Since the launch of Nvidia's RTX 30 series graphics card, it has been more than a year, but until now the phenomenon of graphics card shortage is still very serious, and the price of graphics cards is also high, making many enthusiasts who need to install the machine complain.
So when exactly will the shortage of graphics card chips be alleviated? Recently, Nvidia Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress said at the 24th Needham Growth Conference: "Looking back at 2021, we see strong demand for GeForce graphics cards in the market, and Nvidia's graphics cards continue to be in short supply. The availability of NVIDIA products will improve in the second half of 2022. ”
Although NVIDIA's explanation of when the stock-out phenomenon will be alleviated is not the first time, this time there are still some possibilities.
Foreign media Tom's Hardware said that NVIDIA will be expected to officially release RTX 40 series graphics cards this year, and when the RTX 40 series graphics cards are released, it may alleviate the shortage of graphics cards to some extent.
At present, it is reported that the NVIDIA RTX 40 series will be manufactured using TSMC's N5 5nm process, which is now very mature and has a high yield. Due to the strong demand for graphics cards, NVIDIA may have increased orders for TSMC production as much as possible. TSMC has invested tens of billions of dollars in N5 process capacity in 2021, and these new production lines are expected to start this year, which will greatly alleviate the shortage of advanced process chips.
In addition, according to VideoCardz, NVIDIA is preparing a new RTX 3060Ti graphics card equipped with a GA103 core to solve the problem of insufficient shipments of this model.
VideoCardz revealed that the RTX 3060 Ti currently on sale is based on a GA104 GPU, which is the least available model in the RTX 30 series. Some NVIDIA partners say they haven't shipped the RTX 3060 Ti for months as Nvidia prioritizes the more expensive RTX 3070 series, which also features GA104 GPUs.