Rubin will be followed by Rubin Ultra in the second half of 2027, a collection Vera Rubin GPUs, Huang said. Around the same time, Nvidia will release a Rubin Next chip that combines four GPU dies to make a single chip, doubling Rubin’s speed.

Nvidia founder Jensen Huang kicked off the company’s artificial intelligence developer conference, on Tuesday by telling a crowd of thousands that AI is going through “an inflection point.”

Nvidia's AI event kicks off with a keynote from CEO Jensen Huang on Tuesday. GPU updates, Blackwell, Rubin, and Quantum computing will be in focus.

The conference comes at an opportune time for investors, as Nvidia stock has struggled significantly over the past month. The company needs a growth-driving catalyst to help usher