NVIDIA: small point on the Roadmap of Kepler

Small overview of the known information about Kepler, the future generation of graphics with Nvidia cards.

A roadmap of Nvidia has appeared on the Net, promising a battle between the two competitors from the market of the GPU on 28 nm. To begin, the roadmap of the Chameleon is called GeForce Kepler Roadmap. Kepler, Yes, it is this gentleman who found the Act of the same name, including the law of the orbits of the planets. But we we righteous just. Although great mathematician of his time, Kepler has demonstrated the calculation of areas and other mathematical glitches in the 1600s, hence the name of the roadmap for Nvidia...

First, the caster will focus on the new version of DirectX, the 11.1, normally integrated natively in the next version of Windows. R & D has also worked on etching at 28 nm to avoid problems related to the manufacture of transistors at this tiny size has just be put in place by TSMC.

The first processor Nvidia of the road map will be the GeForce Kepler 107, the GK107 of his name, which appears to be the entry of the family. Unfortunately, there is not the number of hearts stated on this GK107, but we know that he will be entitled to a 128-bit bus on of the GDDR5 and will be based on the standard PCI Express 2.0. In the aftermath, the GK106 will him the standard PCI Express 3.0 with a 256-bit bus always in GDDR5.

Finally, the GK104, one of the most efficient, will be a bus of 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0, it goes without saying. For when? Normally in 2012. We should see cards graphics with code GK110 name, combining two chips GK104, to make the SLI directly on a single card. If the burning in TSMC 28 nm process goes well, it is even planned to see maps for 2013 equipped with the GK112 and can rely on a bus of 512-bit GDDR5. A table found on this site tells us a little more, but this is to take in the conditional.