Additional insights from an interview with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang on CNBC revealed that the latest generation GPU architecture, Blackwell, is priced around $30,000-$40,000 per GPU. Huang also mentioned that NVIDIA invests up to $10 billion in research and development. The company has not disclosed the pricing of high-performance computing GPUs officially, as they will be sold as part of a solution platform, depending on customer orders. The previous generation Hopper architecture, with the popular H100 model, was priced between $25,000-$40,000.
The initial release of NVIDIA’s Blackwell architecture includes three models: B100, B200, and GB200, which have reportedly been ordered and installed by major cloud customers.
TLDR: NVIDIA CEO reveals pricing and investment details for new Blackwell architecture GPUs, while previous Hopper architecture models were priced similarly. Initial Blackwell models have already been ordered and deployed by cloud customers.
Leave a Comment