-100% NVIDIA’s fault- Jen-Hsun Huang admits flaws in Blackwell’s new chip design

During a recent visit to Denmark, Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, confirmed that the company’s latest Blackwell AI chip design indeed has “flaws.” While the chip is operable, its yield is low. Huang admitted that these flaws are “100% Nvidia’s fault.”

According to Baha Breaking News, Huang acknowledged the design issues and stated that TSMC is helping to rectify the problems, showing progress at an “incredible speed.”

In addition to addressing the chip design, Huang also discussed broader topics. He noted that the European Union’s investment in AI trails significantly behind that of the United States and China. Even after the implementation of the world’s first AI regulatory framework in August, only a handful of European AI companies, such as France’s Mistral and Germany’s Aleph Alpha, have emerged. Huang stressed that the EU needs to accelerate its efforts in AI development.

“The EU must speed up its AI advancements. Every nation is waking up to the fact that data is now a national resource,” he said.

While in Denmark, Huang also unveiled a new supercomputer named Gefion, which boasts 1,528 graphics processing units (GPUs). This project is a collaborative effort involving Nvidia, the Novo Nordisk Foundation, and the Danish Export and Investment Fund.

Denmark plans to leverage this supercomputer to expedite drug development, improve disease diagnosis and treatment, and tackle complex challenges in life sciences.

Huang remarked, “The era of computer-assisted drug development will definitely arrive in the 2020s. This will be the age of digital biology.”