- Bolt graphics reveal Zeus GPU, targeted at rendering, HPC and games
- Claims include 10x faster reproduction, 6x FP64, 300x simulation gains
- Zeus supports up to 2.25TB memory, 6x 800GBE, 8X PCIE GEN5
Bolt Graphics has announced what it says is the fastest graphics processor ever, which is quite the claim.
Based in Sunnyvale, California, Semiconductor Startup says that Zeus has a “brand new GPU design for workload with high-performance, including reproduction, HPC and gaming” and that it “addresses performance, efficiency and functionality restrictions with older GPUs.”
Bolt graphics add Zeus offers up to 10 times faster reproduction, 6 times higher FP64 HPC performance and up to 300 times faster electromagnetic wave simulation speed compared to older GPUs.
Great path -tracking performance
It supports extended memory through Bolt’s architecture, which allows up to 384 GB per day. PCIe card and up to 2.25 TB per Zeus unit in a 2U server, with rack configurations reaching 180tb. Zeus also integrates 400 GBE and 800 GBE Ethernet interfaces directly into GPU, reduces energy consumption despite the higher performance and will be available in PCIE, server and cloud form factors.
“Zeus increases the benefit and at the same time reduces power consumption,” said Darwesh Singh, founder and CEO of Bolt Graphics. “I am proud of the bolt team’s dedicated efforts to create a solution that addresses the most important customer points, enabling them to be more productive and bring their ideas to life.”
Slides published by Servethehome Show Zeus is based on a RISC-V RVA23 out-of-order Scalar Core, and there are a number of different architectures.
The ZEUS 1C26-032 is a single-chipleted design and supports DisplayPort 2.1A and HDMI 2.1B along with a RJ45 BMC port-typical view on DPUs, servers and other infrastructure components. There is also a QSFP-DD port for 400 GBE and two PCIe Gen5 X16 Slots. 1C26-032 includes 32 GB LPDDR5X and up to 128 GB DDR5.
The ZEUS 2C26-064/128 is a two-chiplet module, while 4C26-256 is a four-chiplet configuration. In the case of the latter, which has 500W chip power, each chiplet is paired with 64 GB LPDDR5X and up to 512 GB DDR5, which brings the total memory capacity to 256 GB LPDDR5X and up to 2 TB DDR5. Combined, GPU supports up to 2.25 TB of overall memory.
It also includes six 800 GBE (OSFP) gates that Servethehome Notes are “A lot of connection options that come out of a GPU. To put it in perspective, that is, ~ 12x PCIE GEN5 X16 TAX Worth of bandwidth. “
Slides show the ZEUS 2C26-064/128 surpass Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 and RTX 5090 in path tracking of work loads with approx. 9x and 4.8x, delivering 154 gigarays compared to 17 gigarays (RTX 4090) and 32 gigarays (RTX 5090). In the FP64 Compute Performance, Zeus achieves 10 Tflops, markedly in front of 1.4 TFLOPS (RTX 4090) and 1.6 TFLOPS (RTX 5090) – approx. 7.1x and 6.25x higher.
Compared to Bolt Zeus 4C26-256 with NVIDIA’s consumer gpu’s, path tracking is approx. 18x higher than RTX 4090 and nearly 10x higher than RTX 5090, while FP64 calculates flow flow is over 12x larger.
Of course, all this should be taken with a pinch of salt. Seam Servethehome Observes, “This feels like a message where we really want to see product. The fact that we are still a few months away from early developer set makes this feel a little early. On the other hand, if Bolt Graphics has Zeus competing with a combination of NIC and Consumer GPU while offering more memory, it can be a really nice combination. I’m always a little skeptical of products until we see them live. “
