We'll skip right to the meat, Wen-feng told DigiTimes that he expects a significant uptick in Power Logic's GPU cooling fan shipments after the release of AMD's and NVIDIA's next-generation GPUs. He mentioned this demand is expected to materialize in late Q3 2018:
As both Nvidia and AMD are set to release their new-generation GPUs in the second half of 2018, Power Logic's shipments of GPU cooling fans are expected to pick up significantly after the release, probably in late third quarter, as strong replacement demand in the gaming PC market is very likely to emerge then, Hsu indicated.Is this just a prediction or did he accidentally spill the beans about upcoming video card launches from AMD and NVIDIA? It's hard to say, some rumors point to a new NVIDIA gaming GPU release late this summer, but so far this is all still in the "take it with a grain of salt" territory.
He stressed that e-sports will become a demonstration event at the upcoming Asian Games 2018 to be held in mid-August in Jakarta, Indonesia, which will significantly fuel the market demand for gaming devices.
There are even fewer indications about new video cards from AMD. It doesn't look like Navi will arrive before 2019, so the best we can expect is another Polaris refresh, or perhaps a 7nm Vega, but so far there's no sign that part will make it to the gaming market.