NVIDIA Vera Rubin
Type: Architecture Tags: NVIDIA, Vera Rubin, Rubin GPU, Vera CPU, NVLink 6, Vera Rubin NVL144, data center, AI factory Related: NVIDIA-Vera-Rubin-POD, NVIDIA-Vera-CPU, NVIDIA-Groq-3-LPX, NVIDIA-Spectrum-6-SPX, NVIDIA-HGX, NVIDIA-DGX-SuperPOD, NVIDIA-DGX-SuperPOD-GB200-RA, NVIDIA-Blackwell-Architecture, NVIDIA-Grace-CPU, NVLink, NVIDIA-ConnectX-9, NVIDIA-BlueField-4, NVIDIA-STX, NVIDIA-CMX, NVIDIA-Spectrum-X, NVIDIA-Quantum-X800-InfiniBand, NVIDIA-Silicon-Photonics, NVIDIA-Enterprise-AI-Factory Sources: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/technologies/rubin/, https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-vera-rubin-platform, https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-vera-rubin-pod-seven-chips-five-rack-scale-systems-one-ai-supercomputer/, https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/inside-the-nvidia-rubin-platform-six-new-chips-one-ai-supercomputer/ Last Updated: 2026-05-09
Summary
NVIDIA Vera Rubin is NVIDIA’s next-generation AI platform after Blackwell, combining Rubin GPUs, the Vera CPU, NVLink 6, ConnectX-9, BlueField-4, Spectrum-6, and rack-scale systems such as Vera Rubin NVL72/NVL144. NVIDIA positions the platform for AI factory workloads that require larger memory pools, higher NVLink bandwidth, lower-latency inference, and POD-scale integration across compute, networking, and storage.
Detail
Platform components
- Rubin GPU with next-generation Tensor Core acceleration and HBM4/HBM4e-class memory direction.
- NVIDIA-Vera-CPU with 88 custom Arm cores and NVLink-C2C connectivity to Rubin GPUs.
- Vera Rubin NVL144 rack-scale configuration with 144 Rubin GPUs and 72 Vera CPUs.
- HGX Rubin NVL8 baseboards for OEM/ODM server designs.
- NVLink 6, ConnectX-9, BlueField-4, Spectrum-X Ethernet, Quantum-X InfiniBand, and silicon photonics around the rack-scale platform.
- NVIDIA-Vera-Rubin-POD brings together Vera Rubin NVL72 compute racks, NVIDIA-Groq-3-LPX inference accelerator racks, NVIDIA-Vera-CPU racks, NVIDIA-BlueField-4 STX/context-memory racks, and NVIDIA-Spectrum-6-SPX networking racks.
NVIDIA context
Vera Rubin extends the AI factory direction beyond NVIDIA-Blackwell-Architecture. It should be linked from pages about NVIDIA-HGX, NVIDIA-DGX-SuperPOD, NVIDIA-Enterprise-AI-Factory, NVLink, and next-generation networking/storage such as NVIDIA-BlueField-4, NVIDIA-ConnectX-9, NVIDIA-CMX, NVIDIA-Spectrum-6-SPX, NVIDIA-Quantum-X800-InfiniBand, and NVIDIA-Silicon-Photonics.
Connections
- NVIDIA-Vera-Rubin-POD - POD-scale architecture that packages Vera Rubin into five rack-scale systems.
- NVIDIA-Vera-CPU - Vera CPU is the CPU component of the Vera Rubin platform.
- NVIDIA-Groq-3-LPX - low-latency inference accelerator rack co-designed with Vera Rubin.
- NVIDIA-Spectrum-6-SPX - networking rack used in the Vera Rubin POD.
- NVIDIA-HGX - HGX Rubin NVL8 is the OEM baseboard form of Rubin.
- NVIDIA-DGX-SuperPOD - Vera Rubin NVL144 extends the rack-scale AI supercomputer pattern beyond Blackwell.
- NVIDIA-DGX-SuperPOD-GB200-RA - GB200 SuperPOD is the prior rack-scale DGX pattern leading into Vera Rubin.
- NVIDIA-Blackwell-Architecture - Blackwell is the predecessor platform; Blackwell Ultra/GB300 bridges toward Vera Rubin.
- NVIDIA-Grace-CPU - Vera follows Grace as NVIDIA’s data center CPU for GPU-coherent systems.
- NVLink - NVLink 6 is central to Vera Rubin rack-scale memory and GPU interconnect.
- NVIDIA-ConnectX-9 and NVIDIA-BlueField-4 - next-generation networking and DPU components in Vera Rubin systems.
- NVIDIA-STX and NVIDIA-CMX - storage and context-memory direction used by Vera Rubin POD STX racks.
- NVIDIA-Spectrum-X and NVIDIA-Quantum-X800-InfiniBand - Ethernet and InfiniBand fabric options around Vera Rubin POD networking.
- NVIDIA-Silicon-Photonics - NVIDIA silicon photonics is part of the Vera Rubin networking direction.
Source Excerpts
- NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin page describes the platform as a next-generation AI factory architecture with Rubin GPUs, Vera CPUs, NVLink 6, and rack-scale NVL systems.
- NVIDIA’s newsroom announcement positions Vera Rubin as the successor platform to Blackwell for future AI factories.