Nvidia unveils flagship AI chip B200 ‘Blackwell’, software tools at GTC 2024: Know all about them here

Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang on Monday kicked off his company’s annual developer conference with a slew of announcements designed to keep the chip maker in a dominant position in the artificial-intelligence industry.

On a hockey arena stage in the heart of Silicon Valley, Huang introduced Nvidia’s latest chip, which is 30 times speedier at some tasks than its predecessor.

He also detailed a new set of software tools to help developers sell AI models more easily to companies that use technology from Nvidia, whose customers include most of the world’s biggest technology firms.