Recently, NVIDIA unveiled its brand-new Blackwell platform and showcased its initial performance in the MLPerf Training 4.1 benchmark tests. According to the test results, Blackwell achieved a doubling of performance in certain aspects compared to the previous Hopper platform, garnering widespread attention in the industry. In the MLPerf Training 4.1 benchmark tests, the Blackwell platform excels in LLM (Large Language Models).

This article outlines the latest developments in the AI inference chip field, particularly the results of the MLPerf Inference v4.1 competition, which gathered the latest chips from companies such as AMD, Google, UntetherAI, Cerebras, FuriosaAI, and Nvidia. Nvidia's H200 and GH200 chips maintain a lead in the 'Data Center Closed' category, but chips from other companies excelled in specific tasks, especially in terms of energy efficiency. AMD's Instinct Accelerator.