Feb 12, 2021 15:00:00

NVIDIA plans to reproduce older GPUs such as 'GeForce RTX 2060' and 'GeForce GTX 1050 Ti' to solve the GPU supply shortage

Due to

the stagnation of global semiconductor production due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection andthe rising demand for games , the supply of GPUs produced by NVIDIA and AMD continues to be in short supply . It was revealed that NVIDIA is planning to reproduce older GPUs such as ' GeForce GTX 1050 Ti ' and ' GeForce RTX 2060 ' to solve this supply shortage.

Confirmed: Nvidia taps the GTX 1050 Ti to battle graphics card shortages | PCWorld
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3607190/nvidia-rtx-30-graphics-card-shortages-gaming-gpu-gtx-1050-ti-geforce-rtx-2060.html

The 'GeForce RTX 30' series announced by NVIDIA in September 2020 is manufactured by Samsung on the 8nm process. On the other hand, the technology-related news media PC World points out that the 'GeForce RTX 2060' that appeared in 2019 is manufactured by TSMC by the 12nm process, so cheap and stable supply can be expected. In addition, the 'GeForce RTX 2060' is equipped with the RT core of the ray tracing processing dedicated circuit like the 'GeForce RTX 30' series, and it also supports the high resolution technology DLSS , so you can enjoy the beautiful graphics of the latest game. It is also possible.

NVIDIA is releasing a demo movie of 'real-time ray tracing' that enables super beautiful and realistic CG images --GIGAZINE

Another GPU that NVIDIA plans to reproduce, 'GeForce GTX 1050 Ti,' appeared in 2016 and is the second most used GPU by Steam users at the time of writing. Also, according to PC World, the poor yield of

GDDR6 memory installed in the latest GPU is one of the causes of GPU supply shortage, but since 'GeForce GTX 1050 Ti' is equipped with GDDR5 memory, GPU stability It is possible to supply. In addition, the demand for mining crypto assets is also one of the causes of the GPU supply shortage, but since mining requires a GPU with a large video memory capacity, the 'GeForce GTX 1050' which has only 4GB of video memory is installed. 'Ti' can avoid mining demand.

NVIDIA told PC World, 'PC World describes NVIDIA as'reviving'old GPUs, but the phrase'resurrection'is not suitable because we're GeForce. This is because we have not declared the end of production of 'GTX 1050 Ti' and 'GeForce RTX 2060', 'he said, showing a flexible response to demand.

The stagnation of semiconductor production is affecting not only GPUs but also CPUs and chips mounted on automobiles, and the US government formulated a long-term strategy to address the global semiconductor shortage on February 11, 2021. It is announced that. In addition, the American Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), which is composed of major semiconductor producers such as AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA, told the US government, 'We semiconductor producers are searching for solutions to semiconductor shortages.' We have submitted a letter stating that we are seeking financial assistance for semiconductor production and semiconductor research.

In addition, Samsung, which is in charge of manufacturing NVIDIA's 'GeForce RTX 30' series, will invest more than 17 billion dollars (about 1.78 trillion yen) to operate a semiconductor factory in the United States by 2023 It is reported that .