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SM

hardware
Also known as: Streaming Multiprocessor, SMX

Definition

Streaming Multiprocessor - The fundamental processing block in NVIDIA GPU architecture. Each SM contains multiple CUDA cores, Tensor Cores, and other execution units. Modern datacenter GPUs have 100+ SMs working in parallel.

GPUs featuring SM

NVIDIA Groq 3 LPU

Groq LPU · 2026

NVIDIA Rubin

Rubin · 2026 · 288 GB

NVIDIA Vera Rubin

Rubin · 2026 · 576 GB

NVIDIA Rubin CPX

Rubin · 2026 · 128 GB

NVIDIA B200

Blackwell · 2025 · 180 GB

NVIDIA GB10 Grace Blackwell

Blackwell · 2025 · 128 GB
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