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Huang wants to shout out to some partners and customers – Ansys, Synopsys and Cadence among others.
All of these partners, and many others, are demanding much more power and efficiency, he notes – so what can Nvidia do?
It ends with a shot of Earth-2, a new climate mapping and weather tracking model, before Hang re-enters.
“We’e reached a tipping point,” he says, “We need a new way of computing…accelerated computing is a massive speeding up.”
Simulations can help drive up the scale of computing, he notes, with digital twins allowing for much more flexibility and efficiency.
“But to do that, we need to accelerate an entire industry,” Huang notes.
We’re now getting an insight into “the sould” of Nvidia – the Omniverse.
Everything we’re going to see today is generated and simulated by Nvidia’s own systems, he notes.
This is kicked off with a video showig off designs from Adobe, coding from Isaac, PhysX, and animation from Warp – all running on Nvidia.
It’s been a rollercoaster few years, Huang reminds us – and there’s a long way to go.
“It is a brand new category,” he notes, “it’s unlike anything we’ve ever done before.”
“A new industry has emerged.”
And with that, it’s time for the main man himself – Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang.
Breathe a sigh of relief everyone – he is indeed wearing his now iconic leather jacket!.
“At no conference in the world is there such a diverse collection of researchers,” he notes – there’s a healthy amount of life sciences, healthcare, retail, logistics companies and so much more. $100trillion of the world’s companies are here at GTC he says.
“There’s definitely something going on,” he says, “the computer is the most fundamental part of society today.”
The lights go down, and it’s time for the keynote.
An introductory video runs us through some of the possibilities AI can bring, from weather forecasting to healthcare, shows some of the amazing growth Nvidia has had in recent months
With just minutes to go, we’re being treated to an incredible display from LLM-themed artist Refik Anadol, who has taken over the entire wall with an amazing visual piece.
The DJ is currently playing “Under Pressure” by David Bowie & Queen…hopefully not a taste of things to come.
In case you were wondering, the tagline for Nvidia GTC 2024 is “The Conference for the Era of AI”…
We’re nearly there! Half an hour to go…
Well, we’re in and seated at the keynote…45 minutes before the start, and it’s completely heaving! This is the hottest ticket here in San Jose and the tech world as a whole…
This also means the Wi-Fi is very sketchy at best – so bear with us while we get settled.
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Ironically, it’s quite a quiet start to the day, with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang set to take to the stage for his keynote at 1pm local time.
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It’s a fresh and sunny day here in San Jose – we’ve just been to the convention center to pick up our badge (and multiple drinks tokens for some reason) and it’s already packed with people – should be a good day!
Good morning from San Jose, where we’re all set for day one of Nvidia GTC.
Today sees the conference kick off with a keynote from Nvidia CEO and leather jacket enthusiast Jensen Huang, and we’ll be intrigued to see just what the company has on offer.
TechRadar Pro is live at Nvidia GTC, and ready for the next big thing when it comes to AI.
Nvidia has had an incredibly last few months, rising to become one of the world’s leading technology firms, and it’s largely thanks to its role as the backbone for many top AI systems.
The next two days promise to be packed with news and announcements, so stay tuned to our live blog for all the latest updates as they happen.
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