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How do Graphics Cards Work? Exploring GPU Architecture

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Graphics Cards can run some of the most incredible video games, but how many calculations do they perform every single second? Well, some of the most advanced graphics perform 36 Trillion calculations or more every single second. But how can a single device manage these tens of trillions of calculations? In this video, we explore the architecture inside the 3090 graphics card and the GA102 GPU chip architecture. Note: We chose to feature the 30 series of GPUs because, to create accurate 3D models, we had to tear down a 3090 GPU rather destructively. We typically select a slightly older model because we’re able to find broken components on eBay. If you’re wondering, the 4090 can perform 82.58 trillion calculations a second, and then we’re sure the 5090 will be even more.

Table of Contents:

00:00 – How many calculations do Graphics Cards Perform?

02:15 – The Difference between GPUs and CPUs?

04:56 – GPU GA102 Architecture

06:59 – GPU GA102 Manufacturing

08:48 – CUDA Core Design

11:09 – Graphics Cards Components

12:04 – Graphics Memory GDDR6X GDDR7

15:11 – All about Micron

16:51 – Single Instruction Multiple Data Architecture

17:49 – Why GPUs run Video Game Graphics, Object Transformations

20:53 – Thread Architecture

23:31 – Help Branch Education Out!

24:29 – Bitcoin Mining

26:50 – Tensor Cores

27:58 – Outro

Posted from: Branch Education Website: https://www.branch.education

More: A TON of information was found in Nvidia’s white papers. You can find them here: https://research.nvidia.com/publications

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