The breakthrough has helped data center operators avoid costly infrastructure expansions by making existing hardware far more efficient.
By Shula Rosen
Nvidia has introduced a new artificial intelligence supercomputer built largely on technology developed in Israel, marking one of the company’s most Israel-influenced product launches to date, Globes reports.
CEO Jensen Huang revealed the system at the CES tech conference in Las Vegas, presenting it as the next major leap for companies building and training advanced AI models.
At its core is Rubin, Nvidia’s next-generation AI processor. Rubin is designed to handle extremely large and complex workloads — the kind used to train powerful chatbots, video generators, and autonomous systems.
But what stood out at the presentation was how many of the supporting components — five in total — were developed or designed in Israel.
These include Nvidia’s new Vera core processor and several high-performance communications chips, among them the NVLink 6 Switch, ConnectX-9 SuperNIC, BlueField-4 DPU, and the Spectrum-6 Ethernet Switch built at Nvidia’s development center in Yokne’am.
Together, these chips help the supercomputer move data quickly and efficiently between its different processors, which is essential for AI training.
Huang praised the Israeli engineering teams behind these technologies, noting that Mellanox, the Israeli company Nvidia acquired in 2020, reshaped the way chips communicate inside large computing systems.
He said the breakthrough has helped data center operators avoid costly infrastructure expansions by making existing hardware far more efficient.
The Rubin chip is already in production and is expected to reach customers in the second half of this year. Huang also emphasized Nvidia’s push to support “open” AI models and pointed to partnerships with companies using the technology, including Israeli startup Lightricks and its new video model, LTX-2.
In addition to the chip announcements, Nvidia showcased progress in its partnership with Mercedes-Benz.
The two companies have jointly developed a fully autonomous vehicle powered by Nvidia’s automotive language model, Alpamayo.
The first cars equipped with the system are expected to debut in the United States early this year, followed by launches in Europe and Asia.
Nvidia says the Rubin–Vera chip pairing is named in honor of astronomer Vera Rubin, whose work helped shape the modern understanding of dark matter.
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