Nvidia’s Turing series of GPUs are expected to enter mass production in Q3

It is likely that this announcement will come with the reveal of a new roadmap, rather than the launch of a new product, with DigiTimes reporting that the company has plans to mass produce their Turing-based graphics cards in Q3 of this year. This timeline lines up with the timeframe where memory manufacturers are expecting their capacity expansions to take effect, potentially lowering the price of DRAM. 

It has also been reported that Nvidia has started placing restrictions on their partners that forbid them from “publicly promote cryptocurrency mining activities or actively sell its consumer graphics cards to miners”, an effort designed to improve their public image amongst gamers. This change won’t prevent retail GPUs from going to miners, but it will help disassociate Nvidia’s brand from cryptocurrency mining.