Nvidia’s Robot Brain Chip, Thor, goes on sale all over the world

Nvidia He announced on Monday that his Robotics Chip, Jetson AGX Thor is now on sale for $ 3,499 as a developer kit.

The company calls the “brain of the robot”. The first ship next month, Nvidia said last week and the chips will allow customers to create robots.

After the company uses a developer kit to prototyp its robot, NVIDIA will sell the Thor T5000 modules that can be installed in robots ready for manufacture. If a company needs more than 1000 Thor chips, Nvidia will charge $ 2.999 per module.

Executive Director Jensen Huang said robotics is the biggest growth opportunity in the company Out of artificial intelligencewhich has led to the total sales of NVIDIA more than triple over the past two years.

“We do not build robots, we do not build cars, but we allow the whole industry with our infrastructure computers and related software,” said the Deepu Talla, Vice President of NVIDIA on robotics and EDGE AI, on Friday’s reporters.

Jetson Thor chips are based on a Black Graphic processor, which is the current generation of NVIDIA technologies used in its AI chips, as well as its computer game chips.

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

Companies including robotics for agility, Amazon., Meta And Boston Dynamics use their Jetson chips, Nvidia said. Nvidia also has invested In robotic companies like Field AI.

However, robotics remains a small business for NVIDIA, which represents about 1% of the company’s total revenue, despite the fact that it has launched several new chips for robots since 2014, but it is growing rapidly.

NVIDIA has recently been combining its business units to group its departments for automotive and robotics in the same line. This unit reported $ 567 million in Quarterly sales in May, representing a 72% annual increase.

The company said its Jetson Thor chips can also be used for self -controlled cars, especially by Chinese brands. Nvidia calls its car chips Drive AGX, and although they are similar to its robotics chips, they manage an operating system called Drive OS, which is set for automotive purposes.