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NVIDIA Predicts 570x GPU Performance Boost

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the lets-talk-about-diminishing-returns dept.

Gianna Borgnine writes "NVIDIA is predicting that GPU performance is going to increase a whopping 570-fold in the next six years. According to TG Daily, NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang made the prediction at this year's Hot Chips symposium. Huang claimed that while the performance of GPU silicon is heading for a monumental increase in the next six years — making it 570 times faster than the products available today — CPU technology will find itself lagging behind, increasing to a mere 3 times current performance levels. 'Huang also discussed a number of "real-world" GPU applications, including energy exploration, interactive ray tracing and CGI simulations.'"

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  1. Good to know! by CopaceticOpus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Thanks for the heads up, Nvidia! I'll be sure to hold off for 6 years on buying anything with a GPU.

  2. Re:Predictions of the future by Ant+P. · · Score: 5, Insightful

    1. The GPU has to become 570-fold more efficient
          2. The GPU has to become ~570-fold smaller so they can fit 570 of the things onto a card

    Both seem highly unlikely.

    If graphics card development in the last 10 years is anything to go by, nVidia's plan is that the GPU will become 570 times larger, draw 570 times more power and the fan will spin 570 times faster