Jensen Huang, Nvidia's CEO, opened GTC Berlin by highlighting the company's 33-year history in Europe, from its first chip NV1 to partnerships with companies like MediaMarkt and Elsa. He introduced the 'AI five-layer cake' framework, describing AI as a new industrial revolution. Huang announced Nvidia's investment of nearly a billion dollars in European startups and partnerships, and showcased the world's first CPO unit, developed with TSMC, now in volume production with 512 ports at 200 gigabits per second. He detailed the Vera Ruben platform, now in full production, featuring 100% liquid cooling and assembly time reduced from 2 hours to under 5 minutes. Huang introduced Nvidia DSX, a factory-built AI infrastructure that cuts deployment from months to days, and discussed the Open Shell agent security framework, emphasizing the need for secure deployment of billions of AI agents.
| Figure | What it refers to | Type | At |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12,000 plus | Partnerships across Europe | metric | 5:19 |
| 1 million times | Improvement in AI performance over 10 years | metric | 15:07 |
| 512 ports at 200 gigabits per second | CPO Ethernet switch specifications | metric | 24:13 |
| 2 hours | Assembly time for Grace Blackwell node | metric | 19:26 |
| less than 5 minutes | Assembly time for Vera Ruben node | metric | 19:26 |
| 30 times | Performance improvement of Vera Ruben over Blackwell | metric | 25:38 |
| 54 million liters | Daily water savings at 2 gigawatts DSX | metric | 27:45 |
| 17 km | Length of Spectrum-X cables in a DSX pod | metric | 28:38 |
| 40 billion | Revenue generation from a gigawatt datacenter | metric | 32:37 |
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Sign in to read the full transcriptHuang, J. (2026, October 22). Nvidia's Berlin GTC Has a "Taiwanese Flair"! Jensen Huang Spotlights TSMC-Developed CPO; Foxconn ... [Interview transcript]. 57東森財經新聞. CEOInterviews.AI. https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/3117967/
Jensen Huang. "Nvidia's Berlin GTC Has a "Taiwanese Flair"! Jensen Huang Spotlights TSMC-Developed CPO; Foxconn ...." 57東森財經新聞, 22 Oct. 2026. Transcript, CEOInterviews.AI, https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/3117967/.
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