Jensen Huang says that GPUs from five years ago are like fine wine: the longer they age, the better they taste, and they will also increase in value.

Golden Finance reports that on May 14th, according to Kuai Technology, against the backdrop of exploding AI demand, GPUs have become one of the most scarce computing resources, with even old chips from five years ago beginning to see continuous price increases. According to media reports, recently, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang described this phenomenon as the “Fine Wine Effect.”
It is understood that the term “Fine Wine” was first used during the AMD Vega era to describe how GPU performance continued to improve through driver optimization, but now its meaning has changed and is more often used to describe the rising prices of GPUs over time.
NVIDIA stated that AI demand is driving the GPU market into an explosive growth phase, with almost all data centers running AI services relying on GPUs. Although CPU demand is also growing synchronously, GPUs remain the core source of computing power.
Currently, global semiconductor manufacturers are experiencing capacity shortages, which further drive up the prices of various hardware, including GPUs, and older generation GPUs are also affected.
Even products from 4-5 years ago are still appreciating in value. Jensen Huang pointed out that the price increase rate of old GPUs even exceeds the aging speed of fine wine, and there is still strong demand in the market. (Dongxin News)