Nvidia Considers Lower-Memory Rubin Ultra Configurations Amid High-Bandwidth Memory Shortage
Nvidia is considering an aggressive move to address a shortage of high-end, high-bandwidth memory chips: using a lower-than-planned video-memory configuration in its next-generation Rubin Ultra graphics processor. According to people familiar with the matter, Nvidia has tested at least three versions of the Rubin Ultra graphics card in recent weeks. Some versions have less video memory than the specifications the company initially announced. Nvidia is considering lower-memory versions partly because it may be unable to secure enough high-end memory to meet the supply requirements of the original design. Reducing video memory would affect chip performance, although Nvidia could offset the impact in other ways.
Nvidia is considering an aggressive move to address a shortage of high-end, high-bandwidth memory chips: using a lower-than-planned video-memory configuration in its next-generation Rubin Ultra graphics processor.
According to people familiar with the matter, Nvidia has tested at least three versions of the Rubin Ultra graphics card in recent weeks. Some versions have less video memory than the specifications the company initially announced.
Nvidia is considering lower-memory versions partly because it may be unable to secure enough high-end memory to meet the supply requirements of the original design. Reducing video memory would affect chip performance, although Nvidia could offset the impact in other ways.
According to people familiar with the matter, Nvidia has tested at least three versions of the Rubin Ultra graphics card in recent weeks. Some versions have less video memory than the specifications the company initially announced.
Nvidia is considering lower-memory versions partly because it may be unable to secure enough high-end memory to meet the supply requirements of the original design. Reducing video memory would affect chip performance, although Nvidia could offset the impact in other ways.