The personal artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputer "DGX Spark" developed with MediaTek will be sought after by students, researchers, and corporations alike.
Jensen Huang, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NVIDIA, made a surprise appearance on the keynote stage of MediaTek CEO Cai Lixing at Computex 2025, the largest IT and computing exhibition in Asia, held at the Nangang Exhibition Center in Taipei, Taiwan, on the 20th.
The palm-sized AI supercomputer DGX Spark mentioned by CEO Huang was previously introduced as "Project Digits." In January of this year, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2025), CEO Huang unveiled the AI supercomputer known as Project Digits, stating that it is a desktop computer equipped with the super chip "GB10." This super chip integrates next-generation AI Blackwell graphics processing units (GPUs) and central processing units (CPUs) developed in collaboration with MediaTek. NVIDIA explained that the desktop alone can run AI models with up to 200 billion parameters. The number of parameters is an indicator that determines the performance of the AI model; the more parameters, the more sophisticated the AI model.
CEO Huang noted, "MediaTek operates in various areas, including home appliances and vehicles. The reason for collaborating with MediaTek is the presence of outstanding researchers who have successfully led these businesses," adding, "Through this project, we gained the idea of the NVLink Fusion announced this time." NVLink Fusion is a technology that allows connections between CPUs, GPUs, and other devices that are not NVIDIA products. Until now, NVLink has only been applied to NVIDIA chips. NVLink is a technology that maximizes data processing speed by enabling communication between GPUs without a CPU.
CEO Cai Lixing stated, "MediaTek has been involved in the development of NVLink Fusion from the early stages and will strive to provide differentiated solutions," while adding, "The price of DGX Spark has not been disclosed, but it will be released soon and will be available by this Christmas."
MediaTek is also jointly developing CPUs for PCs with NVIDIA. The CPU chipsets under development by MediaTek are expected to integrate NVIDIA's Blackwell GPU. MediaTek and NVIDIA are collaborating to develop CPUs that maximize power efficiency in line with the flourishing AI market.
MediaTek also announced plans to utilize TSMC's advanced 2nm process in the second half of the year. CEO Cai Lixing stated, "MediaTek will tape out chips using the 2nm process in September," mentioning that "chip performance is expected to improve by 15% compared to the previous generation, while power consumption will be reduced by 25%." MediaTek is expected to mass-produce next-generation application processors (AP), known as the mobile brain, through TSMC's 2nm process. Currently, MediaTek is producing its AP product line, the Dimensity series, through TSMC's 3nm process.
MediaTek also plans to expand its high-bandwidth memory (HBM) related design asset (IP) business. CEO Cai Lixing said, "As AI chip performance becomes more advanced, the importance of HBM is also increasing," and added, "A customized HBM product market is expected to open starting next year, supplying IP for 6th generation HBM (HBM4) and 7th generation HBM (HBM4E) to support the application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) market."