Nvidia’s “Robot Brain” chip, Tor, goes on sale worldwide

Nvidia On Monday, he announced that the latest robotics chip module, Jetson AGX Thor is now sold for $ 3 499 as a developer kit.

The company calls a “robot brain” chip. Last month Nvidia, Nvidia said last week, and chips will allow customers to create robots.

Once the company uses the developer set for the prototype of their robot, Nvidia will sell Modules Thor T5000, which can be installed in the robots ready to produce. If companies need more than 1000 Thor chips, Nvidia charges $ 2,999 per module.

CEO Jensen Juan said robotics are the biggest opportunity for the company’s growth by -an artificial intelligenceWhich has led to Nvidia’s total sales over the last two years.

“We do not build robots, we do not build cars, but we allow the whole branch with our infrastructure computers and related software,” said Deepu Talla, Vice President of the Robotics and Edge AI, on a call with journalists on Friday.

Jetson Thor chips based on a Black A graphic processor that is a modern NVIDIA technology used in its AI chips as well as computer game chips.

Nvidia said its Jetson Thor chips 7.5 times faster than the previous generation. This allows them to manage AI generative models, including large linguistic models and visual models that can interpret the world around them, which is important for humanoid robots, Nvidia said. Jetson Thor chips are equipped with 128GB of memory, which is important for large AI models.

Companies, including a deft robotics, Amazon. Meta And Boston Dynamics uses its Jetson chips, Nvidia said. Nvidia also has invest Robotics such as Field AI.

However, robotics remains a small business for NVIDIA, which is about 1% of the company’s total income, despite the fact that it has launched several new chips since 2014. But it grows fast.

Recently, Nvidia has merged its businesses to merge its car and robotics into the same line. This unit reported $ 567 million in May, which increased by 72% on an annual basis.

The company said its Jetson Thor chips can also be used for self -driving cars, especially from Chinese brands. Nvidia calls its car chips Drive AGX, and although they are similar to robotics chips, they work with an operating system called Drive OS, which has been set up for automotive purposes.