Jensen Huang says old GPUs are like fine wine, "getting better with age": 5-year-old chips continue to appreciate, rising faster than vintage wine.

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The explosion in AI demand has driven a comprehensive rise in GPU prices, with even 5-year-old chips continuing to appreciate in value. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang refers to this phenomenon as the "Fine Wine" effect, noting that old GPUs are increasing in price even faster than aged fine wine. (Previous coverage: GPU computing power shortage repeats: OpenAI, Anthropic, and other major players consume supply, AI startups wait until the end of the year) (Background: Is the GPU bubble about to burst? Experts: NVIDIA H100 rental prices crash to "$2 per hour," why has demand plummeted?) AI demand has entered an explosive cycle, making GPUs one of the most scarce computing resources globally. Even old chips that have been in circulation for 4 to 5 years are seeing continuous price increases. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang describes this phenomenon as the "Fine Wine" effect, implying that old GPUs, like fine wine, get better and more valuable with age. According to foreign media reports, the term "Fine Wine" can be traced back to the AMD Vega graphics card era, when it was used to describe how GPU performance improved over time through continuous driver optimizations. However, with the advent of the AI era, the meaning of the term has fundamentally shifted—it is now used more to describe the phenomenon of GPU prices rising over time. Jensen Huang pointed out that the rate at which old GPUs are appreciating even exceeds the aging process of actual fine wine, as they remain in strong demand in the market. Even products from 4 to 5 years ago are continuing to appreciate. NVIDIA stated that AI demand is driving the GPU market into a phase of explosive growth. Almost all data centers running AI operations globally rely on GPUs as their core source of computing power; while CPU demand is growing in parallel, GPUs still occupy an irreplaceable position. Current global semiconductor capacity is extremely tight. From wafer manufacturing to GPUs, CPUs, DRAM, and AI cloud computing platforms, the entire industry chain is facing a supply-demand imbalance. This tension has further pushed up the prices of various hardware, including GPUs, with older models also being affected. Mike Intrator, CEO of cloud computing giant CoreWeave, echoed Jensen Huang's view. He pointed out that demand for older GPUs is accelerating, with prices for models including H100, H200, L40S, and A100 all higher than the previous quarter. Intrator stated that CoreWeave's computing resources have been sold out for a long time, a situation that is prevalent across the entire industry. Analysts believe that as AI model parameter counts continue to expand and corporate AI deployment accelerates, the supply-demand contradiction for GPUs will be difficult to alleviate in the short term. Even "outdated" older GPUs remain highly sought after in the secondary and cloud rental markets, providing real-world support for Jensen Huang's "Fine Wine" analogy.

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