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If high-performance graphics cards like Titan X, Fury X and GTX 980 Ti aren't enough to satisfy your lust for top-tier PC hardware, this year will see the arrival of new hardware with the potential to take gaming visuals and performance to the next level. Historically, AMD and Nvidia have worked hard to push PC graphics year after year, but the arrival of 14nm and 16nm chip fabrication technology using 3D FinFET transistors offers GPU vendors the first real innovation in manufacturing technology for five years. And recent data released by Nvidia suggests we're in for something really special with its upcoming Pascal architecture.All the signs suggest that it's Nvidia that will take point with the arrival of new graphics hardware based on the 16nm process provided by long-time partner TSMC, with rumours strongly suggesting that product will be seen at Taiwan's Computex show at the end of May. There's been a range of leaks and rumours reported by the Far Eastern press in recent weeks, but the best indication we have of Pascal's make-up comes from the reveal of the Tesla P100 accelerator at Nvidia's GTC conference earlier this month, complete with an exhaustive list of specs.
The new product is aimed at large datacenters and other consumers of so-called super-computer technology, but crucially, the new Tesla is built on Pascal technology and the specs strongly suggest that this processor will eventually end up as the next generation Titan, or equivalent. The chip's name is GP100, echoing the GM200 of Titan X and the GK110 of the original Titan - and some of the raw stats buried within the data are absolutely remarkable.
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