Nvidia: Lovelace and Hopper Successors Leaked?
The likely successor to Hopper and Lovelace, Blackwell, has been released - while it is still unknown whether the codename inherits one or both of the two releases slated for this year.
While Lovelace is the next Geforce graphics card release, the next code name has leaked. The next generation, according to Videocardz, will instead of one of the people named on a pictogram some time ago, it should most likely be Blackwell, after David Harold Blackwell (1919 - 2010), an American mathematician.
Blackwell was first reported as a probable codename by Twitter user "Kopite7kimi" a long ago and was thus confirmed. Because the information is most likely derived from the Nvidia breach. GB100 and GB102 are likely GPU code names, though it is unclear whether Blackwell will inherit Lovelace, Hopper, or both. Nvidia is pursuing a two-pronged approach with Hopper and Lovelace, which is, of course, speculative at the moment.
Lovelace will be monolithic and aimed at the gaming sector, whereas Hopper will be MCM and aimed at data centers. Nvidia might re-join forces with Blackwell, for example, by using multi-chip modules in both solutions.
Further evidence suggests that Nvidia will most likely have a replacement for each of the Ampere processors introduced so far with the Geforce RTX 4000 (Lovelace) - that is, from AD102 to AD107. In addition to 108, an AD10B is listed. So far, nothing can be known regarding the CPU arrangement, and the absence of the AD100 in this situation cannot be inferred from the past. Because of Hopper, the whole extension could not have been considered.
Hopper provides the GH100 and GH202.
The last chip initially surfaced in May 2021, when it was discussed again by Twitter user "Kopite7kimi." At the time, it was assumed that something in the gaming industry was involved, but it may also have been a small data center card or specific silicon for cryptocurrencies. Interestingly, the Hopper GH100 gets updated here to the Blackwell GB100, implying that Blackwell may be data center chips.
As stated at the outset, the theory is still evolving in all directions. There is also a GB102 and a GB10X. (successor to GH202). If Blackwell is mentioned again in the future, it will be in the generation following Lovelace and Hopper. If Nvidia follows its delivery schedule, it won't be available until 2024.
