Recent #power consumption news in the semiconductor industry

6 months ago
➀ AMD's Radeon RX 8800 XT, the top RDNA 4 GPU, is set for mass production in December with 25% less power consumption and 45% better ray tracing performance than the 7900 XTX; ➁ NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce RTX 5070 is expected to surpass the RDNA 4 stack at CES 2025; ➂ The RX 8800 XT is the last RDNA 4 card before UDNA, with performance and power consumption rumors suggesting significant improvements.
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6 months ago
➀ AI servers are expected to consume over 1000 kW of power due to NVIDIA's upcoming Rubin Ultra AI GPU and HBM4 memory; ➁ Current AI servers use 130-250 kW, but future models like Blackwell Ultra and Rubin AI servers will require 250-900 kW, with up to 576 GPUs per rack by 2026-2027; ➂ NVIDIA's future AI servers with Rubin Ultra AI GPUs will use 1000 kW or more by 2028-2029+.
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