Nvidia's Vera Rubin platform in depth — Inside Nvidia's most complex AI and HPC platform to date

Nvidia is developing its most advanced AI and HPC platform, Vera Rubin, which will feature nine specialized processors tailored for specific workloads. The platform includes an 88-core Vera CPU, Rubin GPU with 288 GB HBM4 memory, Rubin CPX GPU with 128 GB GDDR7, and various other components for enhanced performance and efficiency. Vera Rubin is optimized for FP4/FP6 precision, million-token context inference, and multi-modal generative workloads, with features like Smart Router and GPU Planner to improve workload management. The platform also introduces innovations in connectivity, such as NVLink 6.0 for scale-up connectivity and Spectrum-X Photonics Ethernet for scale-out connectivity. Additionally, the Rubin Ultra platform planned for 2027 aims to double performance and expand memory capacity significantly.