Nvidia are holding their annual GTC convention this afternoon, the place it’s broadly anticipated that they’ll unveil their new Ampere graphics card structure for his or her subsequent era of RTX 3000 GPUs. I’ll be tuning in at 2pm BST (6am PDT) to search out out all about it, however in the interim, right here’s a video of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang cooking up the world’s largest graphics card in his dwelling oven. Everyone wants a passion throughout lockdown, proper?
Nvidia’s GTC convention was initially going to happen earlier this yr on March 23rd, however a sure coronavirus-shaped pandemic meant it obtained postponed and moved on-line. Even right this moment’s ‘conference’ isn’t actually a convention as such, as Nvidia are simply going to be placing out their keynote speech over on their YouTube channel.
In it, Huang will likely be speaking about much more than simply graphics playing cards, as Nvidia even have their fingers in AI, deep studying, vehicles and robot-shaped pies in addition to our humble gaming GPUs. However, the large ‘Get Amped’ tease on their website means that their new Ampere structure will certainly type a key a part of it. Most of the main target will most likely be on Nvidia’s skilled graphics playing cards reasonably than their shopper gaming ones, admittedly, as GTC hasn’t historically been a really public-facing occasion (as an alternative, it’s aimed extra for srs bsns varieties within the trade), however if you would like a glimpse of what’s to come back with Nvidia’s RTX 3000 GPUs then it’s most likely value tuning in once you get an opportunity.
One factor Huang will nearly definitely be speaking about, although, is that ludicrously massive GPU he’s simply filmed getting out of his oven. The clip itself doesn’t give a lot away – it’s not even 30 seconds lengthy, for starters, and the one factor Huang reveals about it’s that it’s “the world’s largest graphics card” – however it’s definitely a enjoyable and cute teaser for right this moment’s convention nonetheless.
I’ll be again once more later this afternoon with all the pieces you should learn about Nvidia’s new graphics structure.
