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Chips · May 18, 2026, 10:01 PM · 1 source

NVIDIA delivers Vera, first CPU built for AI agents, to top labs

NVIDIA shipped Vera, a custom CPU architecture designed specifically for running AI agent workloads at scale. The processor has landed at leading AI research labs for evaluation and deployment.

Vera marks a shift toward specialized silicon for agent inference beyond traditional GPU acceleration, positioning NVIDIA to own the full stack of agent infrastructure from training to runtime.

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