
NVIDIA SANA-WM - Minute-Scale Video on One GPU
NVIDIA NVLabs open-sourced SANA-WM, a 2.6B-parameter world model that generates 60-second 720p camera-controlled video on a single GPU, outperforming 14B+ competitors that need 8 GPUs.
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NVIDIA NVLabs open-sourced SANA-WM, a 2.6B-parameter world model that generates 60-second 720p camera-controlled video on a single GPU, outperforming 14B+ competitors that need 8 GPUs.

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