Nvidia introduced the Vera Rubin platform on June 22 to accelerate scientific computing, AI research, and data-intensive work by combining its CPUs, GPUs, and networking into a unified stack. Los Alamos National Laboratory will deploy the platform in new supercomputers, extending Nvidia's presence in critical research infrastructure and agentic AI applications.
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On June 22, Nvidia launched the Vera Rubin platform, which combines native double-precision performance, Nvidia CUDA-X libraries, and the full-stack capabilities of the Nvidia AI platform. Supercomputers at Los Alamos National Laboratory will use Nvidia Vera CPUs, Rubin GPUs, and Quantum-X800 InfiniBand networking in an HPE Cray Supercomputing GX5000 architecture.
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The Vera Rubin platform is designed to accelerate AI, simulation, and data-intensive research, transforming each system rack into a supercomputer for scientific discovery and unlocking agentic AI (AI that makes decisions and works autonomously) for science. This positions Nvidia's hardware deeper in the infrastructure that major research institutions rely on.
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Nvidia also launched Nvidia Halos for Robotics, described as the industry's first full-stack comprehensive safety system for robotics and physical AI, with humanoid robotics company Agility as the first user building safety into robots for factories, warehouses, and logistics operations.
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