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“Blackwell is in full production.”

Jensen Huang, NVIDIA CEO · 7 January 2025 · [Full transcript] NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Keynote at CES 2025 (y2doc)

NVIDIA's Blackwell chip is in full production as of January 2025.

Mostly true True in substance, wrong in a detail.

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What would count as true or false

The claim is that Blackwell was in full production as of 7 January 2025. True: NVIDIA filings or earnings reports (for example its Q4 FY2025 results) and supply-chain reporting show Blackwell in volume or mass production by early January 2025, with substantial shipments and revenue. Mostly true: volume production was underway by then but still ramping, with minor problems at some configurations. Mixed: some Blackwell products were in volume production while others, such as GB200 NVL72 racks, were held back by significant production problems. Mostly false: only initial or limited production had started, with credible reports of major delays to volume output. False: Blackwell was not in production at that date.

Evidence

1. Nvidia says Blackwell-based servers are in full production - 200 different configurations now available Tom's Hardware · 8 January 2025

   “Nvidia and its partners have initiated full-scale production of Blackwell GPUs for AI and HPC, as well as servers based on them, announced Jensen Huang, chief executive of the company, at CES.”

2. [News] NVIDIA GB200 Racks Reportedly Overheat, Major Clients Cut Orders TrendForce · 14 January 2025

   “Initial shipments of racks with Blackwell chips have reportedly encountered overheating issues and connection glitches between chips, the report indicates, citing The Information.”

3. NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2025 NVIDIA Own record

   “We’ve successfully ramped up the massive-scale production of Blackwell AI supercomputers, achieving billions of dollars in sales in its first quarter.”

4. NVDA Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript platformaeronaut.com (third-party transcript site) · 26 February 2025

   “In Q4, Blackwell sales exceeded our expectations. We delivered $11 billion of Blackwell revenue to meet strong demand.”

Reasoning

NVIDIA's Q4 FY2025 results say it ramped massive-scale Blackwell production with billions in sales in the first quarter [E3]. The earnings call reports $11 billion of Blackwell revenue in Q4 FY2025 [E4]. This shows volume production and substantial shipments around the claim date, and Tom's Hardware reported the CES announcement [E1]. Independent reporting, citing The Information, said initial Blackwell rack shipments had reportedly encountered overheating and chip-connection problems, and its headline says major clients cut orders [E2]. That fits volume production still ramping with problems in some configurations, not products held back.

Cite this claim

Jensen Huang, “NVIDIA's Blackwell chip is in full production as of January 2025.” (said 7 January 2025). Verdict: mostly true. Reliability API, claim c_4322656d4dcb, method 0.1.0+03d23c0e. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_4322656d4dcb