Nvidia CEO: "The computing power needed has increased 100 times"

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stressed that the world will need 100 times more computing power by 2025. Photo: Reuters .

Speaking at the annual GTC conference, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang asserted that the world will need 100 times more computing power than predicted just a year ago.

“The computing power required could easily increase 100 times what it was by 2024,” Huang stressed.

This surge is driven by the development of more complex AI models that are capable of deep “reasoning” and act as “agents” to perform a variety of tasks for humans. “This is something that almost the entire world got wrong in 2023,” Nvidia’s CEO said.

Nvidia's founder explained that new AI models will require the ability to process massive amounts of data and perform complex inference steps, far beyond the capabilities of current systems.

To meet this huge computing demand, Nvidia has introduced a new generation of chips called Rubin, expected to launch in the second half of 2026.

Named after the astronomer who discovered dark matter, Rubin promises a huge leap in performance, with three times the computing power of the current Ultra chip. In fact, the Ultra version of Rubin is even 14 times more powerful than the Blackwell architecture.

Another key takeaway from Huang’s speech was his optimism about the future of robotics. The Nvidia CEO said “the time for robots has come,” especially amid the growing labor shortage.

“Everyone pay attention. This will probably be the biggest industry in the end,” Mr. Huang predicted without hesitation.