Monday, October 7th 2019
NVIDIA Could Launch Next-Generation Ampere GPUs in 1H 2020
According to the sources over at Igor's Lab, NVIDIA could launch its next generation of GPUs, codenamed "Ampere", as soon as first half of the 2020 arrives. Having just recently launched GeForce RTX Super lineup, NVIDIA could surprise us again in the coming months with replacement for it's Turing lineup of graphics cards. Expected to directly replace high-end GPU models that are currently present, like GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2080 Super, Ampere should bring many performance and technology advancements a new graphics card generation is usually associated with.
For starters, we could expect a notable die shrink to take place in form of 7 nm node, which will replace the aging 12 nm process that Turing is currently being built on. This alone should bring more than 50% increase in transistor density, resulting in much more performance and lower power consumption compared to previous generation. NVIDIA's foundry of choice is still unknown, however current speculations are predicting that Samsung will manufacture Ampere, possibly due to delivery issues that are taking place at TSMC. Architectural improvements should take place as well. Ray tracing is expected to persist and get enhanced with possibly more hardware allocated for it, along with better software to support the ray tracing ecosystem of applications.
Source:
Igor's Lab via WCCFTech
For starters, we could expect a notable die shrink to take place in form of 7 nm node, which will replace the aging 12 nm process that Turing is currently being built on. This alone should bring more than 50% increase in transistor density, resulting in much more performance and lower power consumption compared to previous generation. NVIDIA's foundry of choice is still unknown, however current speculations are predicting that Samsung will manufacture Ampere, possibly due to delivery issues that are taking place at TSMC. Architectural improvements should take place as well. Ray tracing is expected to persist and get enhanced with possibly more hardware allocated for it, along with better software to support the ray tracing ecosystem of applications.
33 Comments on NVIDIA Could Launch Next-Generation Ampere GPUs in 1H 2020
could it be they want a piece of the market share before new gpus from amd and intel comes into play in 2020?
RTX 3080 will do. I bet they launch in March, before Cyberpunk.
Nvidia will continue to have live rein in this segment and charge whatever they want. Unless there's a surprise from AMD, but honestly I'm not seeing them with the ability to fight Nvidia at the high end.
I think/hope they will go with 50%+ more RT cores (i would like to see 100% but let's be realistic), maybe Skip the AI cores and then 50% Cuda Cores. Price, well it depends on the compatition soooo the Same ( i would like a little cheaper but who doesn't want that :) )
Ampere is going to be a major bump in perf compared to Pascal -> Turing. Node + New (awaited) Arch.
Turing was never what we wanted. Ampere was teased back in 2018.
Turing was a gapfiller because of Ampere delay. SUPER refresh was straight up milking.
I expect 3070 to beat 2080 Ti (less power and heat too, obviously).
Can't wait.
I don't think they will allow themselves to disfigure the 2000 series too much because, being a new chip, they will probably want to use it for other generations of GPUs without unlocking the full potential of Ampere.
I remind you that those who have 1080 Ti can still use it throughout 2020 without worries as it is a still valid GPU especially at 1080p ( the resolution the majority of PC players own )
Ampere is an all-new arch. Long awaited. Was supposed to come after Pascal. Turing was rushed out as a stop-gap solution. Half baked arch and chips (hence the SUPER releases later probably).
Ofcouse 1080 Ti will do 1080p, still does 1440p flawlessly in pretty much any new game, maxed out with 100 fps avg. On par with 2070 SUPER / 2080 non-SUPER.
3000 series is going to bring us what 2000 series never did. A true generational leap.
guess the one thing that I would be interested in seeing, that imo needs to happen with these cards, is atleast a doubling in ray tracing performance because that is no where near where it needs to be.
It relies on two details;
- Alleged EEC certifications for GA104-400; which we know is a typo, as EEC certifications only happen after the product is complete.
- Some guy claims it's coming in H1 2020.
This article should be titled "Some guy thinks Nvidia will launch Ampere GPUs in H1 2020".
While this might turn out to be right, it would be out of coincidence, everyone can reason and realize Nvidia will replace their lineup sooner or later, and sometime in 2020 is a fairly safe bet.Turing was released late 2018, but was also delayed. So ~two years between generations is pretty normal.First of all get the facts straight; Pascal was the "filler" due to delays of Volta. Turing is derived from Volta and is a major improvement over Maxwell/Pascal. The chips were not "half-baked", like almost every previous GPU generation the last ten years Nvidia did some mid-life refreshes.
The next architecture may very well turn out to be "Ampere", but I haven't seen anything but baseless speculations about it. I'm puzzled how you would know it's a major bump over Turing. "Ampere" might even be a datacenter only GPU for all we know.
I just want to remind people about all the BS about AMD's "Arcturus" which was supposed to be the successor of GCN, but in reality was Vega based.Seriously, you upgrade every generation?
It would make more sense to buy a higher tier product and keep it for longer.