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Nvidia is expanding from GPUs into Arm-based CPUs with its Grace and Vera processors and the RTX Spark Superchip for laptops/PCs, targeting both server and client markets long dominated by AMD and Intel. With Arm-based CPUs seen as a rising share in servers and a large addressable AI‑era CPU market, Nvidia’s push could reshape the CPU landscape alongside its data-center GPU growth.
Nvidia unveiled the RTX Spark laptop superchip at GTC Taipei, pairing a Blackwell GPU with an Arm-based Grace CPU for premium Windows laptops from ASUS, Dell, HP and Microsoft this fall, with memory options up to 128GB, DLSS, and AI agent capabilities; the company is working with Microsoft and developers to ensure Arm-based software compatibility, while also announcing Vera, its data-center CPU now in full production with Vera-only rack servers coming this fall. The move targets AI, creators, and gamers, and sparked stock moves as Intel and AMD fell while Nvidia rose.
NVIDIA's GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip, featuring a 72-core ARM CPU, has been tested and performs competitively against AMD EPYC and Intel Xeon counterparts. The chip, designed for high-performance computing and cloud applications, offers up to 144 Arm v9 CPU cores and boasts impressive specifications, including LPDDR5x with ECC Memory and a coherent interface 7X faster than PCIe Gen 5. In benchmarks, the Grace CPU demonstrated performance close to top Intel and AMD CPUs, with potential for further optimization. While power and efficiency testing is pending, the chip's lower estimated power consumption compared to leading CPUs is promising, positioning NVIDIA's entry into the Arm CPU segment as a strong start.
Nvidia's "Grace" CG100 server processor, designed for HPC simulation and modeling workloads, holds its own against X86 for HPC, with high core count, low thermal footprint, and LPDDR5 memory. The Grace-Grace superchip, with 144 Arm Neoverse "Demeter" V2 cores and 1 TB of physical memory, shows promising performance in benchmark tests conducted by major supercomputing labs. Early results from the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and the State University of New York campuses in Stony Brook and Buffalo demonstrate the Grace CPU's ability to handle HPC workloads effectively, making it a competitive option for HPC applications.