The Tesla P40 was an enthusiast-class professional graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on September 13th, 2016. Built on the 16 nm process, and based on the GP102 graphics processor, the card supports DirectX 12. The GP102 graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 471 mm² and 11,800 million transistors. It features 3840 shading units, 240 texture mapping units, and 96 ROPs. NVIDIA has paired 24 GB GDDR5 memory with the Tesla P40, which are connected using a 384-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1303 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1531 MHz, memory is running at 1808 MHz (7.2 Gbps effective). Being a dual-slot card, the NVIDIA Tesla P40 draws power from an 8-pin EPS power connector, with power draw rated at 250 W maximum. This device has no display connectivity, as it is not designed to have monitors connected to it. Tesla P40 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card measures 267 mm in length, 111 mm in width, and features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 5699 US Dollars.