Comments on: A Few Thoughts on Nvidia’s Fermi http://www.jasoncross.org/2009/09/30/a-few-thoughts-on-nvidias-fermi/ The Future is So Last Year... Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:15:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: michael http://www.jasoncross.org/2009/09/30/a-few-thoughts-on-nvidias-fermi/comment-page-1/#comment-13625 michael Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:03:18 +0000 http://www.jasoncross.org/?p=404#comment-13625 what applications do you need these monster cards anyway????? WHY NOT MAKE A VIDEO CARD THAT LASTS FOR A YEAR WITHOUT UPGRADES. you might be helping more people then you think, instead of making money. what applications do you need these monster cards anyway????? WHY NOT MAKE A VIDEO CARD THAT LASTS FOR A YEAR WITHOUT UPGRADES. you might be helping more people then you think, instead of making money.

]]> By: Carandiru http://www.jasoncross.org/2009/09/30/a-few-thoughts-on-nvidias-fermi/comment-page-1/#comment-13291 Carandiru Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:13:07 +0000 http://www.jasoncross.org/?p=404#comment-13291 The bottom line - when we know - the performance difference between the Radeon 5800 series and the Fermi series in relation to cost. Eg.) 15% more FPS for the average consumer for $100 more today ? Not too many applications currently available for the consumer that leverage CUDA. Step in the right direction, but at what cost to NVIDIA ? The bottom line – when we know – the performance difference between the Radeon 5800 series and the Fermi series in relation to cost. Eg.) 15% more FPS for the average consumer for $100 more today ?

Not too many applications currently available for the consumer that leverage CUDA. Step in the right direction, but at what cost to NVIDIA ?

]]> By: jasoncross http://www.jasoncross.org/2009/09/30/a-few-thoughts-on-nvidias-fermi/comment-page-1/#comment-13287 jasoncross Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:24:56 +0000 http://www.jasoncross.org/?p=404#comment-13287 Well, Nvidia has been pushing Tesla products into the supercomputing space for some time now, and this chip seems to put even more design considerations toward that space. What is interesting to me is that those design choices come at a cost in terms of graphics performance per watt or perf per mm^2. These things take a few years to design and build, and it could be that Nvidia predicted several years ago that GP-GPU would simply be much further along to broad industry adoption than it is. And now, they're in the position of trying to make their market fit their product, instead of the other way around. It's going to be interesting to see what this means in the long run. What the small size derivative chips of Fermi will be like, and if the same "graphics for compute" trade-offs cost them design wins in the notebook and mainstream desktop space. Or, will those products differ substantially, dropping ECC support and reducing cache per shader processor and so on? Well, Nvidia has been pushing Tesla products into the supercomputing space for some time now, and this chip seems to put even more design considerations toward that space. What is interesting to me is that those design choices come at a cost in terms of graphics performance per watt or perf per mm^2.

These things take a few years to design and build, and it could be that Nvidia predicted several years ago that GP-GPU would simply be much further along to broad industry adoption than it is. And now, they’re in the position of trying to make their market fit their product, instead of the other way around.

It’s going to be interesting to see what this means in the long run. What the small size derivative chips of Fermi will be like, and if the same “graphics for compute” trade-offs cost them design wins in the notebook and mainstream desktop space. Or, will those products differ substantially, dropping ECC support and reducing cache per shader processor and so on?

]]> By: Screemer http://www.jasoncross.org/2009/09/30/a-few-thoughts-on-nvidias-fermi/comment-page-1/#comment-13286 Screemer Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:10:26 +0000 http://www.jasoncross.org/?p=404#comment-13286 it looks like nvidia is moving to a differnt business field with this cards. my guess would be that they are trying to push into the supercomputer market. http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2009/9/30/nvidia-gt300-fermi-cgpu-to-power-worlds-most-powerful-supercomputer.aspx it looks like nvidia is moving to a differnt business field with this cards. my guess would be that they are trying to push into the supercomputer market.

http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2009/9/30/nvidia-gt300-fermi-cgpu-to-power-worlds-most-powerful-supercomputer.aspx

]]> By: Netmaker http://www.jasoncross.org/2009/09/30/a-few-thoughts-on-nvidias-fermi/comment-page-1/#comment-13285 Netmaker Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:29:01 +0000 http://www.jasoncross.org/?p=404#comment-13285 Nvidia is trying to differentiate itself ahead of Intel and ATI including sophisticated integrated graphics with their CPUs. Otherwise it will be "game over" for them. Nvidia is trying to differentiate itself ahead of Intel and ATI including sophisticated integrated graphics with their CPUs.

Otherwise it will be “game over” for them.

]]> By: [JC]Thoughts on Nvidia http://www.jasoncross.org/2009/09/30/a-few-thoughts-on-nvidias-fermi/comment-page-1/#comment-13284 [JC]Thoughts on Nvidia Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:37:04 +0000 http://www.jasoncross.org/?p=404#comment-13284 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: Meh http://www.jasoncross.org/2009/09/30/a-few-thoughts-on-nvidias-fermi/comment-page-1/#comment-13283 Meh Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:36:02 +0000 http://www.jasoncross.org/?p=404#comment-13283 pff. useless opinion. If your so good, go make a card yourself. pff. useless opinion. If your so good, go make a card yourself.

]]> By: This is getting Nstrange - TechSpot OpenBoards http://www.jasoncross.org/2009/09/30/a-few-thoughts-on-nvidias-fermi/comment-page-1/#comment-13282 This is getting Nstrange - TechSpot OpenBoards Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:38:40 +0000 http://www.jasoncross.org/?p=404#comment-13282 [...] This is getting Nstrange cant quite figure out what Nvidia is up to, it looks like they got caught with their shorts down. any thoughts? http://www.jasoncross.org/2009/09/30...ermi/#more-404 [...] [...] This is getting Nstrange cant quite figure out what Nvidia is up to, it looks like they got caught with their shorts down. any thoughts? http://www.jasoncross.org/2009/09/30…ermi/#more-404 [...]

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