Nvidia recently revealed details about its new AI graphics processors, and one of them is named for a scientist familiar to many space fans. Vera Rubin, the namesake for one of Nvidia's new AI GPU platforms,

On the near horizon — H2 2025 — Nvidia will release Blackwell Ultra, a GPU that’ll come in several configurations. A single Ultra chip will offer the same 20 petaflops of AI performance as Blackwell, but with 288GB of memory — up from 192GB in vanilla Blackwell.

Nvidia might be best known as a graphics card company, but its business focus is decidedly elsewhere. With most of its revenue coming from AI and data center sales, it's no wonder that we're already getting a look beyond existing Blackwell chips.