Vaishnaw, Nvidia Discuss Sovereign GPU Manufacturing in India for AI Push

• Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw met Nvidia officials to discuss manufacturing sovereign, high-end GPUs and edge devices like DGX Spark in India.
• Nvidia, with over 80% global GPU market share, is crucial for AI development; its DGX Spark offers 1 petaFLOP performance for secure inferencing.
• DGX Spark is a compact GPU suitable for railways, shipping, healthcare, education, and remote applications, operating without internet.
• India aims to develop its own GPU by H1 2025 and has deployed 38,000 GPUs under the India AI Mission, subsidizing them at ₹65/hour.
• Twelve Indian startups, including Sarvam AI and IIT Bombay consortium – BharatGen, have been selected to develop native AI engines.

Why It Matters: India pushes for sovereign GPU manufacturing and AI development with Nvidia's support and government subsidies.