So, it is assumed that the first representative of the architecture Volta will be presented at NVIDIA GTC 2017 in May next year. Just note that the head of the company will act in a similar industry event today, but we will speak about artificial intelligence and robotics, so the surprises from the scope of graphic solutions are unlikely.
About graphics solutions Volta is known not so much. According to one version, they will be releasing TSMC 16-nm technology, spent more on Pascal. According to another version, the release of Volta to 14-nm technology could do Samsung . Moreover, the Korean contractor can master the production of updated graphics Pascal second generation solutions, all using the same 14-nm technology. The last will be released in 2017, and, according to Chinese sources, almost without exception acquire memory type GDDR5X, except for the cheapest GP107-type solutions.
The first-born of the family will use the Volta HBM2 type of memory, but such decisions will only be used to accelerate the computing segment. The GPU Pascal GP100 already equipped with memory of type HBM2, but for the consumer market it is too expensive. The first representative of the Volta architecture can be equipped with 32 or 48 GB of memory HBM2.
What will get less expensive video cards generation Volta? Memory type GDDR6, which develops Samsung . Theoretically, it can operate at frequencies up to 14-16 GHz QDR, adequately replacing GDDR5X in 2018. However, the main advantage GDDR6 will not be high performance and low power consumption. This will be, in particular, to double the standard amount of memory in the consumer graphics cards without sacrificing heat. Volta Video Card "middling" will be equipped with 16 GB of memory type GDDR6 and 256-bit bus and higher-performance graphics card with 384-bit bus to get 24-48 GB of memory.