NVIDIA reportedly dropped GeForce RTX 3080 with 20GB of memory and 3070 with 16GB

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Although it was supposed to be a triumphant moment for NVIDIA, the launch of the GeForce RTX 3080/3090 family of graphics accelerators in stores drowned in detail, the first batch of video cards on sale being bought by opportunists eager to speculate on the enthusiasm of fans reselling at much inflated price , only for the entire batch of products to be compromised due to a hardware defect.

GeForce RTX 3080, no version with 20GB memory
Following the course of events, we find that the new series of NVIDIA "Ampere" graphics accelerators is equally absent from store stocks, the graphics chip supplier failing to keep up with the huge demand from consumers. Although unproven, fresh hopes have been dashed by rival AMD, whose offer of next-gen graphics accelerators "Navi" could raise real competition for NVIDIA, at least in the budget range. GeForce RTX 3080

In practice, the problems for NVIDIA are not only limited to the availability of graphics processors, but also to GDDR6X memory supplies. Developed on the basis of proprietary technologies to which NVIDIA has exclusivity, GDDR6X memory chips can be delivered by a single designated manufacturer - Micron, which means that any problems in production can not be solved by contracting other semiconductor suppliers .

However, the lack of GDDR6X memory stocks only justifies abandoning the 20GB GeForce RTX 3080 edition, not the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti model with 16 GB GDDR6 memory, which is much easier to obtain from suppliers such as SK Hynix and Samsung.
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Most likely, the decision taken by NVIDIA is related to the availability of the graphics chip manufacturer, Samsung, whose 8nm process would not be as efficient as previously thought. In the end, Nvidia seems to choose to follow the already chosen direction, trying to deliver as many copies of the GeForce RTX 3080 series with 10GB memory, the GeForce RTX 3070 model with 8GB video memory entering only as a timid answer for the new offer of graphics accelerators AMD, NVIDIA remaining to re-evaluate the situation early next year.