Nvidia CEO Unveils Processing System Named for Black Mathematician

Tanu T. Henry | California Black Media (CBM) – Nvidia, the third largest corporation in the world valued at $2.3 trillion, held its annual Global Technology Conference and expo at the Convention Center in San Jose from March 18 to 21. An estimated 17,000 guests attended. During his Keynote address on March18, CEO Jensen Huang unveiled a new groundbreaking Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) system developed by the company. This cutting-edge platform is named in honor of the renowned African American mathematician and statistician David Blackwell. David Balckwell Huang told the audience that the Blackwell system is the “most advanced GPU in the world today.” “This GPU is named after David Blackwell, an American mathematician and statistician whose work has had a lasting impact in mathematics as well as the specific domain of AI,” said Huang. “Mathematician. Game theorist. Probability,” said Huang of the computer scientist. “We thought it was a perfect name.” “Blackwell is not a chip. Blackwell is the name of a platform,” Huang continued. Blackwell, who was born in Centralia, Illinois, earned a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Illinois. He was the first African American inducted into the National Academy of the Sciences. A former professor...