Monday, February 1st 2021
NVIDIA "GA106" Ampere GPU Pictured
The "GA106" will be NVIDIA's third GeForce "Ampere" silicon, following the "GA102" and "GA104." It will power several mid-range GeForce RTX 30-series graphics cards, including the recently announced GeForce RTX 3060. VideoCardz scored the first picture of the "GA106" ASIC. The chip is estimated to have a die-are of 272 mm², while its package (fiberglass substrate) is of the same size as the "GA104," possibly even with some degree of pin-compatibility.
Built on the 8 nm silicon fabrication process, the "GA106" physically features 3,840 "Ampere" CUDA cores, 120 3rd Gen Tensor cores, and 30 2nd Gen RT cores. Its memory bus width is unknown, but on the RTX 3060, it features a 192-bit wide interface, holding 12 GB of memory, using 16 Gbit GDDR6 memory chips. Besides the RTX 3060, NVIDIA is expected to carve out other SKUs, such as the RTX 3050 Ti and RTX 3050, out of this silicon. The "GA106" could also be prominently featured in upcoming RTX 30-series Mobile SKUs.
Source:
VideoCardz
Built on the 8 nm silicon fabrication process, the "GA106" physically features 3,840 "Ampere" CUDA cores, 120 3rd Gen Tensor cores, and 30 2nd Gen RT cores. Its memory bus width is unknown, but on the RTX 3060, it features a 192-bit wide interface, holding 12 GB of memory, using 16 Gbit GDDR6 memory chips. Besides the RTX 3060, NVIDIA is expected to carve out other SKUs, such as the RTX 3050 Ti and RTX 3050, out of this silicon. The "GA106" could also be prominently featured in upcoming RTX 30-series Mobile SKUs.
12 Comments on NVIDIA "GA106" Ampere GPU Pictured
Its the same logic as 'The more you buy the more you save' or 'It just works'. Strange how those quotes are all from the two most recent generations, too... I smell a conspiracy.FTFY
I'm not delusional enough to hope for reasonable avaiability though. :roll:
$300? $400? Nobody is going to care too much when all the alternatives are either out of stock or sitting on ebay at $1200 with 125% scalper markup.
We need the supply to match demand again, otherwise the GPU shortage, inflated pricing, and scalping will continue.
I can hold off for now as there's nothing I really want to play so buying a new card to replace my knackered 570 at current prices would be ridiculous, but I do want to upgrade sometime this year.