Nvidia is making an “incredible” standalone CPU “for the very first time” with its new Vera architecture

It’s been the best part of a year since Nvidia revealed its AI roadmap, including next-gen Vera Rubin architecture, set to launch in the second half of 2026. However, not only will this be a GPU architecture set to power the next generation of AI data centers, but Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has revealed the company will be releasing a Vera-powered CPU, as well.

Calling it “such an incredible CPU,” the Nvidia boss revealed the chip will be offered as a standalone product, which places it in direct competition with Intel’s Xeon and AMD’s EPYC processors, designed for enterprise, data centers, and server use. However, in contrast to these x86-based designs, Nvidia is using ARM architecture. No CPU designs have been announced by Nvidia yet, though Huang asserts that “there are going to be many”.

Nvidia is making a Vera CPU

“For the very first time, we’re going to be offering Vera CPUs. Vera is such an incredible CPU. We’re going to offer Vera CPUs as a standalone part of the infrastructure. And so not only, not only can you run your computing stack on NVIDIA GPUs, you can now also run your computing stack, wherever their CPU workload, run on Nvidia CPUs”

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, via Bloomberg

Huang revealed the news in a recent interview with Bloomberg. He also announced an additional $2 billion investment into CoreWeave, a US-based cloud computing company that currently delivers GPU infrastructure for AI developers and enterprises. “Vera is completely revolutionary… CoreWeave is going to have to race if CoreWeave’s going to be the first to stand up Vera CPUs,” he added.

In 2025, AMD was making gains in terms of server CPU market share, catching up to Intel’s dominance in the field. These x86 products are still going strong despite growth from ARM-based processors in the server market, but the introduction of an Nvidia ARM chip using its latest Vera architecture could prove to disrupt the current status quo. According to Nvidia, the Vera CPU offers “2x the performance of its predecessor,” full Armv9.2 compatibility, and is the first CPU to support FP8 precision.

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