- DGX Spark of Nvidia, once called Project Digits, is a small IA supercomputer
- Built in GB10, it offers 1000 tops and 200b parameter support
- Dell, HPE and ASUS will offer alternatives based on GB10 with similar performance
Nvidia has announced DGX Spark, a size of the Mac Mini size designed to carry out the development of advanced models and inferences directly to desktop computers.
The mini machine was originally called the project digits and it was expected to have a price of $ 3000, but the name change has caused the figure to shoot, since it now has a price of $ 3999, according to the NVIDIA reserve page.
Built around the GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip, DGX Spark presents a Blackwell GPU with fifth generation tensioner cores, FP4 and NVLink-C2C support, which allows the exchange of high bandwidth memory between the CPU GPU and Grace.
OEM alternatives
The system offers up to 1,000 billion operations per second of the IA calculation power and admits models with up to 200 billion parameters. It is designed to handle workflows of demanding, such as fine adjustment, inference and creation of prototypes without depending completely on external infrastructure.
DGX Spark includes 128 GB of unified memory LPDDR5X and up to 4 NVME SSD storage, and offers previously limited performance to data centers. It is aimed at developers, researchers, data scientists and students who work with increasingly complex models locally, so it is not something that most people will need.
“The AI has transformed each layer of the computer battery. A new class of computers will arise, designed for AI native developers and execute Native AI applications,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia.
“With these new DGX personal computers, AI can cover from cloud services to desktop and edge applications.”
Some of NVIDIA OEM partners are debuting desktop systems based on the same GB10 architecture.
Dell’s Pro Max with GB10 fits the company’s broader work station portfolio, which connects to the AI Dell factory with NVIDIA to give developers an easy path from the development of the desktop to the deployment.
HP Nano AI ZGX station is another entry, which offers comparable capabilities for developers who want performance and scalability without complete server infrastructure.
Asus has also introduced its GB10 AI Super Computy, the Ascent GX10. The details of the prices have not yet been confirmed, but Nvidia lists it on its anticipated orders page of DGX Spark, where it says that the GX10 will cost $ 2999 and will come with 1 TB of storage.
