Wtf GK110?

[MrSamHideki]

Now as a super noob that knows nothing about how certain things in a desktop tower works i would like to know what GK110 is in layman's term. I tried watching Jen-Hsun Huang on YouTube, GTC. Explaining CUDA and some other stuff but a person like me seem to wander off and start messing around with his motorbike. Can anyone explain? My guess is power consumption.

[kalniel]

It's a graphics chip series identifier.

G = geforce
K = kepler architecture
110 = series number: the 11 at the start shows it is the first revision of the 100 series, the 0 at the end indicates it's the most powerful/high end version of the chip.

In layman's terms this is the first revision of nVidia's latest graphics card architecture, and the top range card. It is a big, hugely powerful and hugely expensive part designed for workstation/server use, not desktop use.

The GTX670 you were talking about in your other thread is a GK104 series chip for example (as is the GTX680). Geforce, Kelplar, 100 series original version (no revision), performance factor 4 (not as good as 0, better than 6 or 8 etc. - this card is suited for gaming use, not computational)

[MrSamHideki]

I see, i think i aam understanding more and more from the YouTube vid's Thanks.