Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang on Volta As AI Forefront And Not Gaming GPU

Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang on Volta As AI Forefront And Not Gaming GPU

Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang on Volta As AI Forefront And Not Gaming GPU

Nvidia recently release the Workstation-level AI Graphic card Nvidia’s “GV100-powered Titan V”  which is based on Nvidia’s advanced Volta microarchitecture, a type of GPU architecture that is at the forefront of the AI revolution geared specifically for tensor deep learning operations. This huge monster contains 21.1 billion (yes, billion) transistors on a 815 mm2 chip that can apparently deliver a full 110 teraflops of processing power. Besides its raw horsepower, Titan V is also 9 times more powerful than Titan X, its predecessor. The card also features 12 gigabyte of HBM2 memory and is now available for sale from Nvidia’s website for $2,999. But in wait of the new Geforce graphics for the last 6 month NVIDIA has denied even intention to release gaming graphics from Volta platform. Recently some rumors came out about a whole new series called Ampere. But nothing is confirmed by Nvidia yet.

As a matter of fact Nvidia has denied any intention to make the next gaming graphics from the Volta and mentioned that Volta is to be focused on AI market. Of course that is what Nvidia is doing right now. everyday Nvidia supports a new startup in AI market and releases a new industry to target for AI Solutions based on Volta. Here are the most recent statements from Nvidia about volta and how and where it is going:

In the Titan V announcement, SC17 and in other interviews on volta, Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang said:

“Our vision for Volta was to push the outer limits of high performance computing and AI. We broke new ground with its new processor architecture, instructions, numerical formats, memory architecture and processor links.”

“With Titan V, we are putting Volta into the hands of researchers and scientists all over the world. I can’t wait to see their breakthrough discoveries,”

“Volta for gaming, we haven’t announced anything. And all I can say is that our pipeline is filled with some exciting new toys for the gamers, and we have some really exciting new technology to offer them in the pipeline. But for the holiday season for the foreseeable future, I think Pascal is just unbeatable. It’s just the best thing out there. And everybody who’s looking forward to playing Call of Duty or Destiny 2, if they don’t already have one, should run out and get themselves a Pascal.”

“Volta is the world’s most powerful platform for AI and HPC, and will allow the world’s top minds in scientific research to push the limit on what’s possible in areas like drug discovery, alternative fuel sources and predicting natural disasters,”

“With Volta now in data centers and clouds around the world, a new wave of innovation is underway that will have an incredible impact across society.”

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