Blackhole® p100a

Overview

Tenstorrent Blackhole p100a is a PCIe Gen5 x16 AI accelerator with 120 Tensix Cores and 28GB GDDR6, drawing 300W. Programmed with TT-Metalium SDK, it targets AI engineers who want software-defined, Ethernet-scalable AI compute independent of CUDA. The entry-level Blackhole PCIe card offers a cost-accessible route to Tenstorrent's heterogeneous AI architecture.

Key Features

• 120 Tensix Cores — Tenstorrent's RISC-V AI fabric
• 28GB GDDR6 memory
• PCIe Gen5 x16 host interface
• 300W TDP — single 16-pin connector
• TT-Metalium SDK for custom AI kernel programming

Ideal For

AI researchers and developers exploring beyond CUDA who want to program AI hardware at a low level using Tenstorrent's open TT-Metalium framework for inference and training optimization.