Nvidia’s next generation of Volta GPUs are expected to release in March 2018
Nvidia’s next generation of Volta GPUs are expected to release in March 2018
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Nvidia has already confirmed that their upcoming Volta series of gaming GPUs will not be released anytime soon, with many expecting Volta gaming series GPUs to release in the first half of 2018.Â
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Today some rumours have a emerged which states that Nvidia’s gaming-oriented Volta series GPUs will release in March 2018, which makes a lot of sense given the current production schedule for GDDR6 memory from companies like SK Hynix. TSMC’s new 12nm process, which Volta is based on, is also expected to be ready for large scale production by the end of the year, giving Nvidia another reason not to rush production, as higher yields and production rates are promised later.Â
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TSMC’s new 12nm process, which Volta is based on, is also expected to be ready for large scale production by the end of the year, giving Nvidia another reason not to rush production, as higher yields and production rates are promised later this year.
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Right now the only Volta-based GPU that Nvidia produces is their colossal Tesla V100, which is suffering from low-yields due to the maturity of the 12nm production node and the sheer size and scale of the Tesla V100. To put it into perspective the Tesla V100 has almost 2x the transistor count of the GTX 1080 Ti, with Nvidia stating that the GPU sits at the limits of manufacturability with today’s process technology.  Â
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To put it into perspective the Tesla V100 has almost 2x the transistor count of the GTX 1080 Ti, with Nvidia stating that the GPU sits at the limits of manufacturability with today’s process technology. Â Â
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In short, Nvidia’s Volta plans will ensure that their chosen memory type will be in greater supply and that TSMC’s 12nm production node is more than ready for the mass production of Volta gaming GPUs. It is also worth remembering that Nvidia does not feel in any way rushed to release Volta, given the performance of their Pascal architecture when compared to competing hardware. Â
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