what’s new
American technology company Nvidia has unveiled its new artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputer that fits in the palm of your hand.
On Tuesday, Nvidia unveiled its new Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit, which can perform nearly twice as fast as its predecessor, the 2022 Jetson Orin Nano Kit, and has 50 percent more memory bandwidth despite being the size of a human palm . .
Why it matters
Supercomputers are designed to handle the complex algorithms that AI uses and are used to train models faster as well as to extend AI applications. The availability of Nvidia’s latest model allows people to “turn ideas into reality,” according to the company’s press release.
Nvidia’s supercomputer is also the most powerful computer for generative AI, according to the company’s website.
What to know
The supercomputer can be used by “everyone from commercial AI developers, hobbyists and students,” the company shared in a press release, making it available to anyone interested in the technology.
The company said the Jetson Orin Nano Super is best suited for those interested in “developing skills in generative artificial intelligence, robotics or computer vision.”
It’s also Nvidia’s cheapest supercomputer yet, coming in at $249, down from $499.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huangs said in a video shared by the company that the supercomputer can perform 70 trillion operations per second.
He said it could also run large language models, known as LLM, which is the algorithm used by ChatGPT.
What people are saying
In the promotional video, Huang took the set out of the oven onto a tray and said: “I’m cooking something for you today. I think I may have cooked it too long, it’s shriveled,” he shows how it fit in his palm.
Another user wrote: “Just in time for the robotics revolution.”
What happens next
The Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit is now available for purchase on Nvidia’s website, and there are tutorials on the site that show users how to operate the supercomputer.
