Friday, March 8th 2013
NVIDIA Readies Second GK110-based SKU
Following the launch of its consumer-oriented GeForce GTX Titan, NVIDIA is planning its second graphics card based on the 28 nm GK110 silicon, this one for professionals, and featuring in the Quadro family. Likely bearing the model name Quadro K6000, the card is expected to feature 13 of the GK110's 15 streaming multiprocessors (SMXs), which work out to 2,496 CUDA cores, 208 TMUs, 40 ROPs, and a 320-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface, likely holding 5 GB of memory. The configuration could be just about enough for 1 TFLOP/s double-precision floating-point performance, and could hence offer an upgrade over Fermi-based Quadro 6000.
Sources:
X-bit Labs, Arab PC World
20 Comments on NVIDIA Readies Second GK110-based SKU
But if "full" GK110 14SMX costs 1000$, then this crippled 13SMX could very well be a 650-700$ gpu, still to much imo..
AFAIK the highest end of Tesla GPUs is the K20X which has the same SMX units enabled as the GTX Titan, which are 14 (2688 CUDA cores).
There is no 15 SMX unit available if I'm not mistaken.
www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2143/NVIDIA_Quadro_K6000.html
GF100 ->GF110.
Remember, when you pay for a Quadro or FirePro card you're not paying for the hardware; you're paying for the ISV-certified drivers.
Im referring to Geforce variant with those or similar specs., of course this Quadro K6000 will be more then 1000$, more like +2.5K $. Yep, that's why i used "" by the word full. ;)
Anyway, THEORETICALLY it would have either 2,5, 3,75 or 5GB of VRAM, not 3 or 4, because of the bus.
The GTX Titan has a 384bit bus, why is it different? Logic tells me that it can be made 3GB.
www.geforce.co.uk/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-580/specifications
www.geforce.co.uk/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-titan/specifications
That was an unnecessary and incorrect nitpick :p
www.tomshardware.com/reviews/workstation-graphics-card-gaming,3425.html
The GTX570 has a 320 bit bus, and there are 2.5GB versions
The 13-sm GK110, if it has a 320 bit bus can easily have 5GB VRAM using chips with double the density compared to what was in the GTX570.
Wouldn't surprise me if Nvidia loaded the Quadro with a high (and round) number for marketing purposes as well as intended workload.
All in all, I don't see this happening. But if it would, it would probably be something GTX 700 or 800 related. As would a AMD Radeon HD 8000 or 9000 series, by the end of the year...