NVIDIA has announced that its first "personal AI supercomputer," the DGX Spark, will begin selling this week. This machine is powerful enough to handle complex AI models and compact enough to easily fit on a user's desk.
DGX Spark will be available for online order at nvidia.com starting from Wednesday, October 15th, as well as through designated partners and stores in the United States.
Although NVIDIA previously announced a price of $3,000 earlier this year, according to the latest infographic, the official price of DGX Spark is now $3,999. Most PC manufacturers will also launch their own customized versions, such as Acer's Veriton GN100, which is also priced at $3,999.
Performance and Configuration
NVIDIA refers to DGX Spark as "the world's smallest AI supercomputer," as it achieves performance that previously required expensive and power-hungry data centers.
Core Configuration: Equipped with NVIDIA's GB10Grace Blackwell Superchip.
Memory and Storage: Features 128GB unified memory and up to 4TB NVMe SSD storage.
AI Performance: Can deliver exaFLOPS of AI performance (i.e., performing exaFLOPS of calculations per second).
Model Processing Capability: Can process AI models containing up to 200 billion parameters.
Power Supply: Operates using a standard power outlet.
Vision and Ecosystem
When NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang first announced the product (then called Digits) earlier this year, he said, "Putting an AI supercomputer on the desktop of every data scientist, AI researcher, and student will allow them to participate in and shape the AI era."
The launch of Spark helps democratize AI, especially useful for researchers.
NVIDIA also encourages third-party manufacturers to launch their own customized versions. Major PC manufacturers including Acer, Asus, Dell, GIGABYTE, HP, Lenovo, and MSI have confirmed they will release their own Spark customized models.
(Note: Spark also has a larger version called Station, but there is currently no information confirming when or if it will be released for the general market.)
