NVIDIA have just launched a supercomputer you can hold in your hands.
No, I'm not lying...
Project DIGITS was unveiled by NVIDIA at CES 2025. A personal AI supercomputer destined to change AI development forever.
What is Project DIGITS and how does it work?
Project DIGITS brings the power of NVIDIA's GB 10 chip (Grace Blackwell) to the desktops of AI enthusiasts globally.
'The GB10 Superchip is a system-on-a-chip (SoC) based on the NVIDIA Grace Blackwell architecture and delivers up to 1 petaflop of AI performance at FP4 precision.'
For context, 1 petaflop is equivalent to executing 1 quadrillion calculations per second.
The GB10 chip can execute 1,000,000,000,000,000 calculations per second!!
AND, the chip does all of this from a standard electrical outlet.
With this platform developers can run AI models up to 200-billion-parameters. In addition, using NVIDIA ConnectX networking, two Project DIGITS AI supercomputers can be linked up to run 405-billion-parameter models. No server required!
You can locally run Meta's largest model the Llama 3 with 400B parameters using 2 of these little boxes.
The Democratisation of AI
Project DIGITS most prevalent component is making AI development open to a wide range of people.
Companies, developers, individuals, educational institutions — virtually anyone in the entire world.
This reminds me of open-source AI. We've seen the amazing impact and efficiency of open-source AI with models such as Qwen, DeepSeek, and ByteDance's Doubao. They are absolutely phenomenal distilled models.
Now, developers around the world could buy DIGITS and host, locally, such AI models.
Conclusion
NVIDIA's Project DIGITS is a game-changer in the field of AI development. By providing a powerful and affordable AI supercomputer for desktop use, it empowers individuals and organizations to engage in advanced AI research and development. While some limitations exist, the potential benefits of Project DIGITS are substantial, and its impact on the future of AI is likely to be significant.
Project DIGITS — the supercomputer you can hold in your hands — available commercially in 2025!