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Rumor: Nvidia Mobile Pascal-GPUs during Computex 2016 - not Desktop
It's been topic for discussion for a while now. Personally I think we'll see some soft of announcement in April during the GTC, and later on a broad announcement in the Computex timeframe. Likely, and here's why the post starts with 'rumor' only the mobile parts will be announced and launched first, and not the desktop graphics card parts.
According to sources in the industry the mobile replacements for GM204 and GM206 are planned to be released first. Pascal is Nvidia's new GPU architecture, fabbed at 16nm. Everybody is waiting on big Pascal with its 17 billion transistors. As stated we expect Nvidia to share more details on the GPU Technology Conference as the CEO of Nvidia is holding a keynote speech.
Initially everybody expected an April/May release for desktop GPUs based on pascal.
The 'Big pascal' that the PC gaming community is waiting on is called GP100 GPU based on a TSMC 16nm process fab. We'll call that GPU Big Pascal with billions of transistors (16 to 17 billion rumored). Two things can happen here, it will have HBM2 which is complicated, or the cards will use GDDR5X.
In a latest timeframe prognosis Nvidia are rumored to launch the first high-end GP104 GPUs with models GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 (should Nvidia use their old naming scheme). These chips would come in a 37.5×37.5mm BGA package, and has 2152 pins. Pascal GPUs are fabbed in the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) (recently hit by an earthquake) based on the new 16nm FinFET process, a process that uses the popular stacking method that NAND these days uses as well. It should result in significant power savings.
Anyway, so be it, mobile parts will likely be released first.
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#5236579 Posted on: 02/26/2016 02:51 PM
Hmm interesting. Well considering that this is a rumor we can wait and hope for more information and clarification from Nvidia. I hope we get more information about the desktop cards and whether or not they are going to have more than 4gb Vram for the 1070 and 1080.
Hmm interesting. Well considering that this is a rumor we can wait and hope for more information and clarification from Nvidia. I hope we get more information about the desktop cards and whether or not they are going to have more than 4gb Vram for the 1070 and 1080.
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#5236586 Posted on: 02/26/2016 02:58 PM
Not long ago nvidia said that new mobile Maxwell based GPU's are coming, 970mx and 980mx.
This seems just like the title said, a rumor and probably fake.
Not long ago nvidia said that new mobile Maxwell based GPU's are coming, 970mx and 980mx.
This seems just like the title said, a rumor and probably fake.
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#5236588 Posted on: 02/26/2016 03:05 PM
Not long ago nvidia said that new mobile Maxwell based GPU's are coming, 970mx and 980mx.
This seems just like the tittle said, a rumor and probably fake.
Yeah idk, seems weird, I think mobile will come later.
At CES Nvidia said that PX2 would start shipping early samples to select partners in Q2, will full availability in the second half of the year. The PX2 has a total TDP of 300w with 2 PASCAL GPU's on it. So those two pascal units are probably 120w each or something.
I would imagine those exact units would show up on something, either desktop and or mobile before the PX2 ships. I personally think desktop. I think Hilbert's right about the timeframe. They'll probably paper launch in April and the cards won't show up till like June, July. I imagine Polaris will already be shipping by then.
Not long ago nvidia said that new mobile Maxwell based GPU's are coming, 970mx and 980mx.
This seems just like the tittle said, a rumor and probably fake.
Yeah idk, seems weird, I think mobile will come later.
At CES Nvidia said that PX2 would start shipping early samples to select partners in Q2, will full availability in the second half of the year. The PX2 has a total TDP of 300w with 2 PASCAL GPU's on it. So those two pascal units are probably 120w each or something.
I would imagine those exact units would show up on something, either desktop and or mobile before the PX2 ships. I personally think desktop. I think Hilbert's right about the timeframe. They'll probably paper launch in April and the cards won't show up till like June, July. I imagine Polaris will already be shipping by then.
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#5236600 Posted on: 02/26/2016 03:19 PM
Not long ago nvidia said that new mobile Maxwell based GPU's are coming, 970mx and 980mx.
This seems just like the title said, a rumor and probably fake.
That rumor was debunked the next day. This rumor is likely true.
Not long ago nvidia said that new mobile Maxwell based GPU's are coming, 970mx and 980mx.
This seems just like the title said, a rumor and probably fake.
That rumor was debunked the next day. This rumor is likely true.
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when i look at windows 10 with the store and the apps xbox app it makes me wonder if microsoft will come out with sme kind of windows 10 xbox-pc hybrid type gaming device which is portable with nvidia pascal gpus in it