Nvidia GTX 1080 Die Pictured - Will not be using HBM

Nvidia GTX 1080 Die Pictured - Will not be using HBM

| Source: Videocardz Author: Mark Campbell

Nvidia GTX 1080 Die Pictured - Will not be using HBM

Nvidia's GP-104 GPU die has been pictured, revealing that Nvidia's GTX 1080 and other GP-104 based GPUs will not be making use of HBM or HBM2 memory.

The GP-104 GPU core was pictured on a Nvidia made PCB, likely Nvidia's reference PCB, showing the GPU being used with traditional GDDR style memory, though at this time we do not know for certain if the new GPU will be making use of GDDR5 or GDDR5X memory.

Now rumors from VideoCardz are suggesting that the lower end GPUs based on GP-104 will be making use of GDDR5 memory with the higher end GPUs making use of the newer, faster GDDR5X memory standard.

At this time, we know that GDDR5 and GDDR5X are similar architecturally speaking, but right now we do not know if a GPU can be designed that can make use of both memory standards, though it is a possibility.

You can join the discussion on the GTX 1080/GP-104's lack of HBM on the OC3D Forum.

Nvidia's GTX 1080 GP-104 GPU die has been pictured. It will not be using HBM or HBM2 memoryhttps://t.co/LB9JvXyA7P pic.twitter.com/oC6OEEZsCi — OC3D (@OC3D) April 22, 2016

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