When Nvidia unveiled its first GPUs based on the Blackwell architecture for AI and HPC earlier this week, it disclosed some of its specifications and performance numbers. But what it did not reveal is when, exactly, it plans to ship these GPUs to clients. On Tuesday the company confirmed that the first Blackwell processors will ship in 2024, but even Meta — one of Nvidia's largest customers — does not expect to get Blackwell this year.
Nvidia's chief financial officer Colette Kress told financial analysts Tuesday that the company expects its Blackwell-based GPUs 'to come to market later this year,' but admitted that shipments of these processors will only ramp up to significant volumes in 2025, reports Reuters. It looks like the bulk of Nvidia's AI and HPC GPU shipments this year will be based on the Hopper microarchitecture.
