author: Bart Swiatek
Nvidia Ampere GPU Coming in the First Half of 2020
Another source suggests that next-gen GPUs from Nvidia - the Ampere family - will be available in the first half of 2020. The GPUs are to be produced in Samsung's 7nm EUV technological process.
Wccftech reports (citing information from Igor's Tech) that Nvidia GPU based on the new Ampere architecture should appear on the market in the first half of 2020. This is the third source that points to this state of affairs, following the entry in the EEC (Eurasian Economic Union) database and the leak repoted by Taiwanese website Digitimes in July, this year.
Nvidia Ampere chipsets are to be produced in Samsung's 7nm EUV (Extreme Ultraviolet Litography). This means that with their launch, Nvidia will catch up with AMD in terms of technology, and perhaps even gets a bit ahead of its competitor - the 7nm EUV is said to be more advanced than the solution used in TSMC's factories, with which AMD cooperates. It is worth noting here that so far Nvidia GPUs have also been built on TSMC's production lines - the change was decided only now and perhaps the reason for this decision is the greater potential of the EUV.
Switching to 7nm EUV should bring significant performance gains and energy savings. Of course, Dr Lisa Su and her partners will also make progress in the coming months - we know that the new Radeon will be produced in the improved 7nm+ lithography and will also debut in 2020. The products are to offer ray tracing hardware support and very fast HBM2E memory. It should also be remembered that Intel will soon join the competition in this market. It's gonna be hot in here next year.