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Public story · 2026-08-24 · high
The chip talk comes two days before Nvidia's Q2 FY2027 earnings call on August 26, with Rubin GPU details the same afternoon.
Why now: The disclosure comes two days before Nvidia's Q2 FY2027 earnings call on August 26, 2026.
NVIDIA detailed the Vera CPU's 88 custom Olympus cores at Hot Chips, with a Rubin GPU talk the same afternoon. The numbers give data center buyers their first efficiency baseline for chips that won't ship for months.
NVIDIA says the Vera CPU completes tasks 1.8 times faster than a traditional x86 chip and runs at twice the efficiency. Those are the company's own numbers, not an independent benchmark, and Nvidia hasn't said which x86 chip it used for the comparison.
The full rack, Vera Rubin NVL72, packs 72 Rubin GPUs and 36 Vera CPUs into one system, alongside ConnectX-9 SuperNICs and BlueField-4 DPUs for networking and data movement. Operators will use that spec to plan power and cooling before the platform ships.
Publishing chip architecture months before shipping, two days ahead of Nvidia's Q2 FY2027 earnings call on August 26, points to timing chosen for investor attention as much as engineering interest. Watch whether the call leans on Vera Rubin NVL72 to justify next year's capital spending guidance.
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