Instead of targeting Intel and AMD in the consumer PC segment, NVIDIA Grace targets AI data centers and will be out in 2023.
NVIDIA’s first go at making ARM-based processors didn’t go as well as the company had planned. Leaving the failure years behind, the company is now taking a second stab at making ARM-based processors, but instead of going against established names like Intel and AMD in the consumer electronics segment, the company is taking a safer route by targeting large-scale neural network systems for AI data centers – a domain where its GPUs already do the heavy lifting. Called NVIDIA Grace, the fruit of NVIDIA-ARM’s latest joint effort is expected to become commercially available in 2023. To recall, NVIDIA purchased ARM from SoftBank in a deal valued at $40 billion in September last year.
