Saturn’s Xperion gaming centre on Alexanderplatz in Berlin-Mitte is buzzing on Friday evening. Around 300 people have managed to get tickets for the launch event and are now packed into the third floor venue, crowding around tables displaying open laptops and gaming PCs. They want to see the new “supercomputer”, also known as the NVIDIA RTX Spark, and, of course, the man himself: Jensen Huang, the powerful tech billionaire from Silicon Valley.

Anyone looking for the driving force behind the global boom in artificial intelligence cannot overlook him. Whether you’re writing emails with ChatGPT, using automated image recognition in Berlin medical practices, or generating images with AI, NVIDIA technology is behind it all.

Now the powerful chipmaker is launching a computer. And not just any computer. “It’s the PC of tomorrow, available to buy today — a reinvention of the PC,” Jensen Huang tells the Morgenpost. “Thirty years of work have gone into this device, including four years on the chip alone,” he adds.

What the “Supercomputer” Can Do

Normally, a computer has two separate brains: the central processing unit (CPU) and the graphics processing unit (GPU). With the Spark, NVIDIA has combined these two brains on a single chip. Because they are so close together, they can exchange data at tremendous speed. An NVIDIA employee compares it to two colleagues who, instead of sitting in separate offices, now share the same desk.

The Spark is powerful enough to run enormous AI models entirely on the device, without an internet connection. Its computing power: “one petaflop”. Thanks to DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling), the PC can operate in real time. It uses specialised hardware units directly on the graphics chip.

Jensen Huang – The Visionary in the Leather Jacket

While other tech icons such as Elon Musk make headlines with their personal escapades, Huang founded a company in California in 1993 and quietly built it into the world’s most valuable semiconductor empire. With his graphics processors and the CUDA platform, the NVIDIA founder created the infrastructure without which systems such as ChatGPT would not exist. In September 2026, NVIDIA also agreed to acquire Hugging Face, a leading platform for open AI models, for around $13 billion.

What do we know about Jensen Huang? He’s a workaholic who always wears black — including on Friday evening in Berlin. The 63-year-old is said to work seven days a week without a break and run his company with a flatter management structure than almost any other tech giant.

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The NVIDIA CEO’s goal is ambitious. The launch of the “AI supercomputer” is just one step in a much larger agenda. Shortly after the launch event, Germany and the US chip giant agreed to cooperate on the development of artificial intelligence.

The German government is planning several hundred million euros in initial public funding. The money is intended, among other things, to pay for computing capacity rented from Deutsche Telekom.

This would allow companies to access powerful AI data centres without having to invest millions in their own hardware. NVIDIA has been the global market leader in AI chips for years. Huang is now considering major investments in Germany, although no specific amounts or locations have been disclosed.

“Berlin Is a Special Place”

Huang emphasises his company’s close ties to the capital. “We’ve had an office here for a very long time,” he says. On Monday, he honoured employees who joined NVIDIA 24 years ago. The company currently employs 150 researchers in Berlin, he says, working in fields such as robotics, autonomous driving, computer graphics, telecommunications and AI.

Berlin is a special place, Huang says, because the city is highly international and attracts scientists from all over the world. “We truly value having a presence here.”

Close Partners in German Industry

Germany is particularly important to NVIDIA because of its strong industrial base, especially its automotive industry. “We work with the industry throughout the entire lifecycle of a vehicle,” Huang says. This ranges from design and engineering to simulation, manufacturing and the technology used in autonomous vehicles. NVIDIA has longstanding partnerships with Mercedes and Audi. Siemens and Schaeffler are also important partners. Huang repeated the supplier’s name and asked with a laugh whether he had pronounced it correctly. He describes Schaeffler as “a close friend and great partner”.

No Second Headquarters in Berlin

Huang played down hopes of establishing a European NVIDIA headquarters in the capital. “NVIDIA’s headquarters is wherever I happen to be,” he said. “We only need one headquarters, nothing more.” However, the company has excellent offices around the world, including in Berlin. NVIDIA has registered two addresses for its German subsidiary, NVIDIA ARC GmbH, in the Berlin districts of Mitte and Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf.

What Does All This Mean for Germany?

For the German economy, the key question is whether its industries can keep pace with advances in AI. Powerful data centres are essential to achieving this. Whether the discussions at the Federal Chancellery will lead to concrete investments is likely to become clear in the coming weeks.

This text was originally written and published on the 16th of October in German. It was translated into English with the use of artificial intelligence (AI).