Nvidia Unveils GPU Roadmap
PrintAs a hobby, building PCs is no place for the fickle minded, not unless their wallets run deep. No sooner do you power on your DIY build, you find every part inside is already old news, or soon will be. And if you just picked up a Fermi card, well, this applies to you too.
During Nvidia's GPU Technical Conference, the graphics chip maker revealed its GPU roadmap for the next several years. About to go into production is "Kepler," Fermi's successor that will come built on a 28nm manufacturing process.
"We expect to go into production later next year, the design is progressing vvery rapidly. There are hundreds of engineers working on it," said Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO of Nvidia.
Barring any delays, Kepler is due to arrive in the second-half of 2011. Two years later, Nvidia plans to release a part codenamed "Maxwell," which the company says will offer two to three times the performance of Fermi.
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mesiah
September 23, 2010 at 2:15am
Is this a wishfull thinking road map? It clearly shows Fermi in 2009, which we all know didnt happen till mid way through this year. Based on this map compared to real life I am going to say Kepler at the start of 2013 and maxwell in 2015 :D I get tired of the garbage that Huang spews every time someone will listen. If Nvidia simply fired their CEO I would consider buying their products again.
sotoa
September 22, 2010 at 12:21pm
Hopefully we will hear more.
I wonder if they will keep pushing PhysX. It would be great to finally see this tech be put in all games (and without the huge framerate hit).
k11k
September 22, 2010 at 9:23am
It will probaly still be power hungry and a room heater, not to say it won't be powerful, it has to or no one will buy it. I will keep my current gen as it plays them all at good detail and FPS. Looks like 2013 is my next true upgrade, cause I can buy the same vid card I have now and just sli them as it will be cheaper than upgrading.
Baer
September 22, 2010 at 8:10am
I will bet that Kepler will make use of all Cuda cores, use less power and generate less heat. I am sticking with my GTX 285's untill Kepler is released. I will be that there will be more on this shown at CES.
Caboose
September 22, 2010 at 9:57am
Generate less heat than what? A pair of Pratt & Whitney J58 afterburning turbofan engines (used to power the SR-71)? If so then yes. They will run cooler.
But if nVidia's previous line is anything to go by, I doubt that they'll run very cool. And nVidia will tell you to just live with it!
ShadowDragoonFTW
September 22, 2010 at 10:36am
Dunno. Their previous few generations didn't have the overheating problems that Fermi came with. If they can just double back on that last generation of cards, they'll be fine.
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