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1Nvidia Shows Off Its AI, Deep Learning, VR Capabilities at GTC
2Taking in Some Rays and Some Technology
3Deep Learning, AI Come Into Focus
During his keynote, Huang introduced a number of new offerings designed to help developers and systems makers build deep learning capabilities into their products and accelerate innovation around AI. Among the new products was the Tesla P100, a massive chip based on Nvidia’s new 16-nanometer Pascal architecture that packs 150 billion transistors (from GPU cores and memory components) and uses a 16nm FinFET manufacturing process for better performance and efficiency, High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM2) technology and Nvidia’s NVLink interconnect.
4‘A Deep Learning Supercomputer in a Box’
5Putting the Art Into Artificial Intelligence
6Making VR More Real
Nvidia announced its new Iray VR rendering technology, which uses such capabilities as ray tracing to create virtual worlds that Huang said are “photoreal.” “Realistic is not enough,” the CEO told attendees. “It’s got to be real. It’s got to be photoreal.” He used the technology to give the audience a virtual tour of Nvidia’s upcoming new headquarters.
7Steve Wozniak Finally Makes It to Mars—Sort Of
8Getting Hands-On With VR
9Nvidia Shows Off the Brains for Self-Driving Cars
Huang introduced the Drive PX 2, a board that comes with two Tegra chips and two Pascal discrete GPUs. The development kit, which carmakers can use to develop their autonomous cars, pulls in data from sensors on the vehicle to get a picture of the environment and software then decides how to react to the data. The development board will ship later this year.
10Drive PX 2, the Foundational Technology of Roborace
Roboraces will pit driverless cars from 10 teams competing against each other. Each team gets two cars, and all cars will be equipped with the Drive PX 2 technology. It will be up to the teams to develop the algorithms and software for the cars. The races will be part of the new Formula E ePrix series.
11Stopping for Pedestrians
12GPU-Driven Vehicles More Than Simply Automobiles
13Marine Research Without the Marine Researchers
14Droning On and On
15GPUs in the Data Center
Dell, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Lenovo and Cisco Systems were among a large number of OEMs that showed off systems that take advantage of GPU accelerators from Nvidia. Pictured here is Dell workhorse PowerEdge R730, which recently was upgraded with Intel’s latest Xeon E5 chips and also uses GPU accelerators.
16Keeping HPE on Ice
At the HPE booth, attendees were greeted by an ice sign that doubled as a dispenser for chilled drinks. In the booth, HPE showed off a range of systems, from workstations to HPC offerings.