Thursday, February 27th 2025

NVIDIA Confirms: "Blackwell Ultra" Coming This Year, "Vera Rubin" in 2026

During its latest FY2024 earnings call, NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang gave a few predictions about future products. The upcoming Blackwell B300 series, codenamed "Blackwell Ultra," is scheduled for release in the second half of 2025. It will feature significant performance enhancements over the B200 series. These GPUs will incorporate eight stacks of 12-Hi HBM3E memory, providing up to 288 GB of onboard memory, paired with the Mellanox Spectrum Ultra X800 Ethernet switch, which offers 512 ports. Earlier rumors suggested that this is a 1,400 W TBP chip, meaing that NVIDIA is packing a lot of compute in there. There is a potential 50% performance increase compared to current-generation products. However, NVIDIA has not officially confirmed these figures, but rough estimates of core count and memory bandwidth increase can make it happen.

Looking beyond Blackwell, NVIDIA is preparing to unveil its next-generation "Rubin" architecture, which promises to deliver what Huang described as a "big, big, huge step up" in AI compute capabilities. The Rubin platform, targeted for 2026, will integrate eight stacks of HBM4(E) memory, "Vera" CPUs, NVLink 6 switches delivering 3600 GB/s bandwidth, CX9 network cards supporting 1600 Gb/s, and X1600 switches—creating a comprehensive ecosystem for advanced AI workloads. More surprisingly, Huang indicated that NVIDIA will discuss post-Rubin developments at the upcoming GPU Technology Conference in March. This could include details on Rubin Ultra, projected for 2027, which may incorporate 12 stacks of HBM4E using 5.5-reticle-size CoWoS interposers and 100 mm × 100 mm TSMC substrates, representing another significant architectural leap forward in the company's accelerating AI infrastructure roadmap. While these may seem distant, NVIDIA is battling supply chain constraints to deliver these GPUs to its customers due to the massive demand for its solutions.
Source: via Tom's Hardware
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10 Comments on NVIDIA Confirms: "Blackwell Ultra" Coming This Year, "Vera Rubin" in 2026

#1
Scattergrunt
Sometimes I wonder if the demand is gonna start eating NVIDIA from the inside out.. AI bubble will only last so long. They should be prepared to be able to backpedal on AI when it does, as nobody really will know when the bubble pops until it actually happens.
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#2
R0H1T
I mean just look at the markets ~ they're arguably the biggest/best markers for such events! A sharp drop now & I'd expect the meltdown in 6-12 months from now, it could be earlier as well but generally it's argued markets are ahead by 2Q wrt this stuff.
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#3
k0vasz
ScattergruntSometimes I wonder if the demand is gonna start eating NVIDIA from the inside out.. AI bubble will only last so long. They should be prepared to be able to backpedal on AI when it does, as nobody really will know when the bubble pops until it actually happens.
they're market leaders by far, and have a LOT of money. even if the whole AI-craze disappears tomorrow, the momentum will keep them afloat for years
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#4
redeye
… if you have to ask the price, you can’t afford it…
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#5
john_
NVIDIA Confirms: "Blackwell Fixed" Coming This Year, "Vera Rubin" in 2026
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#6
AusWolf
ScattergruntSometimes I wonder if the demand is gonna start eating NVIDIA from the inside out.. AI bubble will only last so long. They should be prepared to be able to backpedal on AI when it does, as nobody really will know when the bubble pops until it actually happens.
I think they're just riding the wave as hard as they can and as long as they can to make sure they have the cash reserve to backpedal when needed.
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#7
Upgrayedd
john_...........
Exactly why you should never buy anything right away.
Remember the 3090 capacitor fiasco?
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#8
alwayssts
UpgrayeddExactly why you should never buy anything right away.
Remember the 3090 capacitor fiasco?
That's all fair and true, but I kind of wish I had bought a 4090 right-away, over-priced as it was, given how everything has trended.

Just sayin'.
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Upgrayedd
alwaysstsThat's all fair and true, but I kind of wish I had bought a 4090 right-away, over-priced as it was, given how everything has trended.

Just sayin'.
All that stuff goes under warranty too so why not I guess. Maybe they'll make a fully enabled 5090Ti for the refresh.
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#10
Daven
Blackwell Ultra = MI350X
Rubin = MI400X
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