Image shows Nvidia pcb with gddr6 memory chips and space for large gpu
A photo has appeared on Reddit of a test PCB from Nvidia, on which twelve gddr6 memory modules from Micron are attached. The board does not have a GPU, but the location for this shows that it must be a large chip.
When publishing, the Reddit user asks what can be seen in the photo, which he allegedly received from a friend, but which he has since taken offline. It seems to be a validation or test board with four fans on either side, which are normally used for cooling asics, for example, but in this case have to keep the power supply at the right temperature. There are three 8pin PCI-e connectors to get power.
In the middle is the unoccupied place for the gpu and TechPowerup calculates that it is a chip with that size of about 676mm². That would make it a big chip compared to the GPUs of the GTX 1080 Ti and GTX 1080, but not compared to the Titan V.
| video card | GPU | Size |
| Titan V | GV100 (Volta) | 815mm² |
| ? | ? (Turing?) | 676 mm² |
| Quadro GP100 | GP100 (Pascal) | 610mm² |
| GTX 1080 Ti | GP102 (Pascal) | 471 mm² |
| GTX 1080 | GP104 (Pascal) | 314 mm² |
| GTX 1060 | GP106 (Pascal) | 200mm² |
Data sourced from TechPowerup
Around the place of the gpu are twelve gddr6 chips from Micron, for a total of 12GB video memory with a bandwidth of 672GB/s. There would be a memory interface 384 bits wide. It is also striking that there is an NVLink, Nvidia’s mesh interconnect for high performance computing. In addition, the pcb has a mini display port.
It is not known for which GPU the board is intended. There have been rumors for some time that Nvidia wants to release a new GeForce card in the coming months, which would have a GPU codenamed Turing. Nvidia stood June 23 quiet on Alan Turing’s birthday, which is seen by some as an indication of the arrival of the GPU.