Designed to offer a surprising boost in graphics performance,Nvidia Kepler architecture, which is the successor of the FermiGF1xx current GPU, has taped out, according to a report recentlyposted online.
This report comes from the publication of Fudzilla, so you shouldtake with a grain of salt, and cites a number of sources familiarwith Nvidia's efforts.
In electronic design, "tape out" is used to describe the end result ofthe chip design cycle and means that integrated circuits can be sent to a foundry to manufacture the first physical sample.
It then will go through a number of spins as a more refined designto eliminate the potential drawbacks that make their way into theintegrated circuit.
According the same source, up to this point Kepler looks prettygood and the most important barriers that Nvidia has overcomesomething to do with the leak, as the new chips yet to be setproperly for fabricating 28nm node.
The process is expected to take quite a bit of time, and the most optimistic estimates put the availability of Kepler's first GPU-basedretail in the fourth quarter of 2011, although more realistic launch date is Q1 2012.
Unfortunately, this is all the information available to date aboutKepler, such as Nvidia pretty silent when it comes to detailing thefamily of its upcoming GPU.
From the data available until now, we know however, Kepler is expected to provide an estimated 3 to 4 times the performanceper watt is offered by Fermi.
Meanwhile, the latest rumor to make their appearance suggeststhat the first AMD Radeon HD 7000 graphics card, based on thearchitecture of the South Islands, will arrive in September 2011.
This report comes from the publication of Fudzilla, so you shouldtake with a grain of salt, and cites a number of sources familiarwith Nvidia's efforts.
In electronic design, "tape out" is used to describe the end result ofthe chip design cycle and means that integrated circuits can be sent to a foundry to manufacture the first physical sample.
It then will go through a number of spins as a more refined designto eliminate the potential drawbacks that make their way into theintegrated circuit.
According the same source, up to this point Kepler looks prettygood and the most important barriers that Nvidia has overcomesomething to do with the leak, as the new chips yet to be setproperly for fabricating 28nm node.
The process is expected to take quite a bit of time, and the most optimistic estimates put the availability of Kepler's first GPU-basedretail in the fourth quarter of 2011, although more realistic launch date is Q1 2012.
Unfortunately, this is all the information available to date aboutKepler, such as Nvidia pretty silent when it comes to detailing thefamily of its upcoming GPU.
From the data available until now, we know however, Kepler is expected to provide an estimated 3 to 4 times the performanceper watt is offered by Fermi.
Meanwhile, the latest rumor to make their appearance suggeststhat the first AMD Radeon HD 7000 graphics card, based on thearchitecture of the South Islands, will arrive in September 2011.