Wednesday, May 25th 2016
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti to be Based on GP102 Silicon
It looks like NVIDIA will have not one, but two "big chips" based on the "Pascal" architecture. The first one of course is the GP100, which made its debut with the Tesla P100 HPC processor. The GP100 is an expensive chip at the outset, featuring a combination of FP32 (single-precision) and FP64 (double-precision) CUDA cores, running up to 3,840 SPFP and 1,920 DPFP, working out to a gargantuan 5,760 CUDA core count. FP64 CUDA cores are practically useless on the consumer-graphics space, particularly in the hands of gamers. The GP100 also features a swanky 4096-bit HBM2 memory interface, with stacked memory dies sitting on the GPU package, making up an expensive multi-chip module. NVIDIA also doesn't want its product development cycle to be held hostage by HBM2 market availability and yields.
NVIDIA hence thinks there's room for a middle-ground between the super-complex GP100, and the rather simple GP104, if a price-war with AMD should make it impossible to sell a GP100-based SKU at $650-ish. Enter the GP102. This ASIC will be targeted at consumer graphics, making up GeForce GTX products, including the GTX 1080 Ti. It is cost-effective, in that it does away with the FP64 CUDA cores found on the GP100, retaining just a 3,840 FP32 CUDA cores count, 33% higher than that of the GP104, just as the GM200 had 33% more CUDA cores than the GM204.
It could also not be improbable that NVIDIA could use the more readily available GDDR5X memory interface on this chip. It remains to be seen if the GTX 1080 Ti features all 3,840 CUDA cores present on this chip, or if some are disabled to improve yields. It will also be interesting to see on what chip (the GP100 or GP102) the next GTX TITAN SKU will be based on.
Source:
WCCFTech
NVIDIA hence thinks there's room for a middle-ground between the super-complex GP100, and the rather simple GP104, if a price-war with AMD should make it impossible to sell a GP100-based SKU at $650-ish. Enter the GP102. This ASIC will be targeted at consumer graphics, making up GeForce GTX products, including the GTX 1080 Ti. It is cost-effective, in that it does away with the FP64 CUDA cores found on the GP100, retaining just a 3,840 FP32 CUDA cores count, 33% higher than that of the GP104, just as the GM200 had 33% more CUDA cores than the GM204.
It could also not be improbable that NVIDIA could use the more readily available GDDR5X memory interface on this chip. It remains to be seen if the GTX 1080 Ti features all 3,840 CUDA cores present on this chip, or if some are disabled to improve yields. It will also be interesting to see on what chip (the GP100 or GP102) the next GTX TITAN SKU will be based on.
57 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti to be Based on GP102 Silicon
Would love to see AMD drop the ball this time with cheap prices.... oh I forgot, Mark up's at the local shops :banghead:
it might be true that the Pascal has less IPC improvements than you think
seekingalpha.com/instablog/45056646-clarence-spurr/4884330-pascal-new-king
With Amazon every purchase higher than 100 euros gets held on the customs and to pick it up you have to pay up the same import tax.
Here in nearby computers stores in Montréal regions the GTX 1080 start at $945 to $1005 +15% taxes (not in stoke yet)
But I don't really care as I don't really game anymore & if I were to buy a new Graphic card it would be in the $150-$200 price range , that is pretty much all I can afford in cash without getting in to debts (credit card)
If people compared prices taking everything into account, they'd find it's not TOO terrible of a price increase across the board.
$700 USD = $915 CAD
For me if I bought an FE card - $700 USD + 6.35% tax (Connecticut) = $744.45 USD = $973.29 CAD
FYI, 700$ video cards are not on my shopping list that's for sure, shiii not even 500$ cards lol.
EDIT:
Don't even get me started on none processed dairy cheese coming in around 26+$ LB.
So Import them from UK with Company VAT with 0% :D
MURICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great job internet.
@R-T-B enjoy it while you can! :-) Right now interstate tax compliance is voluntary at yearly tax preparation time. More and more states though are taking a good hard look at making it automatic at purchase time, due to tightening budgets and losses of revenue.
It's not the first time that Nvidia has a separate high-end chip for compute and graphics. In Kepler GK210 was a compute-only GPU, while GK110 was used in graphics products.
You'll just have to register your business as an EU Only Export Company and your local Tax Office will do the rest...it's actually easier than covering all of the US. (been there, done that...you won't even get a T-shirt)