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IEEE Micro· 2021Q1

NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU: Performance and Innovation

Jack Choquette, Wishwesh Gandhi, Olivier Giroux, Nick Stam et al.

Short summary

The NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU introduces significant performance and capability enhancements for HPC, AI, and data analytics workloads.

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Key points

  • The NVIDIA A100 GPU is designed for high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI), and data analytics.
  • Key innovations include third-generation Tensor Cores for accelerated matrix operations.
  • New asynchronous data movement and programming models improve workload efficiency.
  • Enhanced L2 cache, HBM2 DRAM, and third-generation NVLink I/O contribute to overall performance gains.

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Abstract

NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU is NVIDIA's latest flagship GPU. It has been designed with many new innovative features to provide performance and capabilities for HPC, AI, and data analytics workloads. Feature enhancements include a Third-Generation Tensor Core, new asynchronous data movement and programming model, enhanced L2 cache, HBM2 DRAM, and third-generation NVIDIA NVLink I/O.

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Field: Hardware and Architecture

Hardware and ArchitectureComputer Science