Brevis upgrades Pico Prism zkVM to achieve 99%+ Ethereum real-time proof with 16 GPUs

According to official announcements, ZK verifiable computation platform Brevis has updated its Pico Prism zkVM, achieving over 99% Ethereum real-time block proof using only 16 RTX 5090 GPUs across two machines—maintaining nearly identical verification performance despite a 75% reduction in GPU count. Previously, as announced in October 2025, the solution required 64 GPUs across eight servers. The update maintains an average proof time of 6.91 seconds, reducing GPU costs from $128,000 to $32,000, with total hardware costs approximately $100,000—aligning with the Ethereum Foundation’s capital expenditure targets for real-time proof infrastructure. This performance improvement stems from a redesigned dual-machine architecture that eliminates cross-machine data transfers through intelligent scheduling and data locality optimizations, ensuring full utilization of all GPUs. The Ethereum Foundation has announced the conclusion of the performance competition and is now shifting focus to building secure infrastructure for L1 zkEVM integration, with a milestone target of achieving 128-bit provable security by the end of 2026. Brevis is actively aligning with the Ethereum Foundation’s security roadmap to ensure Pico Prism meets the robustness requirements for mainnet deployment. Moving forward, Brevis will continue optimizing Pico Prism and