Taking a Deep Look at NVIDIA's Fermi Architecture

Rob Williams · 01-18-2010, 03:46 AM

It has taken a bit longer than we all had hoped, but last week, NVIDIA gathered members of press together to dive deep into its upcoming Fermi architecture, where it divulged all the features that are set to give AMD a run for its money. In addition, the company also discussed PhysX, GPU Compute, developer relations and a lot more.

You can read our full look at all that's happening with NVIDIA here and discuss it here!

Doomsday · 01-18-2010, 12:55 PM

Very nice read. Very informative. The developer stuff might come in handy once i try and get into that field. I'll be most probably heading to UK this September to start my BSc (Hon) in Games Designing!

Rob Williams · 01-18-2010, 03:51 PM

Yes, the developer stuff was -amazing-. I wish I could have talked at greater depth about it all, but I didn't have as much backup information as I wanted (including screenshots), so I didn't want to talk about it too much. I do plan to tackle it a bit more in the future, though, because even as a non-developer, I found it all to be quite exciting.

Kougar · 01-19-2010, 08:26 AM

The perk of having the game devs work closerly with you and putting your brand's logo on their game comes with the latest (and sometimes future unreleased hardware) to develop said game on and make sure it works and performs at reasonable levels. Valve has frequently used unreleased future flagship cards from ATI to develop their games just to name another.

I will mention that a number of people/sites are worried that Fermi is a huge gamble for NVIDIA because of it's unprecedented ~3Billion transistors and massive die size, and all the problems inherent that causes during the manufacturing of said silicon chips. At risk of sounding like an NVIDIA fanboy several sites have done the complex math to extrapolate Fermi's die size, and have indicated it is actually smaller than G80's die in total size.

01-18-2010, 03:46 AM	#1
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,246	Taking a Deep Look at NVIDIA's Fermi Architecture It has taken a bit longer than we all had hoped, but last week, NVIDIA gathered members of press together to dive deep into its upcoming Fermi architecture, where it divulged all the features that are set to give AMD a run for its money. In addition, the company also discussed PhysX, GPU Compute, developer relations and a lot more. You can read our full look at all that's happening with NVIDIA here and discuss it here! __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

01-18-2010, 12:55 PM	#2
Doomsday Tech Junkie Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: KHI, PAK Posts: 1,539	Very nice read. Very informative. The developer stuff might come in handy once i try and get into that field. I'll be most probably heading to UK this September to start my BSc (Hon) in Games Designing! __________________ PSU: Corsair AX850 - Case: Cooler Master HAF X - CPU:Core i7-2600k - Cooler: Cooler Master V6 GT - Motherboard: Asus Z68 Maximus IV Extreme Z - Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB-1600Mhz - GPU: AMD MSI R6970 Lightning - HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB, Seagate 2TB Barracuda Green - SSD: Intel 520 Series 120GB - K/B: Razer Lycosa Mirror - Mouse: Logitech G700 - MouseMat: Steel Series 4HD - LCD: Samsung 2333SW 23" - Speakers: Creative Inspire M4500 4.1 - Headset: Logitech G35 7.1 "Do not look at a man's prayers nor his fasts, rather, measure him by how well he deals with others, the compassion he shows his fellow man, his wisdom and his integrity" - Umar Ibn Al-Khattab

01-18-2010, 03:51 PM	#3
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,246	Yes, the developer stuff was -amazing-. I wish I could have talked at greater depth about it all, but I didn't have as much backup information as I wanted (including screenshots), so I didn't want to talk about it too much. I do plan to tackle it a bit more in the future, though, because even as a non-developer, I found it all to be quite exciting. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

01-19-2010, 08:26 AM	#4
Kougar Techgage Staff Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 2,643	The perk of having the game devs work closerly with you and putting your brand's logo on their game comes with the latest (and sometimes future unreleased hardware) to develop said game on and make sure it works and performs at reasonable levels. Valve has frequently used unreleased future flagship cards from ATI to develop their games just to name another. I will mention that a number of people/sites are worried that Fermi is a huge gamble for NVIDIA because of it's unprecedented ~3Billion transistors and massive die size, and all the problems inherent that causes during the manufacturing of said silicon chips. At risk of sounding like an NVIDIA fanboy several sites have done the complex math to extrapolate Fermi's die size, and have indicated it is actually smaller than G80's die in total size. __________________ Core i7 4770k Gigabyte Z87X-UD5H Crucial Ballistix Sport LP 1600MHz 32GB EVGA GTX 480 HydroCopper FTW ASUS Xonar DX Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB \| Windows 7 64-bit Apogee XT + MCP655 & Thermochill Triple 140mm Radiator Corsair AX1200 PSU \| Cooler Master HAF-X

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