NVIDIA reveals Volta next-gen GPU platform

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/livedsc045472.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/19/nvidia-roadmap-volta-gpu/)We're here at NVIDIA's GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, and company CEOJen Hsun-Huang (http://www.engadget.com/tag/jen-hsunhuang/) has just revealed the next step in its GPU roadmap. Called Volta, it's scheduled to arrive after Maxwell (http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/21/nvidia-reveals-fermis-successor-kepler-at-28nm-in-2011-maxwel/), and will advance GPU technology with a ridiculous amount of memory bandwidth. Volta GPUs will have access to up to 1TB per second of bandwidth by stacking the DRAM on top of the GPU itself, with a silica substrate between them. Then, by cutting a hole through the silicon and connecting each layer it's possible to move, according to Huang "all of the data from a full Blu-Ray disc through the chip in 1/50th of a second." We aren't exactly sure what that means for graphics, but being able to process data that quickly is bound to be a boon for gamers... whenever Volta actually arrives, of course.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/19/nvidia-roadmap-volta-gpu/