January 18, 2022
Establishes a new center for the development of central processors in Israel. In her view, the servers of the future will be based on three processors: CPU, GPU and DPU processor (developed in Mellanox). Two of the “chip trio” will be Israelis
Pictured above: Anvidia Development Center in Yokneam, formerly headquartered in Mellanox
Anvidia (NVIDIA) Expands its operations in Israel beyond the operations of the former Mellanox company, and establishes a new group that will develop central computer processors (CPUs), similar to the Israeli development activities of Intel. The processors to be developed in Israel are intended to be used inWide range of uses: artificial intelligence, robotics, autonomous vehicles and the virtual worlds platform NVIDIA Omniverse. The group will consist of hardware and software engineers, architects who specialize in chip design and more.
According to Anvidia’s concept, the future servers will be based on three processors (the “chip trio”): a central processor (CPU), a graphics processor (GPU) and a DPU processor (developed at Mellanox before its acquisition by Anvidia). This means that two of the three core chips on which Anvidia’s hardware strategy is based will be Israeli chips. It is still unclear what Anvidia’s technology will be: will the new CPU processors be based on ARM architecture, RISC-V architecture, or a new architecture that will be developed in the company.
It is worth noting that Anvidia led the Israeli GenPro consortium that developed two RISC-V processors, one of which is a 64-word high-performance CPU that can work using the Linux operating system. Competitor Intel is also interested in the RISC-V architecture, and recently unconfirmed reports were published that it offered to acquire the American SiFive for about $ 2 billion.
On the other hand, in April 2021, Anvidia unveiled the NVIDIA Grace processor, which is its first CPU processor for data centers, and is based on an array of cores in the ARM architecture. In any case, the move increases competition for chip development engineers, and is expected to be reflected in attempts to recruit some of Intel Israel’s employees, who are developing the global company’s most advanced machining chips.
Increasing involvement in the Israeli ecosystem
NVIDIA’s VP of Technology, Michael Kagan, said that Israel plays a key role in the global technology ecosystem. “The new group will develop our next processors. “Anvidia will continue to expand its activities in Israel in the fields of research and development and through unique programs for start-ups and local developers.”
So far, the research and development activity has focused (R&D) Of Anvidia in Israel in the core business of the former Mellanox company: chips and high-speed communication systems (High Speed Networking), Including the DPU chip from the BlueField family. DPU processor Responsible for transmitting data on the server and processing them. Its purpose is to download critical communications, storage, and security loads from the central processing unit (CPU) to improve the performance of the entire server and data center.
Since the completion of the acquisition of Mellanox in April 2020, Anvidia Israel’s activity has expanded by approximately 33%, and today it employs approximately 2,800 employees in seven development centers in Israel: Yokneam, Tel Hai, Raanana, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Kiryat Gat and Beer Sheva. The company maintains additional collaborations with the local technology community through the NVIDIA Inception program for nurturing companies in the field of artificial intelligence and includes about 300 Israeli companies, and the NVIDIA Developer Program, which it estimates reaches several thousand developers and developers.
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