NVIDIA Puts Grace Blackwell on Every Desk and at Every AI Developer's Fingertips

Project DIGITS Overview - NVIDIA unveiled Project DIGITS, a personal AI supercomputer designed for AI researchers, data scientists, and students, powered by the NVIDIA Grace Blackwell platform [1] - Project DIGITS features the NVIDIA GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip, delivering 1 petaflop of AI computing performance for prototyping, fine-tuning, and running large AI models [1] GB10 Superchip Specifications - The GB10 Superchip is a system-on-a-chip (SoC) based on the NVIDIA Grace Blackwell architecture, offering 1 petaflop of AI performance at FP4 precision [3] - It includes an NVIDIA Blackwell GPU with latest-generation CUDA cores and fifth-generation Tensor Cores, connected via NVLink-C2C to a high-performance NVIDIA Grace CPU with 20 power-efficient Arm-based cores [4] - The GB10 Superchip enables Project DIGITS to deliver powerful performance using only a standard electrical outlet, with 128GB of unified memory and up to 4TB of NVMe storage [5] AI Model Capabilities - Project DIGITS allows developers to run up to 200-billion-parameter large language models, and linking two systems can support up to 405-billion-parameter models [5] - Users can prototype, fine-tune, and test models locally on Project DIGITS systems running Linux-based NVIDIA DGX OS, then deploy them on NVIDIA DGX Cloud or data center infrastructure [6][7] Software and Development Tools - Project DIGITS provides access to an extensive library of NVIDIA AI software, including SDKs, orchestration tools, frameworks, and models available in the NVIDIA NGC catalog and Developer portal [8] - Developers can fine-tune models with the NVIDIA NeMo framework, accelerate data science with NVIDIA RAPIDS libraries, and run common frameworks like PyTorch, Python, and Jupyter notebooks [8] - Users can also leverage NVIDIA Blueprints and NVIDIA NIM microservices for building agentic AI applications [9] Availability and Pricing - Project DIGITS will be available in May 2025, starting at $3,000 [10] Industry Impact - NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang emphasized that AI will be mainstream in every application for every industry, and Project DIGITS brings the Grace Blackwell Superchip to millions of developers [3] - The project aims to empower data scientists, AI researchers, and students by placing an AI supercomputer on their desks, enabling them to shape the age of AI [3]