‘Everybody Wants to Be First’: Nvidia CEO Says Demand for Its Blackwell AI Chip Is ‘Insane’
In May, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that “the next industrial revolution has begun,” and AI will drive “significant productivity gains.” It looks like he’s right — industry demand for Nvidia’s next-generation AI chip, Blackwell, is through the roof.
“Blackwell is in full production, Blackwell is as planned, and the demand for Blackwell is insane,” Huang told CNBC on Thursday. “Everybody wants to have the most, and everybody wants to be first.”
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Nvidia first announced Blackwell in March and stated that it was the most powerful AI chip in the world with advanced security capabilities,