NVIDIA GA102 GPU PCB to use up to 20 chokes?

Posted on Thursday, August 13 2020 @ 14:15 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
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VideoCardz writes the latest whispers about NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 30 series reveal the power delivery of the company's high-end parts is even more complex than the previous generations. NVIDIA beefed up the power delivery design with its last two generations and now there's word the GA102 GPU PCB design will use up to 20 chokes. It's not sure which model the leaker was talking about, it could be the RTX 3080 Ti (which is also referred to as 3090 by other leakers).

There's also some more info about the irregular-shaped PCB that will be used by NVIDIA's Ampere-based Founders Edition cards:
A new rumor suggests that the PCB might see yet another upgrade with up to 20 chokes. We are not sure which model the leaker referring to though. The same PCB is expected to be available for RTX TITAN Ampere, RTX 3080 Ti (3090) and RTX 3080. All these cards are supposedly using the same PG133 board design. There is allegedly also PG132, which was designed for board partners, but unlike the 133 it features a regular rectangular shape.

The leaked RTX 3080 PCB revealed that the company has been working on a complex irregular shaped board design with two fans pointing in different directions. Such a design required the components to be squeezed around a V-shaped fan hole. As a result, this has increased the complexity and component density on the graphics card.


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