SpaceX and NVIDIA are designing Starmind AI1 satellite payloads using Rubin GPUs and Vera CPUs.

SpaceX announced on Aug. 5 that it was working with NVIDIA to develop and design Starmind AI1 satellite-computing payloads. NVIDIA also confirmed the collaboration through social media, according to the report.

Each Starmind satellite is planned to carry NVIDIA Rubin graphics processing units and Vera central processing units. SpaceX described the intended result as data-center-level computing capability in space.

The announcement concerns onboard satellite compute payloads rather than a terrestrial GPU cluster. The supplied sources do not state the number of satellites, GPU count per payload, electrical power per satellite or a deployment date.