English(EN)Vera Rubin NVL72 is a beast, thanks to its extreme co-designed system architecture, and First At-Scale Production Token (FASPT) is fast approaching. Below, we b
We do a full breakdown of the BoM and power budget in the VR NVL72 Component BoM Model. It provides a system-level bill of materials and power budget analysis for the VR NVL72 system. 7/7🧵 https://t.co/4eZWlvDoYw
Under the cableless design, all cable connector ports have been removed and replaced with Paladin HD2 board-to-board connectors on each module, which connect to a mini PCB intra-compute-tray midplane. 5/7🧵 https://t.co/akRTOXKIzj
Unlike the GB architecture, the ConnectX NIC mezzanine module has also been moved off the Strata module. With CX-9, it has been relocated to the front of the chassis and now sits on the Orchid module. For the reference design, there is also a front-end BlueField module. 4/7🧵 http…
The main module in the VR compute tray, used in a quantity of two, is called the Strata module. In VR NVL72, it is the equivalent of the Bianca board in GB200/GB300. It houses two Rubin GPUs and one Vera CPU. Unlike Bianca, the LPDDR5X memory for Vera is socketed via a SOCAMM htt…
One of the major changes with VR NVL72 is in the compute tray. The redesigned compute tray eliminates cables, which have been a major point of failure in GB200/GB300 assemblies. NVIDIA claims this reduces compute tray assembly time from 2 hours on Blackwell to 5 minutes on Rubin.…
Vera Rubin NVL72 is a beast, thanks to its extreme co-designed system architecture, and First At-Scale Production Token (FASPT) is fast approaching. Below, we break down the architecture and some of the latest manufacturing innovations.👇️ 1/7🧵 https://t.co/efha4xzBQH
