Nvidia has formally launched the Vera Rubin platform, a combination CPU and GPU platform billed as a major step forward in the convergence of artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC) for scientific research.
Announced at the ISC High Performance 2026 conference in Hamburg, the new platform combines Nvidia’s Vera CPUs, Rubin GPUs, networking technologies, and software stack into what the company describes as a rack-scale supercomputer. Nvidia is targeting scientific workloads, from climate modeling and computational fluid dynamics to quantum chemistry, energy exploration, and large data center operators.
“Nvidia’s roots are firmly planted in scientific computing, and native FP64 precision remains absolutely vital for accurate fluid dynamics, climate modeling, and geoscience,” said Dion Harris, senior director of HPC and AI factory solutions at Nvidia, on a conference call. “We are committed to maintaining that support moving forward.
