NVIDIA Ampere GA102-300-A1 (RTX 3090) GPU Die Caught on Camera

Its the first thing that stood out to me as soon as I saw the image, the white text doesnt look like it belongs.
I'm not saying they dont have white text on them normally, just that white text in that image doesnt look right.

 

Hm...i've zoomed in on it and back out on various photos even the one i provided and i just cant see what people are seeing. They all look the same. The white is always bolder and clearly making it look "pasted" on. I'd agree that this new picture looks fake, if not for the fact all nvidia GPUs that have used white for the model number all look the same as this leaked photo.

 

I could be wrong but thats my gut feeling.

 

Many of the people responding to my legit questioning of the 7nm statement in Hilberts article have interpreted my post wrong. I didn't say it's 8nm for sure. I said these are the reports mainly. But Hilberts article clearly states it IS fabricated on 7nm and I would like to see his source for that because that would be a first.

And people responding that Jensen already said that it would be on 7nm don't understand business and are gullible. Business is prone to changes and it might have well been switched to any node and kept quiet.


All I was saying is that all is hinting that the 3090 is a power hungry card (cooler design, early rumors about tdp, samsung 8nm speculation etc etc) and that it would be amazing if it's still on 7nm but that it seems unlikely. and if Hilbert has a source confirming it's 7nm after all, he should share it. not just assume it's on 7nm and state it as a fact in his article.

 

Samsung 5nm is also an option, since it requires no retooling, but again that is a rumor, and it was created by AdoredTV

 

Sorry if I come across snobby. That's not the intention. But what is the intention is questioning your statement of 7nm written as a fact. I wonder where you got the info and if it's legit info. Or maybe you could rewrite your words into speculation instead of stating that it is fabricated on 7nm. As far as I know (and I've been keeping myself up to date best I can with the rumors) we are all unsure what the fabrication node is... How do you know? please elaborate and clear the skies. That's what I was asking.

 

Yields are attrocious on something bigger than 18mm2. Something tiny like a Zen 2 chiplet (75mm2) has 41% yield at 5nm. Imagine the yield of an Nvidia monolithic behemoth. Each die would cost thousands (plural) to make.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/15219/early-tsmc-5nm-test-chip-yields-80-hvm-coming-in-h1-2020

 

However, if there isn't enough production capacity at TSMC or prices are too high, surely the Samsung route is an option. So could I be wrong, heck yeah? Does it matter? Heck no. In fact, NVIDIA might be sourcing both in the end to keep up demand.

 

Latest info/leaks from adoredTV speculate it's Samsung 5nm (LPE) which is ip compatible with their LPP 7nm

 

AdoredTV is Walter Cronkite next to Moor's Law Is Dead

 

It's hard to tell... The quality of the picture is noisy and the chip is dirty all around but not over the model name, but that's what they want to show. Anyway, the pixelation hiding the text can disturb someone, but the picture could be dropped by Nvidia itself a week before the launch, to make everyone talk about it and to create hype, so it can be perfectly legit, even if it looks trashy.

We'll know soon the real info, but I think it's easy to predict they will cost 100 $ more as much with similar memory as Touring and will improve the performance one step and a half as much, waiting for AMD before launch Super, Ti, or whatever. They could try to look cheaper comparing the performance with the already expensive cards. And if they launch a 3090 RTX with 24 DDR6X, prepare yourself for a price between the 2080 Ti and the Titan.

I don't need to be an electric engineer to know a little about Nvidia's marketing

 

I believe Jim at AdoredTV less than Tom at Moore's Law is Dead, and I think Tom is nothing but rampant speculation with some credible but not exclusive info sprinkled in so he can claim to be right later.

 

What kind of poofer names a YouTube channel "AdoredTV"

 

Y'know guys... this is the kind of crap why nerds get a bad rep. So much drama over a photo of a GPU that most of you sure as hell can't afford. I get it, lockdown makes things boring, but maybe chill out a bit?

 

It's ok, my fellow nerds. i'm sure schmidtbag didn't mean it...

 

There probably will be with 20GB after AMD launches it's top card the 3080ti will probably be summoned to war outpacing AMDs top card by just a bit at a premium price. I mean there is a huge gap between the 3080 and 3090 price wise. Pretty sure they will fill it when the need arises, depending on AMD.