From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp.’s code-named Maxwell graphics architecture has been discussed by the company for several years now and it is expected that it will debut sometime in April or March, 2014, around two years after the company unveiled its Kepler architecture. However, there are signs that Nvidia Maxwell may arrive a little earlier than expected.
Clevo, one of the world’s leading makers of high-performance laptops that manufactures such devices for well-known brands, recently leaked its roadmap and revealed Nvidia GeForce GTX and GT 8-series mobile graphics processing units (GPUs). The new high-end graphics adapters from Nvidia are projected to become broadly available in various versions already in February, 2014, in case the roadmap slides published by ThinkComputers are up-to-date. Clevo is preparing numerous new laptops with GeForce GTX 8-series mobile GPUs inside, including machines with multi-GPU SLI configuration.
Clevo’s roadmap reveals such graphics solutions as GeForce GTX 880M/8GB, GeForce GTX 870M/6GB, GeForce GTX 860M/4GB, GeForce GTX 860M/2GB, GeForce GTX 850M/2GB and GeForce GT 840M/2GB. The family looks to be very broad and ready to serve different requirements for performance.
While Nvidia is renowned for simple rebranding of mobile graphics solutions in the low-end, it is hard to imagine that such products like GeForce GTX 880M/8GB or GeForce GTX 870M/6GB are rebadged current-gen products with higher amount of memory. It is also unlikely that Nvidia will introduce a GK110-based graphics card for mobile applications. Keeping all the things in mind, it looks like at least several of the new GeForce GTX and GeForce GT 8-series will be based on brand-new GPUs featuring Maxwell graphics architecture.
Since Nvidia does not traditionally introduce high-end mobile GPUs ahead of advanced graphics cards for desktops, it is logical to expect the first members of Maxwell family to arrive in late January, 2014, or early February, 2014.
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