AMD has floated a broad prediction that graphics cards could reach power usage levels of 700W as we head towards 2025. Specifically, this comes from a recent interview with an AMD exec conducted by VentureBeat (opens in new tab), on the broad topic of AMD’s big push for energy efficiency, and its fresh goal of getting 30 times better power-efficiency by 2025 for high-performance computing (HPC), after having achieved the previous aim of 20 times by 2020. Amazon Prime Day deals: see all the best offers right now!During that lengthy chat, AMD’s senior VP, corporate fellow and product technology architect, Sam Naffziger, also touched on the firm’s secret weapon against Nvidia – namely chiplets for GPUs – and the subject of the rising power demands of graphics cards.
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