Before revealing a new architecture, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang usually gives a one-sentence biography of the scientist it's named after.
"I'd like to introduce you to a very, very big GPU named after David Blackwell, mathematician, game theorist, probability," Huang said at last year's GTC conference. "We thought it was a perfect name."
Rubin is a fitting name for Nvidia's next chip, which comes as the company tries to solidify the gains it has made in recent years as the leader in AI hardware. "Vera" will refer to Nvidia's next-generation central processor, and "Rubin" will refer to Nvidia's new GPU.