Re:Nvidia GeForce 256 is 25 years old
by ksec on Sunday September 01, 2024 @08:19PM
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I had to double check since some of those number differs to what I remember. ( TDP of 50W? )
According to Wiki [1], the Geforce 256 has 17M transistor and not the ~23M they suggest. ~13W Power TDP instead of 50W.
The Geforce only has ~140mm2 Die Size so should take that into account when making comparison to AD102 which has a die size of 609mm2. Or roughly 4.4 times the Die Size with 4400 times the transistor. 1000 times increase in the span of 23 years.
Unfortunately we wont see a 3nm GPU until 2026. Which is sad because with the margin and hype and demand of AI I was hoping we could see 2nm GPU by 2026.
Edit: A sort of stupid idea came into my mind, I wonder if Intel or in this case Nvidia could open source their Geforce 256 hardware design, given this is 25 years old already and bare little significance of the modern GPU.
According to Wiki [1], the Geforce 256 has 17M transistor and not the ~23M they suggest. ~13W Power TDP instead of 50W.
The Geforce only has ~140mm2 Die Size so should take that into account when making comparison to AD102 which has a die size of 609mm2. Or roughly 4.4 times the Die Size with 4400 times the transistor. 1000 times increase in the span of 23 years.
Unfortunately we wont see a 3nm GPU until 2026. Which is sad because with the margin and hype and demand of AI I was hoping we could see 2nm GPU by 2026.
Edit: A sort of stupid idea came into my mind, I wonder if Intel or in this case Nvidia could open source their Geforce 256 hardware design, given this is 25 years old already and bare little significance of the modern GPU.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nvidia_graphics_proces...