DGX Spark Now Available, Increasing Gen AI Perf with Jetson AGX Thor, and More
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NVIDIA DGX Spark Arrives for World’s AI Developers
AI workloads are quickly outgrowing the memory and software capabilities of the PCs, workstations and laptops millions of developers rely on today — forcing teams to shift work to the cloud or local data centers. As a new class of computer, DGX Spark delivers a petaflop of AI performance and 128GB of unified memory in a compact desktop form factor, giving developers the power to run inference on AI models with up to 200 billion parameters and fine-tune models of up to 70 billion parameters locally. In addition, DGX Spark lets developers create AI agents and run advanced software stacks locally. Continue Reading
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Building the 800 VDC Ecosystem for Efficient, Scalable AI Factories
For decades, traditional data centers have been vast halls of servers with power and cooling as secondary considerations. The rise of generative AI has changed these facilities into AI factories, flipping the architectural script. Power infrastructure, once an afterthought, is becoming the primary factor that dictates the scale, location, and feasibility of new deployments. We’re at a critical inflection point, where the industry can no longer rely on incremental improvements, and a fundamental architectural shift is required. This new blueprint must be more efficient, scalable, and capable of managing the power demands of modern AI. Continue Reading
Unlock Faster, Smarter Edge Models with 7x Gen AI Performance on NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor
A defining strength of the NVIDIA software ecosystem is its commitment to continuous optimization. In August, NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor launched, with up to a 5x boost in generative AI performance over NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin. Through software updates since the release, Jetson Thor now powers a 7x increase in generative AI throughput. With this proven approach, showcased previously on NVIDIA Jetson Orin and NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier, developers can enjoy these improvements on models such as Llama and DeepSeek, and similar benefits are expected for future model releases. In addition to consistent software enhancements, NVIDIA also provides support for leading models, often within days of their launch. This enables developers to experiment with the latest AI models early on. Continue Reading
Improve Variant Calling Accuracy with NVIDIA Parabricks
Built for data scientists and bioinformaticians, NVIDIA Parabricks is a scalable genomics software suite for secondary analysis. Providing GPU-accelerated versions of open-source tools for increased speed and accuracy, researchers can uncover biological insights faster. The latest release, Parabricks v4.6, offers improvements to multiple features, most notably support for Google’s DeepVariant and DeepSomatic 1.9. This includes a pangenome-aware mode for DeepVariant, which improves accuracy across genetic variations and diverse populations. Continue Reading
Understanding Memory Management on Hardware-Coherent Platforms
If you’re an application developer or a cluster administrator, you’ve likely seen how non-uniform memory access (NUMA) can impact system performance. When an application is not fully NUMA-aware, performance can be inconsistent and unpredictable. Because of these challenges, NVIDIA released the Coherent Driver-based Memory Management (CDMM) mode for the NVIDIA driver for platforms that are hardware-coherent, such as GH200, GB200 and GB300. CDMM allows the NVIDIA driver, instead of the OS, to control and manage the GPU memory. This permits much more fine-grained control by the application to put data in the appropriate memory space and subsequently extract maximum performance. Continue Reading
Build a Log Analysis Multi-Agent Self-Corrective RAG System with NVIDIA Nemotron
Logs are the lifeblood of modern systems. But as applications scale, logs often grow into endless walls of text—noisy, repetitive, and overwhelming. Hunting down the root cause of a timeout or a misconfiguration can feel like finding a needle in a haystack. That’s where our AI-powered log analysis solution comes in. The log analysis agent, introduced in NVIDIA’s Generative AI reference workflows, combines a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipeline with a graph-based multi-agent workflow to automate log parsing, relevance grading, and self-correcting queries. Continue Reading
Accelerated and Distributed UPF for the Era of Agentic AI and 6G
The telecommunications industry is innovating rapidly toward 6G for both AI-native Radio Access Networks (AI-RAN) and AI-Core. The distributed User Plane Function (dUPF) brings compute closer to the network edge through decentralized packet processing and routing, enabling ultra-low latency, high throughput, and the seamless integration of distributed AI workloads. dUPF is becoming a crucial component in the evolution of mobile networks to be part of the foundational AI infrastructure. Continue Reading
Developer Resources
Webinars, Trainings, and Certifications
📝 NVIDIA Certification Exams at GTC D.C: Conference attendees can take industry-recognized exams onsite—covering Generative & Agentic AI, Data Science, OpenUSD Development, and more. | Washington, D.C. | October 28 - 29
Events
📅 NVIDIA at Open Source AI Week | Join us in this week-long celebration highlighting innovation, collaboration, and community-driven solutions in the fast-evolving AI landscape, with the PyTorch Conference serving as the flagship event. | October 18-26
📅 NVIDIA at PyTorch | Accelerating research, discoveries, and data science. Don’t miss the keynote by Dr. Jim Fan, NVIDIA Director of Robotics and Distinguished Scientist. | San Francisco, CA | October 22-23
📅 Austin Tech Week AI Hackathon by NVIDIA & AITX Community | Austin, TX | October 24-25
📅 NVIDIA GTC: See what’s next in AI. | Washington, D.C. | October 27–29
📅 Agentic AI Unleashed: AWS & NVIDIA Hackathon | Online | November 3
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1moDay 24.75 – Chain Rule Practice (Handholding Edition) 10-22-25 — The notation and mechanics in the Chain Rule lecture have been tripping me up, so I asked GPT to guide me through each problem slowly. This is where AI learning shines — I can revisit concepts from different perspectives until they finally make sense.
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1moImpressive engineering, no doubt! But calling it a "steal" at 4000 USD + VAT or other taxes if you're outside the US, feels a bit much. Most developers simply can't afford that. When Jensen Huang first introduced it, he mentioned a target price around 3000 USD, not 4000. And it was presented as every developer’s dream and the future of computing... which isn't exactly true (https://youtu.be/FYL9e_aqZY0?si=mJX5x6lHrwaFImWM) Sure, the 128 GB unified memory is nice, but the actual bandwidth and compute performance aren't close to what you'd get from higher-end GPUs or clusters at the same price point. For many independent devs and researchers, a well-configured workstation or an enhanced Jetson Nano Super Dev Kit setup offers a much better cost-to-performance ratio. I'll stick with that route for the time being until Jensen decides to lower the price to about 1000 USD or less.
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1moDGX Spark isn’t just hardware - it’s ignition. Every release pushes AI closer to real-time cognition. NVIDIA isn’t launching machines - it’s lighting the next frontier of intelligence.
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1moGreat development!
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1moMuch awaited 👍