Nvidia leaves tsmc and partners with samsung to manufacture its gpu ampere
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According to a DigiTimes report, Nvidia will manufacture its next Ampere architecture, which is expected to succeed Turing, in Samsung's 7nm EUV process instead of using TSMC's manufacturing methods, which has been Nvidia's partner for years.
Ampere is expected to launch in 2020
Nvidia was originally expected to use TSMC's 7nm process, which is currently the maker of the chips for Apple's iPhones and AMD's CPUs and GPUs, but according to EETimes , Samsung has apparently convinced NVIDIA to use its nodes. EUV instead of in the process of its main competitor.
Earlier this week, Samsung also struck a deal with AMD for its upcoming RDNA architecture, where Samsung gained access to AMD's IP and can now manufacture GPUs with AMD technology. Although this agreement differs in that Samsung is making these chips for its own devices and not for AMD, it shows how excited Samsung is to take advantage of its factories and the 7nm process to partner with companies like AMD and Nvidia, and even, at least in the case of Nvidia, take some of the TSMC partners.
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Production capacity could also play a role in Nvidia's decision to switch to Samsung. TSMC's 7nm node is in high demand, especially from Apple and AMD, which recently announced their Ryzen desktop CPUs and EYPC server CPUs. By using Samsung's 7nm EUV process instead of TSMC's 7nm process, Nvidia could have more supply as it can take years to adjust to high demand and build new factories and facilities, as seen in the case of shortages from Intel.
At the moment, we do not know the benefits that Ampere could bring compared to the Turing generation beyond the jump to 7nm.
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