Monday, October 3rd 2016
NVIDIA GP107 ASIC Pictured, Die Smaller than a Dime
Here are some of the first pictures of the incredibly tiny "GP107" silicon, on which NVIDIA plans to build the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and GTX 1050. Pictures of a yet to be released graphics card based on this chip were leaked to the web, revealing a postage-stamp size GPU package, with its die smaller still (about 1 cm² die-area, if we're not mistaken).
It's been rumored that the GP107 could be built on the 14 nm process, by Samsung. The ASIC in the pictures are surrounded by four GDDR5 memory chips, sitting across its 128-bit wide memory interface. The GTX 1050 Ti features 4 GB of standard memory amount. Although the chip's TDP is rated to be 75W, AIC partners could give these cards 6-pin PCIe power connectors, just to be on the safe side.
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It's been rumored that the GP107 could be built on the 14 nm process, by Samsung. The ASIC in the pictures are surrounded by four GDDR5 memory chips, sitting across its 128-bit wide memory interface. The GTX 1050 Ti features 4 GB of standard memory amount. Although the chip's TDP is rated to be 75W, AIC partners could give these cards 6-pin PCIe power connectors, just to be on the safe side.
32 Comments on NVIDIA GP107 ASIC Pictured, Die Smaller than a Dime
As I said, I believe this is a move by Nvidia to either make sure they have a second source in the future, even if it means more work on their side, as TSMC and Samsung has quite different ways of doing things, but it worked for Apple so... Or it's a first move to Samsung from TSMC if the rumours prove to be true.
and console graphic processor is not even relevant anymore at this point
50Watts???PUT TWO 8-PINS, 4 HEATPIPES AND 3 FANS ON THAT THING!!!!