With DGX Spark, Nvidia aims to help AI developers who find standard PCs too limited for the advanced AI tasks. Often, AI developers are forced to store their work in different cloud services, so this new device seems a great one for them. We don’t know for sure if AI developers will find this new AI supercomputer useful, considering the fact that the cloud storage alternatives might be cheaper compared to the Nvidia DGX Spark.
We must admit that Nvidia did a great job with the new DGX Spark AI supercomputer, as recent company statements indicate that it features 128 GB of unified memory, which is ideal for supporting larger artificial intelligence models. The system uses Nvidia’s GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip, has 200Gb/s ConnectX-7 networking, and NVLink-C2C technology for five times faster bandwidth than PCIe Gen 5.
Regarding the operating system, the Nvidia DGX Spark comes with the popular DGX OS, also created by Nvidia, which runs on the Ubuntu Linux operating system, making it perfect for advanced GPU processing.
For some, the Nvidia DGX price might seem a little too expensive, but upon analyzing the technology and components used to create this impressive AI supercomputer, it no longer appears to be an expensive device. The high-end GPUs that can handle advanced video RAM have a starting price of above $8000 alone, and the GPUs that can handle a lot of AI tasks cost more than $10,000.
The great news is that the DGX Spark comes directly with Nvidia’s AI software ready to use, giving developers access to models and tools to quickly work on different artificial intelligence projects, such as image generation, vision search, and also build AI chatbots.
NVIDIA will start accepting orders for the new DGX Spark starting this Wednesday, October 15, via its website, with availability also through manufacturing partners and select US retailers such as Acer, ASUS, Dell Technologies, Lenovo, HP, and others.
