Nvidia reveals first benchmarks for its Vera data-center CPU

Nvidia detailed its Vera CPU for AI data centers, including an architectural breakdown of its Olympus cores and the first unofficial SPEC CPU 2026 benchmark results.

Why it matters: Vera is Nvidia's push to own the CPU alongside the GPU in its Rubin platform, following its Grace CPU already shipping in the hundreds of thousands — a sign Nvidia wants to capture more of the data-center bill of materials rather than cede general-purpose compute to Intel, AMD, or custom silicon.