PYMNTS.com December 29, 2024
Facing rising competition in the AI chip space, Nvidia is reportedly turning to robotics.
The $3.3 trillion company, whose tech has helped drive the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), will launch the next version of compact computers for humanoid robots — dubbed Jetson Thor — in the first half of next year, the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (Dec. 29).
According to the report, Nvidia is jockeying to become the top platform in what it argues is a coming robotics boom.
“The ChatGPT moment for physical AI and robotics is around the corner,” Deepu Talla, Nvidia’s vice president of robotics, told the FT, adding that he believes the market is at a “tipping point.”
The FT report noted that...