Nvidia will not release a new GPU architecture this year

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Nvidia will not bring a new GPU architecture this year. This is apparent from a roadmap that the company showed during GTC. The company will come with a new GPU architecture next year, although it is not yet known whether new GeForce GPUs will also appear in 2022.

Nvidia announced during its GTC 2021 keynote that its data center roadmap now has a ‘two-year rhythm’, divided into three types of chips: CPUs, GPUs and DPUs. The company wants to focus on x86 platforms one year, to focus on Arm the next, with the occasional kicker in between, according to Nvidia. With this roadmap, the chip manufacturer comes up with at least one new product every year.

Next year, Nvidia will introduce a new GPU architecture, which it calls ‘Ampere Next’ for the time being. Nvidia has not yet announced the actual name of its upcoming architecture, although it is rumored to be called Lovelace. Nvidia typically releases its new architectures to data centers first, then releases them to consumers at a later date. It is therefore not yet clear whether gamers can expect a new GeForce video card next year.

Furthermore, Nvidia shows its cpu roadmap. It starts with its Grace CPU, which the company announced earlier today. The company is equipping this processor, which is exclusively intended for data centers and high-performance computing, with next-generation Arm Neoverse cores. The Grace CPU should be available in 2023. In 2025, the next generation would follow, which is currently known as Grace Next.

The company also announced that its BlueField-3 data processing unit will be available in 2022. This chip is intended for accelerating data center infrastructure and includes an integrated network interface that supports speeds of up to 400Gbit/s. A successor follows two years later, in the form of a BlueField-4 dpu.

Nvidia’s roadmap to 2025. Image via Nvidia

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