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This explains why Samsung was used in the 3080 released by NVidia.
by brian_herman 6y ago
This explains why Samsung was used in the 3080 released by NVidia.
- boardwaalk 6y agoThat's probably better explained by TSMC 7nm capacity rather 5nm capacity. I'm sure Nvidia would have preferred even TSMC 7nm over Samsung 8nm.
- kllrnohj 6y agoNvidia used TSMC 7nm for the first Ampere chip, the GA100 used in the HPC-focused A100. The density vs. the Samsung 8nm manufactured GA102 in the RTX 3090 & 3080 is drastic. 65.6M / mm² vs. 45.1M / mm². Either Samsung gave Nvidia a hell of a deal or TSMC's 7nm was booked up.
- tutanchamun 6y agoCould also be a bit of both. But I wouldn't be surprised if it's mainly Samsung giving Nvidia a great deal. For years it's all over town that Samsung seems to have the best wafer prices in the industry.
- philjohn 6y agoIsn't the rumour that they went to TSMC and "balked" at the price - dangling how much cheaper Samsung would offer their fab capacity, demanded a discount and were told to go whistle since TSMC already has enough customers to run their foundries at 100%?