Nvidia Launches Powerful New Rubin Chip Architecture
Nvidia Rubin chip debuts at CES 2026—next-gen AI architecture promises massive performance leap for data centers and beyond.
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Nvidia Launches Powerful New Rubin Chip Architecture
Nvidia Rubin Chip Unveiled: The AI Powerhouse of 2026 At CES 2026 in Las Vegas, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made a bold declaration: the future of artificial intelligence hinges on the company’s new Rubin computing architecture. Officially launched this week, Rubin is already in full production and poised to replace the current Blackwell platform later this year. If you’ve been searching for when Nvidia’s next-gen AI chip arrives or what it means for the AI arms race, here’s the answer—Rubin is real, it’s shipping, and it’s designed to tackle AI’s exploding computational demands head-on. Credit: Chesnot / Getty Images Huang, standing on stage in his signature black leather jacket, called Rubin “the most advanced AI platform the world has ever seen.” Named after pioneering astronomer Vera Rubin—following Nvidia’s tradition of honoring scientific luminaries—the architecture addresses a core challenge: as AI models grow exponentially more complex, they require orders of magnitude more processin…
