Nvidia's Volta-based Tesla v100 GPU offers the power of 100 CPUs, claims CEO Jensen Huang

Chris Merriman
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New GPU contains 21 billion transistors and offers five-times the performance of Pascal, claims Nvidia

Nvidia has unveiled a new GPU, the Tesla V100, based on the company's new Volta micro-architecture and boasting 21 billion transistors, which CEO Jensen Huang claims will offer performance equivale...

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