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Nvidia is releasing a new type of AI PC. Unlike the offerings from Microsoft and others, this will be a mini supercomputer in your home able to run even the more advanced AI models offline.
Announced at CES 2025, Project DIGITS uses the new Nvidia GB 10 Grace Blackwell Superchip with a supercomputer level petaflop of AI computing.
What is Project DIGITS?
Project DIGITS main purpose seems to be as a desktop showcase for the GB10 AI superchip. Each machine will includje 128GB of unified, coherent memory and 4TB of storage. Users can even link two together to run 405 billion parameter models, previously only the reserve of the big AI labs.
The push to create developer-friendly hardware comes as Nvidia is facing increasing competition from other platforms and chip-makers trying to convince developers to move away from the CUDA framework.
Having a machine that costs about the same as one of the best gaming laptops with the power of a supercomputer is a huge leap for AI development. It will allow companies and researchers to quickly prototype, fine-tune and test models locally before deploying them to the cloud.
“AI will be mainstream in every application for every industry. With Project Digits, the Grace Blackwell Superchip comes to millions of developers,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang explained.
Huang added: “Placing an AI supercomputer on the desks of every data scientist, AI researcher and student empowers them to engage and shape the age of AI.”
This isn't the first AI computer built by Nvidia specifically for developers. For example, it launched the $249 Jetson in December for AI hobbyists and start-ups that can handle 8 billion parameter modes.
The push to create developer-friendly hardware comes as Nvidia is facing increasing competition from other platforms and chip-makers trying to convince developers to move away from the CUDA framework.
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