Jensen Huang said MediaTek will be able to sell the desktop CPU chip the two companies unveiled earlier this week and that Nvidia has undisclosed future plans for the chip. The machine uses Nvidia’s latest “Blackwell” AI chip and will cost US$3 000, but it also contains a new CPU on which Nvidia worked with MediaTek to create.
Responding to an analyst’s question during an investor presentation, Huang said Nvidia tapped MediaTek to co-design an energy-efficient CPU that could be sold more widely.“Now they could provide that to us, and they could keep that for themselves and serve the market. And so it was a great win-win,” Huang said. It has been reported previously that Nvidia was working on a CPU for PCs that would challenge Intel, AMD and Qualcomm, which dominate the market for computers used by consumers and businesses. The Project Digits computer is not yet a mass-market device. It runs a Linux-based operating system from Nvidia that is used by AI developers, and Huang told analysts those developers are Nvidia’s target market with Project Digits.But Huang said Nvidia has further plans for its desktop CPU that he declined to disclose. “What else can I do with it? I’m gonna have to wait to tell you that,” Huang said. “You know, obviously we have plans.” —The work we do at TechCentral is made possible through the support of our commercial partners. Please help us produce the original and quality South African technology journalism you value by disabling your ad blocker