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Transformer Engine

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Also known as: TE

Definition

Hardware and software technology in Hopper architecture designed to accelerate Transformer models (GPT, BERT, etc.). Automatically selects optimal precision (FP8 or FP16) on a per-layer basis, providing up to 6x speedup for large language model training.

GPUs featuring Transformer Engine

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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