NVIDIA has unveiled its newest "AI supercomputer," called "Project DIGITS," which is said to be the world's most compact device to offer computational power that was previously deemed impossible.
NVIDIA Takes Edge AI To A Whole New Level, Project DIGITS Brings In Phenomenal Performance In a Compact Package
Well, Team Green certainly made huge strides at the CES 2025 keynote, and when it comes to "AI," the firm surely nailed its releases. Starting with the mainstream RTX Blackwell GPUs and working up its way into computing products, NVIDIA indeed showed why it is the "boss" of the tech markets, and their Project DIGITS unveiling surprises us the most.
For those unaware, this particular project can be called a mini AI supercomputer that has a size that makes it easy to use on your desk, but the computational power here is enough to cater to LLMs such as OpenAI's GPT-4o and many more.
Diving a bit into the technicals, NVIDIA's DIGITS AI system comes with a new and unique GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip. The chip utilizes NVIDIA's Blackwell GPU, one petaFLOPS FP4 AI compute power, and an ARM-based Grace CPU, which features a 20-core configuration. Interestingly, this is the first time NVIDIA and MediaTek have collaborated on a SoC apart from the automotive segment, and Jensen especially credited the Taiwanese SoC manufacturer for their expertise on the project.
AI will be mainstream in every application for every industry. With Project DIGITS, the Grace Blackwell Superchip comes to millions of developers. Placing an AI supercomputer on the desks of every data scientist, AI researcher and student empowers them to engage and shape the age of AI.
- NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang
Apart from this, the DIGITS supercomputer is equipped with 128 GB low-power DDR5X memory, along with a 4TB SSD for storage. All the components are interlinked through NVIDIA's C2C interconnect, which allows NVIDIA to leverage architectural capabilities to bring in tremendous power. Speaking of power, the DIGITS system is said to run up to 200-billion-parameter large language models, and by using NVIDIA's ConnectX networking, linking two of these systems allows us to run 405-billion-parameter models, which is fascinating.
Well, DIGITS is like having a large-scale supercomputer at your fingertips, and it does show us how far we have evolved in the realm of AI compute. In terms of release date and availability, NVIDIA DIGITS is expected to be available by May 2025, coming in with a price tag of $3,000, which is certainly pricey for an end user, but judging by the performance, the system is indeed worth every penny.
About the author: Muhammad Zuhair is a hardware and technology reporter for Wccftech, specializing in the semiconductor industry and the complex interplay between technology, manufacturing, and geopolitics. His coverage focuses on the corporate strategies and technological roadmaps of industry giants like TSMC, NVIDIA, Samsung, and Intel. Zuhair's expertise lies in deconstructing complex topics such as fabrication nodes (e.g., 2nm process), the economic impact of policies like the CHIPS Act, and the strategic development of AI infrastructure from NVIDIA, AMD and Intel.
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