The Secret Plan of NVIDIA

Timestamps:
00:00 - New Optical Breakthrough Explained
14:10 - The Future of Photonics
15:44 - Rubin GPU Explained
25:40 - Why NVIDIA Goes Quantum
27:05 - My Key Takeaways from GTC Conference

[danabq]

You had me at "it's a bright day for photonics" then came "let me shed some light on it" and "running a marathon through sand". You are a genius.

[stephenmiller]

I entered the semiconductor manufacturing business back in 1993. I was exposed to it far earlier when I worked at Tektronix in the late 70’s where I worked on the floor above a cmos fab and watching 2” wafer etching with tweezers in beakers! The state of the art today is mind-blowing. I’ve witnessed 2” to 4” to 6” to 8” to 300mm process improvements over a 30 year period. I’ve been out the industry for ten years, so I find great satisfaction in watching your channel so I can keep up on the latest advancements in the technology. You do a very good job of breaking it all down! Thank you, Anastasi!! 😊

[dchdch]

Wow, this video is better than NVIDIA GTC itself. So much information and deep dives. Thank you.

[jlindcary]

Thanks, Anastasi, for consulting your notes regarding photonic materials and remarking that it's impossible to remember this stuff. I watch your videos regularly to just keep up with the flavor of the tech (I'm a subscriber) and you dumb it down just the right amount. As an engineer, I get the gist of the tech and don't require being too much into the weeds, but I think your mix is about right. I didn't know that photonics were this developed. Really hopeful.

[houstongalloway]

"Let me shed some light on it." LMAO. Two years ago I retired from 40 years in Photonics R&D. This is exciting and awesome. Great video.

[justintime]

There is something about you that makes everything you say easy to understand. I'm so glad you're doing videos explaining technology. Your style is a great fit for my learning type

[AdvantestInc]

Big respect for covering both the innovation and the complexity behind manufacturing. We often celebrate breakthroughs without acknowledging the precision it takes to build them. This did both.

[bitflogger]

For decades, data has moved super fast between computers, over fiber optic cables, only to be slowed down a million times when entering the computer. So it is inevitable to use light inside the computer, more and more, over time. Probably starting with the network card.

[jdtransformation]

My grad work was in “optical computing” back in the 90’s, where I built a Li:Nb (lithium niobate) ring-resonator for a lab project over spring break. Of course, the crystals were ~1cm^3… so on a *very* different scale! ;) That micro-ring resonator tech looks SO cool… we would’a killed for stuff like that back then! Back then we thought that photonic applications in computing were the ‘next-big-thing’ b/c Moore’s Law was ending. Uhhh… only off by a few decades. Thx for nerding out on photonics… so glad to see the evolution from decade-to-decade. (And yes, the optical puns never get old!)

[petemisc]

I think that the “light” revolution in chip design is far more useful than the backside power and shrinking our old technology to 2 or 1 nanometers

[crocosnz]

Jensen came soo close to saying "Cellular, modular, interactivodular"... and it meant almost as much on the surface. I like how this channel gives the context and meaning for a lot of the various gnostic utterings coming from tech companies.

[mickgibson]

I designed a light based processor back in 1982 and had a 2 bit processor working in 1984! It had a no op, go a head, fall off, and wait! I use it for paper on a machine puts "Bird's Eye" on a carton! So blast you unbelievers!

[stefanlishev]

As always at the cutting edge of technology with you Anastasi! Thank you so much. So much inspirations for my students, that are going to be computer engineers :)

[frankswd]

When I was in EE school, back in 1980's I understood we needed to get copper out of the then CPU's, and I studied Fiber Optics as an elective. AT&T was just starting to install lots of Fiber. I thought it would be only 5 years away and everyone would have Fiber Opitcs in their house and CPU's. I was wrong of course but, , , , Now I'm glad we have gotten here.

[achduschAIse]

this is probably the most charming and attractive tech channel I've seen so far

[JamesWitte]

Really well spoken video with good clear wording. Subscribed. You are getting better!

[bobbysup]

This is how high quality content looks like

[inmate]

I'd never heard of you before, then your video popped up in my feed today and I watched the whole thing in one go, which is a very rare thing for me to do. Really great presentation by you. Thank you for sharing.

[dannydaniel]

I love how you communicate such comprehensive stuff in a light and enjoyable way.
BTW I'm interested in your thoughts on power consumption: do you think with the latest developments (water cooling etc.) that we'll need LESS power for data centers?

[pacobrezel]

This are very interesting developments. Your coverage is the finest and contagious