NVIDIA Unveils NVHBM Memory To Turbocharge AI Chip Speeds By 30%
On Monday, we reported on SiFive's move to bring the open-source RISC-V CPU architecture into the datacenter with the BigSky server platform, and as part of that reporting, we mentioned that SiFive had also partnered with NVIDIA to integrated Team Green's NVLink Fusion into its future products. We didn't really explain what NVLink Fusion is, though. That understanding is critical to understand today's story, so let's start there.
NVLink Fusion is an architecture initiative and ecosystem program that opens up NVIDIA's proprietary NVLink high-speed interconnect fabric to third-party chipmakers. Basically, it allows the company's partners to license NVLink IP and implement it into their own chips so that they can mix and match their own silicon (or even another firm's) alongside NVIDIA processors in a single rack. Companies like Amazon, Marvell, MediaTek, Fujitsu, Arm, Cadence, and Samsung (not exhaustive) have signed on to support NVLink fabric.
NVHBM, then, is...
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