Tesla S2050

FermiTeslaData CenterServerGDDR52009NVIDIA

Key Metrics

Launch Date
2009-11-18
CUDA Cores
448
Memory
3 GB GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth
148.4 GB/s
TDP/TBP
900 W
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Why It Mattered

Tesla S2050 is a Tesla accelerator from the Fermi generation. Its historical context is data-center deployment rather than gaming, so form factor, memory capacity, interconnect, virtualization features, and server compatibility are the details that make this entry useful.

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Sources

Primary / manufacturer sources

  1. NVIDIA Newsroom: NVIDIA Tesla GPUs to Communicate Faster Over Mellanox InfiniBand NetworksOfficial November 18, 2009 introduction context naming the new Tesla 20-series S2050 and S2070 systemsOpen source
  2. NVIDIA Tesla S2050 1U GPU computing system specificationOfficial four-GPU configuration, 12 GB total/3 GB per GPU, 384-bit per GPU, and 900 W typical system powerOpen source
  3. NVIDIA Tesla S2050 GPU computing system data sheetOfficial 12 GB aggregate capacity, 384-bit per-GPU interface, and 900 W typical powerOpen source

Independent reference sources

  1. TechPowerUp GPU SpecsModel-level specification reference for this GPU entryOpen source

Reference databases

  1. RightNow GPU DatabaseOpen GPU database used to cross-check specifications A reference database: good for cross-checking specifications, but not proof of the original release details on its own.Open source