Tesla also introduces its D1 chip, which the automaker says it will use — alongside Nvidia’s GPU — to power the Dojo supercomputer. Tesla notes its AI cluster will house 3,000 D1 chips.

Chip maker Nvidia has been pioneering the GPU market for years, and 2012 is shaping up to be no exception. Its GPU Technology Conference-- "GTC" for short -- took place last week in San Jose, Calif.

March 16, 2015 – Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ ... today announced it has added support for NVIDIA® Tesla® GPU accelerators in its ThunderX ARM ® processor family. The ThunderX product family is Cavium’s ...