"Jim Keller Questions NVIDIA's $10 Billion R&D Spending, Suggests Achievability at $1 Billion"
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Wccftech
Tenstorrent's CEO Jim Keller criticizes NVIDIA's $10 billion R&D costs on Blackwell GPUs, suggesting that the company could have saved billions by using a more cost-effective interconnect method, such as Ethernet. Keller's criticism stems from the proprietary nature and high cost of NVIDIA's NVLINK interconnect technology. While Ethernet interconnect presents a more affordable and open-source alternative, it is still in the development phase. Despite the debate over R&D costs, the demand for NVIDIA's Blackwell AI GPUs remains high, solidifying the company's dominance in the market.