Nvidia is sending GPUs to the moon
If there's a place in the universe without GPUs, Nvidia is sending them there.
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Nvidia is deploying its GPU chips to the moon through partnerships with private space companies building lunar rovers and satellites. The chips, called Jetson, are designed to be compact and power-efficient, allowing robotic systems to process information from their sensors locally so they can understand and react to their environment more quickly. Operating GPUs on the moon is challenging because the lunar surface is exposed to cosmic radiation and extreme temperature swings, unlike satellites in Earth orbit. This effort supports NASA's campaign to have private companies explore the lunar surface ahead of planned human astronaut missions, with the goal of eventually building a sustained human presence on the moon.
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