What happened to Nvidia's backup plan for Kyber?
SemiAnalysis reported Nvidia built a stopgap design, NVL72x2, that bolted together two current-generation NVL72 racks to approximate Kyber's density. Cloud providers and hyperscalers reportedly rejected it as operationally awkward and too costly, so Nvidia scrapped the workaround instead of pushing it into production.
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Nvidia's Next-Gen AI Rack Slips a Year to 2028 — Nvidia Says That's WrongSemiAnalysis says Nvidia's Kyber AI rack slipped a year to 2028 over a 78-layer circuit board it can't yet build at scale. Nvidia denies it.
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