NVIDIA Prepares For Next-Gen GPU Architectures As "Blackwell-Next" Spotted In Linux 7.2 Kernel Patch

NVIDIA "Blackwell-Next" Leaks in New Linux Driver Patch: AI Architecture Evolution Hiding in Plain Sight

NVIDIA’s engineering teams are silently laying the open-source software groundwork for unreleased enterprise hardware. In a recent batch of source code contributions submitted for the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel cycle, developers spotted clear references to a hidden architecture family listed under the placeholder name "Blackwell-Next." The code changes, tracked within the kernel's **VFIO (Virtual Function I/O)** subsystem, represent a vital opera…

NVIDIA's "Blackwell-Next" GPU Appears in Linux Kernel Patches

NVIDIA's next generation of graphics cards, under the "Blackwell-Next" name, began their integration into the Linux kernel some time ago. The latest set of patches now includes updates for handling Compute Express Link (CXL). This particular patch is intriguing because it refers to the next generation of NVIDIA GPUs with the "Blackwell-Next" architecture, even though NVIDIA has publicly confirmed the codenames for its upcoming GPU architectures …

NVIDIA Prepares For Next-Gen GPU Architectures As "Blackwell-Next" Spotted In Linux 7.2 Kernel Patch

The Linux 7.2 Kernel Patches have seen the addition of a next-gen NVIDIA GPU architecture, cleverly listed as "Blackwell-Next". NVIDIA Ramps Up Support For Next-Gen GPU Architectures, Including Blackwell-Next, For Linux 7.2 NVIDIA's GPU architectures are not a mystery since the company has been outlining them in roadmaps for years now. We knew that Rubin was going to replace Blackwell years before its launch, and now we know that Feynman will re…