Nvidia Blackwell Chip Launch To Be Delayed By 3 Months, Here's Why

Nvidia reportedly notified Microsoft and another leading cloud service provider this week about a delay in the production of its most advanced AI chip in the Blackwell series.

Nvidia is facing some design flaws, which will possibly cause a delay of around two to three months for the launch of the upcoming artificial intelligence chips.

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Nvidia has been working on new artificial intelligence chips for quite some time now but it seems like the company needs some more time to be able to bring its upcoming project into the market. No technological wonder can be made overnight, it needs an appropriate amount of time and trials. The same case is with Nvidia. The company is facing some design flaws, which will possibly cause a delay of around two to three months for the launch of the upcoming artificial intelligence chips. According to a report by the Information, this delay in the process will have an effect on its customers, such as Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, and Microsoft.

These tech giants, who are customers of Nvidia, have collectively ordered tens of billions of dollars' worth of chips from the company. The Information cited people who help produce chip and server hardware for Nvidia while reporting about the delay in production.

Nvidia had unveiled its Blackwell chip series back in March and these chips were going to succeed its earlier flagship AI chip, the Grace Hopper Superchip. These chips were designed to speed generative AI applications.

Demand For The Predecessor Is Quite Strong

As per the Information, a Nvidia spokesperson in an emailed statement said, “As we’ve stated before, Hopper demand is very strong, broad Blackwell sampling has started, and production is on track to ramp in the second half.”

According to the report, Microsoft said it had nothing to add to the subject or to the statement given by Nvidia while Meta and Google did not respond to requests for comment.

Nvidia notified Microsoft and another leading cloud service provider this week about a delay in the production of its most advanced AI chip in the Blackwell series, according to The Information, which cited a Microsoft employee and another source familiar with the situation.