NVIDIA Volta Release, Specs: GeForce GTX 3080, Volta GPU Launching Mid-2017 On 12nm FinFET Technology [Video]
NVIDIA's upcoming next-gen Volta GPU architecture will be using a custom 12nm process from TSMC. However, this is the all new speculation and fans will have better clarification at GTC 2017 in May from NVIDIA direct.
A Fox Business report claims that NVIDIA's next generation family of GPUs will succeed Pascal this year in the GPGPU supercomputing, machine learning and artificial intelligence spaces. Additionally, Volta is said to be built using a custom, cutting edge, 12nm FinFET manufacturing process at TSMC.
NVIDIA shifting to 12nm is an interesting move, as the 10nm node is for SoC node that is why Qualcomm is making its new Snapdragon 835 processor on the 10nm node, while 7nm is not far away. The shift from to 12nm will provide NVIDIA with more performance over the 16nm process that is always welcomed.
The 12nm FinFET process means that the upcoming GPUs will not only be more powerful but will also be more efficient. Volta GPUs will be coming out for supercomputers this year. The Nvidia Volta gaming GPUs will be seen in 2018 and these will be the 30 series Nvidia GPUs. The flagship will be named as GTX 3080, according to Tweak Town.
The GeForce GTX 2080 and the entire GTX 20 stack of products, which will roll out as a refresh of the Pascal architecture as per the reports. However, users shouldn't expect too much new from the GTX 20 series, apart from 10-15% additional performance, potentially lower temps and more overclocking headroom.
They might see three different Volta GPUs released in 2018 - the GV104, GV102, and GV110. NVIDIA will use the GV104 in its somewhat higher than mainstream segment at $400 or so. One should see the GeForce GTX 3070 and GTX 3080 powered by the GV104 core, with up to 16GB of GDDR6 RAM on a 256-bit memory bus.
As for the higher-end GV102-based product, tech savvies could expect up to 32GB of GDDR6 or HBM2 at the full 16Gbps bandwidth providing 512GB/sec of memory bandwidth.
The GTX 3080 will sport HBMs memory that is much faster than GDDR5X memory found in the GTX 1080. At the high end, one can also expect GTX 3080 Ti just like the 1080 Ti that the many are hoping to see soon.
At the mid-range, one will be looking at the GTX 3070, but these GPUs are to come in 2018. In 2017 we expect to see 20 series GPUs that will be the GTX 2080 and the GTX 2070.
