The GPUs of 2019

2019 will see the introduction of three new GPUs, the first change in the GPU landscape in over 18 years. Nvidia lead the change with their Turing architecture introduced in late 2018. We’ve written about it extensively, but its noteworthy aspects relative to graphics are its hardware ray tracing engine, and the use of AI to do anti-aliasing. Samsung lifted the curtain a little on their forthcoming GPU for mobile devices, putting Qualcomm, ARM, Imagination, and VeriSilicon on notice that an elephant just entered the room. It remains to be seen if Samsung will offer the IP to the merchant