NVIDIA Allegedly Shifts GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming GPU Manufacturing To Hopper H100 AI GPUs
On: October 23, 2022
NVIDIA appears to have targeted its manufacturing capability from GeForce RTX 4090 “Gaming” GPUs to Hopper H100 “AI” GPUs, alleges rumor.
NVIDIA Prioritizes Hopper H100 AI GPU Manufacturing Over GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming GPU, Ada Inventory Drying Up All over the place
In a rumor by MyDrivers, it’s reported that NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4090 gaming graphics card has been in excessive demand however regardless of that, the corporate has determined to shift its manufacturing capacities to fulfill the demand for Hopper H100 AI GPUs that are a extra profitable enterprise for the chip-maker for the time being.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 was retailing at round $2000 US within the Asian markets however since launch, the worth has began to hike up and at present sits at round 20,000 RMB or $3000 US. It appears to be like like Asian Pacific prospects must pay a $1400 US surcharge and even then, they’ve to attend for the playing cards to really be in inventory since most are already “Out of Inventory”.
Even within the US, the identical situation will be seen as a number of main retailers have been “Out of Inventory” for the previous couple of days and are but to replenish their provide of GeForce RTX 4090 graphics playing cards. This may occasionally point out that NVIDIA and its companions produced simply sufficient portions to final a number of days after launch and we’ll have to attend some time earlier than we get to see new provide.
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On the similar time, the demand for NVIDIA’s H100 GPUs has shot up as a result of upcoming China ban. The H100 PCIe accelerator which was obtainable for 80,000 RMB or $11,000 US is now promoting for over 240,000 Yuan or $33,000 US. The SXM model of the identical GPU sells for much more however is way more durable to return by.
NVIDIA was already rumored to speed up the manufacturing of its Hopper H100 and Ampere A100 GPUs final month and it appears to be like like they’re getting extra aggressive through the use of the manufacturing capability of their high gaming GPU for the AI chips. Though NVIDIA has suspended gross sales of their high-end AI GPUs in China, they’ve up until September 2023 to satisfy all present orders.
The NVIDIA Hopper H100 GPUs will also be provided by way of Hong Kong earlier than 1st September 2023 so it appears to be like like there’s at the very least 1 12 months of time given to prospects to finalize their orders with NVIDIA. The orders can be fulfilled inside 2-3 months beginning with the most recent batch of GPUs in comparison with the 5-6 months it took beforehand.
However within the meantime, this could imply that NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming GPUs would be the predominant affectee as the cardboard might find yourself quick in provide and the inventory that may be obtainable can be priced loopy excessive.
