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Fans have been awaiting the next generation of NVIDIA gaming GPUs for quite a while now. The RTX 40 series of GPUs, developed on the Lovelace architecture, promises to surpass the performance of the previous generation beyond expectations.
The RTX 40 series will be the third generation of the "RTX" GPUs, following the RTX 20 series and RTX 30 series, based on the Turing and Ampere architectures, respectively. NVIDIA is expected to reveal the top two 40 series GPUs — RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 — at the September 2022 GTC, followed by mid-range and low-end entries down the line.
NVIDIA also teased announcements regarding AI and Metaverse during the GTC, hosted by CEO Jensen Huang. Let's take a look at the GTC (September 2022) Keynotes.
NVIDIA GTC (September 2022) Keynote - RTX 40 series, DLSS 3, and RTX Remix
CEO Jensen Huang kicked off with a demo called RacerX. It was powered by a single third-generation ray-tracing GPU based on the Ada Lovelace architecture.
This generation features DLSS 3, which, instead of a new pixel as its predecessors did, generates a completely new frame, boosting the framerate by up to four times. A demo of Cyberpunk 2077 featured frame boosts from 24 PFS to 97 FPS, while in Microsoft Flight Simulator, the framerate more than doubled.
Next, Jensen Huang showcased Portal 2 RTX. It was created by a tool called RTX Remix, which allows games to be modded with ray-tracing. He also showcased a ray-traced version of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind as another example.
RTX Remix was followed by the main event of the evening - the RTX 4090 and 4080 reveal. Slated to be two to four times faster than the 3090Ti, the RTX 4090 starts off at $1,599, and launches on October 12, 2022.
The RTX 4080 is set to be two to four times faster than RTX 3080Ti and priced at $1.199. The current RTX family of GPUs are as follows
- RTX 4090
- RTX 4080
- RTX 3080
- RTX 3070
- RTX 3060
NVIDIA Omniverse Cloud, Drive Thor, Orin Jetsen, and more
NVida also introduced Omniverse Cloud, a suite of software and services that allows users to collaborate and create work together over the cloud. The services include popular software such as 3D Max, Blender, Hodinin, and more.
Omiverse Cloud, Omniverse Replicator, and Omniverse Farm make up the collective system for Omniverse services, allowing users to collaborate with highly processer-demanding tasks.
Drive Thor Central Computer is the SoC for automated applications such as automated AI-driven cars. Featuring 2,000 tereflops, Thor unites the AV and cockpit functions on a single computer.
Drive Sim, powered by Omniverse and an AI, does real-time calculations on AV. The Drive Sim will take care of the in-car infotainment system as well as the entire dashboard to give a unified experience.
Jetsen Orin Nano is the next generation robotic chip from NVIDIA. the chip is at the core of the Orin IGX platform that will power several robotic advancements in medical and industrial uses.
CV-CUDA is an open source library that is accelerated in NVIDIA AI, enabling fastest ETL, sampling, and training execution time. it will be able to do so on cloud live processing, which previously required offline computing.
The H100 Tensor Core GPU is the next generation of Enterprise level GPUs. It is set to be released in October. L40 OVX is a datacenter GPU based on Ada Lovelace. A demo of the customer service AI also showcased a real-time avatar based on an Omniverse called Violet, and another on the Unreal Engine 5, called Ultra Violet.
Overall, NVIDIA GTC 2022 was quite exciting. From the official reveal of the RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 to new tools such as DLSS 3 and RTX Reflex, it was an eventful evening.
