Even if relies on TSMC and IP-blocks purchased from other companies - it is still cool that a 2-year old startup can create graphics card that appears to compete with what giants like NVDIA and AMD are offering.
unless it's crazy efficient (at 12nm I doubt it), I wouldnt say it's competing with the giants.
At the end of the day the sanctions will do nothing but increases prices. The goods themselves won't stop flowing.
Also it is a startup. If they do not go down for one or another reason nothing precludes them from going higher end given a time and favorable market.
i'm thinking the same. the game that i play now is either wow or hearthstone which isn't very graphic intensive. i think this card if price cheaply can be use for casual gaming and workstation (maybe?)
When the vast majority of people use a 1060, then a new card with roughly that performance, at an attractive price point, will sell. The reason is simply that, apparently, a 1060 is enough.
You're being misled by all the voices who only ever talk about the fastest and most modern stuff. Reality is that the vast majority of people aren't anywhere near the high-end. That's the market.
uh ... no. six teraflops is a card from 2017.
I have strong doubts about power consumption though.
but i basically guarantee that they keep falling further and further behind.