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Read whole article @ http://www.pcgamesn.com/nvidia/nvidia-volta-gpu-specifications
Main point being Volta has been pushed back to 2018
More rumors can also be found @ http://www.fudzilla.com/news/42724-volta-might-get-a-die-shrink-after-all
If they cant get the professional version of Volta out the door before in 2018, prepare to wait a long time for the consumer version. I would guesstimate mid/late 2018, or even as bad as 2019.
Main point being Volta has been pushed back to 2018
PCGamesn said:Originally Volta was supposed to be sporting the 10nm process, but the pace of transistor shrinkage has become rather laggardly in recent years. The last rumour had Nvidia sticking with TSMC’s 16nm tech in order to be able to stick to their roadmap and get actual Volta cards on the shelves in 2018.
TSMC have though announced another stop-gap measure which they’re calling 12nm. It’s based on their existing 16nm design, with density, performance and energy efficiency improvements, but whether it will genuinely be packed with 12nm transistors or whether it’s just going to be clever marketing is about as clear as thermal paste.
We were expecting to get a glimpse of Nvidia’s Volta GPU tech at their upcoming Graphics Technology Conference in May. Pascal was unveiled at 2015’s GTC before appearing in professional form later that year with consumer-class GPUs appearing in 2016.
I’m not sure if Nvidia are going to be able to follow that timeline with Volta, however, as the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s new Summit supercomputer, which was initially designed to launch with Volta GPUs this year, has been pushed back to 2018. The Summit website has recently been partially changed to detail the 2018 release.
More rumors can also be found @ http://www.fudzilla.com/news/42724-volta-might-get-a-die-shrink-after-all
Fudzilla said:For those who came in late, Volta was supposed to be a 10nm process, but that proved a little too tricky. The last rumour had Nvidia sticking with TSMC’s 16nm tech so it could keep to its roadmap and get Volta cards on the shelves before the sun turns into a red giant.
TSMC has, though announced another stop-gap measure which it's calling 12nm which is its existing 16nm design with wind spoilers and “go faster stripes”. TSMC claims to have pimped up density, performance and energy efficiency but actual 12nm transistors are about as likely as Jeremy Corbyn being British Prime Minister.
If they cant get the professional version of Volta out the door before in 2018, prepare to wait a long time for the consumer version. I would guesstimate mid/late 2018, or even as bad as 2019.