NVIDIA Hits Intel Where It Hurts With a New Data Center CPU
NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) just unveiled Grace, its first high-end CPU for data centers. The chip, named after the computer science pioneer Grace Hopper, is an Arm-based chip that will be used to handle demanding AI and high-performance computing (HPC) tasks.
NVIDIA claims Grace can deliver up to 30 times higher aggregate bandwidth than today's fastest servers, and up to 10 times higher performance for applications that process terabytes of data. It says the design will "enable scientists and researchers to train the world's largest models to solve the most complex problems."
NVIDIA's jump from data center GPUs to CPUs isn't surprising, but it could raise red flags at Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), which still controls nearly 97% of the server CPU market, according to PassMark Software. Let's see why NVIDIA is expanding into Intel's strongest market.
Source Fool.com
