Jensen Huang in front of the Nvidia logo.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
  • Nvidia has announced it's shipping its new Blackwell AI chip next quarter amid high demand.
  • CEO Jensen Huang highlighted the strong interest in both Blackwell and current Hopper chips.
  • Nvidia's shares surged, driven by a 262% revenue increase and the announcement of a 10-for-1 stock split.

Nvidia has announced it's shipping its hot new artificial-intelligence chip, Blackwell, this quarter — and they're already getting snapped up.

"People want to deploy these data centers right now," CEO Jensen Huang told Yahoo Finance on Wednesday.