# Bad Influence story: SpaceX develops Kessel, a custom Vera Rubin NVL72 rack with a passive midplane

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-10 22:03. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/cd249274-c50a-4092-97a1-c003e1c8c881

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Latest update (11-10 22:03): SpaceX develops Kessel, a Vera Rubin NVL72 rack with a passive midplane

Overview: SpaceX is developing Kessel, a custom Vera Rubin NVL72 rack, according to SemiAnalysis. The design replaces the internal NVLink cable cartridges with a passive PCB midplane while keeping the Oberon layout of 72 GPU packages, 18 compute trays and 9 switch trays, rearranged back-to-back around the board. SemiAnalysis says Kessel has a smaller scale-up domain than Kyber and is intended for both terrestrial and orbital deployment.

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1. 11-10 22:03 · SemiAnalysis · [SpaceX develops Kessel, a Vera Rubin NVL72 rack with a passive midplane](https://badinfluence.news/items/s6a2kvfh95vjl2wvnzs056t76)
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