Amazon AWS's Response to Suspending Order of Nvidia Chips

TapTechNews May 22nd news, Amazon's cloud computing unit responded to Reuters regarding the matter of'suspending the order of Nvidia Hopper chips', stating that the company has not stopped any Nvidia orders.

An Amazon AWS spokesperson said that the transition from GraceHopper chips to Blackwell chips only applies to Project Ceiba, which is a supercomputer project jointly built by AWS and Nvidia. He indicated that AWS will continue to offer other services based on Nvidia Hopper chips.

The Financial Times of the UK reported yesterday that Amazon AWS has suspended the order of Nvidia's most advanced'super chip' GraceHopper to wait for the more powerful new product GraceBlackwell (GH200). This move comes at a time when investors are worried that Nvidia will experience a demand decline between the two product cycles.

Referring to TapTechNews' previous report, Nvidia released a new-generation processor named Blackwell in March this year, less than a year after its predecessor Hopper started shipping to customers. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that the new product's ability in training large language models will double.

GraceHopper was officially launched in August this year. AWS also confirmed the news to the media, saying that the time interval between the two products is short, and waiting for the new product is reasonable.

Regarding this, Nvidia refused to comment before releasing the quarterly financial report on Wednesday due to the silent period regulation. In Wednesday's trading, Nvidia's share price rose by 0.64%, and Amazon's share price fell by 0.21%.