Nvidia caught the imaginations of many technology enthusiasts on Tuesday with its show-closing, 'just one more thing'- style reveal of the Project Digits AI supercomputer. But seasoned graphics chip designer Raja Koduri and disruptive AI server startup Tiny Corp were not enchanted by the small golden box or blinded by Jensen's shimmering jacket. Both have publicly scorned Nvidia's Grace Blackwell AI Supercomputer.
At first glance, the purported provision of 1 PFLOPS of performance in such a tiny device might seem like a vision of the future, even if it is priced at $3,000. As told by the Nvidia CEO, we might believe that Project Digits is akin to AI alchemy in a box. But all that glistens isn’t gold. The spec of the headlining GB10 Superchip, the “1 PFLOP FP4 AI Compute,” is a somewhat deceptive hint to Raja Koduri and Tiny Corp (founded by American security hacker George Hotz, AKA geohot).
