The Nvidia A100 is the Largest GPU Ever Created
Jun 23, 2020
2 minutes
Jarred Walton
et’s start with the raw specs. The full GA100 chip has 128 SMs (streaming multiprocessor), which are the main building block of Nvidia GPUs. The previous-generation Volta GV100 for comparison maxed out at 84 SMs (with 80 enabled), so right away we’re looking at more than a 50 percent increase in potential performance, though the initial Nvidia A100 will “only” have
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