Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivered the keynote address at the Nvidia GTC Artificial Intelligence Conference at the SAP Center in San Jose, California. AFP
BENGALURU: Every year, Nvidia GTC (GPU Technology Conference) attracts a lot of interest among developers, researchers, and IT professionals, where experts engage in informative discussions on the latest technological advancements and trends. I will. Over the past 15 years, GTC has grown to become the world’s most important AI conference. This year’s conference was held in San Jose, California from March 18th to 21st, and was a hot topic with a focus on 6G and intelligent robots.
Lessons from GTC
In his keynote, Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, who announced a high-speed AI graphics processor called Blackwell, NIM microservices, and Omniverse Cloud API, said accelerated computing has reached a tipping point and general-purpose computing is running out of steam. said. . “We need a different way to do computing: to continue to scale up, to continue to reduce the cost of computing, and to do more computing while being sustainable. Because you keep consuming it. Accelerated computing is dramatic. ‘In every industry, faster than general-purpose computing is possible,’ he said.
Mr. Huang presented Project GR00T, a general-purpose basic model for humanoid robots. At GTC, he brought two of his small Nvidia-powered robots developed by his Disney Research to the stage. “The soul of NVIDIA – the intersection of computer graphics, physics, and artificial intelligence… it all came together in this moment,” he said.
Blackwell enables organizations everywhere to build and run real-time generative AI on large language models with trillions of parameters while reducing cost and energy consumption by up to 25x compared to previous generations. The company also announced its 6G research platform, which is open, flexible and interconnected, providing researchers with a comprehensive suite to advance AI in radio access network (RAN) technology. This platform allows organizations to accelerate the development of his 6G technology that connects trillions of devices to cloud infrastructure.
“The future convergence of 6G and AI has the potential to transform the technology landscape,” said Charlie Zhang, senior vice president of Samsung Research America. “This will enable seamless connectivity and intelligent systems that will redefine how we interact with the digital world and usher in an era of unparalleled innovation and connectivity,” he said.
From generative AI to robotics, cars, and the latest self-driving technology, GTC 2024 had it all. Many major automotive and robotics companies showcased next-generation vehicles and self-driving machines at the event. At the conference, 25 robots were exhibited, ranging from humanoids to industrial manipulators.
Leading AI application developers across a wide range of industries also use the company’s digital human technology to create lifelike avatars and dynamic game characters for commercial applications. Experts also talked about the rise of multimodal AI, which can handle diverse data types handled by different models. At GTC, the company entered into various partnerships. Microsoft is expanding its collaboration with Nvidia to bring the power of generative AI, cloud, and accelerated computing to healthcare and life sciences organizations.
“The convergence of AI, cloud computing, and healthcare will transform patient care,” said Kimberly Powell, vice president of Nvidia Healthcare. Expanded collaboration expands opportunities for healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies, biotech companies, and medical device developers to rapidly innovate across clinical research, drug discovery, and healthcare delivery.
