidia-Karte erwarten?

Wir konnten vor dem Release der RTX 5060 Benchmarks unter bestimmten Bedingungen durchführen. Was verraten sie über die neue GPU – und was nicht?

www.gamestar.de

I'm not sure if hardware unboxed used translator. I read the german text some lines. It seems nvidia gave strict test scenario for the preview.
Note: Gamestar had paper Computer newspapers around 20 years ago. I doubt the audience will be able to read the information which is hidden in that page. A very low quality - low tech boulevard tech gaming newspaper 20 years ago. They justify testing like that so they have a first impression for the "audience".

Note: For those who are impatient: check Minute 15 to Minute 17 of the Hardware unboxed video

 

[lexluthermiester]

Just for information - maybe related - I did not watch it yet.

Someone on Gamers nexus youtube comments



I'll watch that next

Hardware unboxed video mentions some Test constraints and explain how things most likely are.

Geforce RTX 5060 Preview mit exklusiven Benchmarks: Was könnt ihr von der neuen und bislang günstigsten Nvidia-Karte erwarten?

Wir konnten vor dem Release der RTX 5060 Benchmarks unter bestimmten Bedingungen durchführen. Was verraten sie über die neue GPU – und was nicht?

www.gamestar.de

I'm not sure if hardware unboxed used translator. I read the german text some lines. It seems nvidia gave strict test scenario for the preview.

So this gives them the right and license to be childish jerks? NVidia does something unacceptable, they simply refuse and tell them what they're doing is not ethical. The press doesn't need to throw the tantrums about it. It's called professional civility, decorum and maturity. The press has an obligation to exercise those things.

 

[Dr. Dro]

So this gives them the right and license to be childish jerks? NVidia does something unacceptable, they simply refuse and tell them what they're doing is not ethical. The press doesn't need to throw the tantrums about it. It's called professional civility, decorum and maturity. The press has an obligation to exercise those things.

I mean, it's somewhat expected of us tech forum dwellers, let alone of people with real, meaningful influencing power. It's very easy to look at "haha, look at this guy. he runs defense for a company I don't like and LMAO he plays Genshin, opinion discarded (heard that one before lol)", but it's not so easy to ignore what someone with journalist credentials and 2.5M verified followers, plus whatever outreach such a publication can have has to say. To me, this is parts sharing my knowledge, parts learning from others and parts entertainment. To an influencer, it's a business and they have a duty to verify and reverify their statements as factual truth and nothing but the truth, else they'll be regarded as kooks and gossipmongers.

AAaaanyway, I'm about to hit the hay. i have a looong week ahead of me, and it starts in less than 3 hours. Have fun and hope the thread isn't locked when I'm back

 

[dlgh7]

That they have, but IMHO - as long as nothing patently false is said, grilling them is fair game. The purpose of the media is to keep them from flying off the handle, and fly off the handle Nvidia has, on more than a few occasions.

End of the day, it turns out people tend to be extremely protective of their purchasing decisions. Feelings precede facts until it's too late, and you haven't really gotten your feet wet until the cliques accuse you of being <brand> fanboy. I'm especially fond of when I'm reduced to a "this user", sprinked with the likes of "paid shill with nothing of real substance", or "this person just hates", and "they need a timeout from the forum!!1", just because I pointed out their favorite brand did a room temp IQ move - and you don't have any street cred until at least 2 or 3 cliques have directed that at you



Bingo. And you don't really have to go too far to see the true face of the "movement", just scroll up a little.



It's like it's personal to some people.

It is a bit personal when a company is lying while making the whole industry put along with the brakes on and not moving the needle. DLSS is garbage. Fake frames are fake frames. Fake frames create latency. It is all garbage. Maybe in a decade we will get there but honestly we aren't close yet. Just like Ray Tracing. It was thrown down our throats and it still end of the day isn't that relevant. Give me a good game. Ray tracing or not.

In the mean time Gamers Nexus has shown that Nvidia is going to play vindictive games if you don't play by their rules. Which could violate US laws when it comes to how people are to disclose if they have been given a product and if it influenced their review etc. Which is why reviewers will state I was given this product for review but all opinions are my own. Which isn't the case with how Nvidia wants it to be.

It isn't a review if Nvidia has any input at all. If they want input they need to make all the reviews sponsored videos.

So far now.... Another acronym.

Narcissistic
Vindictive
Irrational
Disrespectful
Impudent
Assholes