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The system analyses a single frame to understand complex scene elements such as characters, hair, fabric, and translucent skin, then rebuilds pixels with photorealistic detail anchored to the original 3D content. Developers retain control over intensity, colour grading, and masking, allowing them to preserve each title's visual identity. Major publishers including Bethesda, Capcom, Ubisoft, Tencent, and Warner Bros. Games have committed to supporting the technology when it arrives in autumn 2026.
Notably, the GTC demonstration required two GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards running in parallel, highlighting the enormous computational demands of the approach.
Nvidia is working with partners including Axiom Space, Planet Labs, Aetherflux, and Starcloud, which plans a November satellite launch carrying the module. Starcloud co-founder Philip Johnston predicted that within a decade nearly all new data centres will be built in outer space.
Huang acknowledged that cooling remains a major engineering challenge in orbit, where there is no conduction or convection and heat can only be dissipated through radiation. The announcement comes as SpaceX and more than a dozen other companies pursue orbital data centre plans, attracted by the promise of uninterrupted solar power for energy-hungry AI workloads.
Nvidia Unveils DLSS 5 Neural Rendering and Space AI Chip at GTC 2026
March 17, 2026
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Nvidia announced DLSS 5, a real-time neural rendering system that reconstructs lighting and materials at up to 4K resolution, alongside the Vera Rubin Space-1 Module designed to bring AI computing to orbital data centres. Both were revealed during the GTC 2026 keynote by CEO Jensen Huang.
Nvidia Calls DLSS 5 the GPT Moment for Graphics
At its annual GTC conference in San Jose, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled DLSS 5, describing it as the most significant advance in computer graphics since real-time ray tracing arrived in 2018. Unlike earlier versions of Deep Learning Super Sampling, which focused on upscaling resolution and generating extra frames, DLSS 5 introduces a full neural rendering model that reconstructs lighting, materials, and environmental effects in real time at up to 4K resolution.The system analyses a single frame to understand complex scene elements such as characters, hair, fabric, and translucent skin, then rebuilds pixels with photorealistic detail anchored to the original 3D content. Developers retain control over intensity, colour grading, and masking, allowing them to preserve each title's visual identity. Major publishers including Bethesda, Capcom, Ubisoft, Tencent, and Warner Bros. Games have committed to supporting the technology when it arrives in autumn 2026.
Notably, the GTC demonstration required two GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards running in parallel, highlighting the enormous computational demands of the approach.
AI Computing Heads to Orbit
Huang also introduced the Vera Rubin Space-1 Module, a computing platform engineered for the vacuum of space. The module delivers up to twenty-five times the AI compute of the Nvidia H100 GPU and is optimised for real-time sensing, autonomous operations, and on-orbit analytics.Nvidia is working with partners including Axiom Space, Planet Labs, Aetherflux, and Starcloud, which plans a November satellite launch carrying the module. Starcloud co-founder Philip Johnston predicted that within a decade nearly all new data centres will be built in outer space.
Huang acknowledged that cooling remains a major engineering challenge in orbit, where there is no conduction or convection and heat can only be dissipated through radiation. The announcement comes as SpaceX and more than a dozen other companies pursue orbital data centre plans, attracted by the promise of uninterrupted solar power for energy-hungry AI workloads.
Published March 17, 2026 at 2:18pm
