New desktop GPUs free large genAI models from the cloud – Computerworld

At the Computex trade show in Taipei, major GPU makers Nvidia, Intel, and AMD shared details about new desktop GPUs that let users run generative AI models locally.

Nvidia announced that its DGX Spark desktop (formerly Project DIGITS), a small box that sits on the desktop, will ship in July from top PC makers including Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, and Lenovo. The system includes Nvidia’s latest Blackwell GPU and delivers 1 petaflops of performance. (See “Nvidia’s Project DIGITS puts AI supercomputing on the desktop” for details.)

It is “your own AI cloud sitting right next to you, and it’s always on, always waiting for you,” said Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s CEO, during a keynote at the Computex trade show.