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“We had a design flaw in Blackwell,” admits Nvidia CEO.

“It was functional, but the design flaw caused the yield to be low. It was 100% Nvidia’s fault,” Nvidia’s Jensen Huang tells Reuters, effectively confirming The Information’s report from August about why its new flagship AI chips won’t ship in large amounts right away.

He says it’s now fixed, but the timeline stays the same: Q4 for first shipments.

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