NVIDIA representatives are very reluctant to talk about the timing of the next generation of graphics solutions, while urging them not to associate them with the transition to 7nm manufacturing technology. Information on this topic has to be drawn from unofficial sources, but they are just ready to say that the preliminary phase of the announcement of the new architecture will take place in the current quarter, and representatives of the Ampere family will enter the market in the second half of the year.
Let's start studying the latest forecasts of industry analysts in chronological order. Benchmark experts from resource pages talk about the ability of NVIDIA in the current calendar year to increase revenue by 20%, and income - by all 34% compared to the results of the previous year. In the current quarter, according to the source, NVIDIA should talk about future graphics solutions. This will happen either at CES 2020, which starts next week, or at the GTC event in March of this year.
The latter assumption is quite consistent with the forecast of Yuanta Securities Investment Consulting Co. analysts, which was published by the publication . The source claims that the 7nm Ampere generation GPUs will hit the market only in the second half of the year. They will be able to offer a 50% increase in performance compared to the predecessors of the Turing generation, and the level of energy consumption will be halved. For the notebook segment, the latest change will prove to be decisive, as many Taiwanese manufacturers will be able to improve their financial situation with the release of Ampere in the second half of the year.
In this context, it would be appropriate to recall how, in August, the founder and head of NVIDIA, Jen-Hsun Huang, in all seriousness Volta architecture "creative longevity" until the end of 2020. Perhaps, contrary to early expectations, the Ampere architecture will be aimed at the gaming segment, or will be versatile enough to find application in the computing acceleration segment. Not so long ago, NVIDIA representatives made it clear that they would prefer to make a surprise out of the announcement of 7nm GPUs, although they did not hide the fact that they were preparing for the announcement, trying not to focus on the type of technical process used.
Source: 3dnews.ru