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Nvidia Announces Beastly 12GB Titan Z Graphics Card

Nvidia Announces Beastly 12GB Titan Z Graphics Card

When Nvidia introduced the GTX Titan graphics card they weren’t sure how it would be received, especially with a $1000 MSRP. But not only did it become their flagship GPU, it sold exceptionally well to both creative professionals and gamers — a fact verified by multiple boutique PC vendors I’ve spoken to. Now, Nvidia is shattering the boundaries with Titan Z, a card they say will blow past enabling quality 4K graphics and right into 5K.

“Not only is it powerful, but it’s whisper quiet and fits naturally into your PC,” Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang exclaimed during his keynote at the GTC 2014 conference.

Titan Z incorporates two GK110 Kepler-based GPUs, boasting a total of 5,760 CUDA cores (about $.50 per core) and a staggering 12GB of video memory , double what the existing Titan Black has. With that in mind, the MSRP of $2,999 probably won’t raise many eyebrows, though it will frighten some wallets.

Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang introduces the Titan Z Graphics Card | Photo by Jason Evangelho

I’m sure the Titan Z will be marketed to professionals as a supercomputing card, but you can expect 4K gaming enthusiasts who want bleeding edge tech to buy it in droves.

The bottleneck typically associated with 4K gaming is memory, a problem the Titan line solves. But as we’ve seen with my review of the Falcon Mach V, it still takes multiple Titans to deliver ultra quality settings. I don’t have final specifications yet on Titan Z yet — base GPU and memory clocks as well as TDP will be important factors — but it’s going to be one beastly card to benchmark.

Nvidia reps have promised an in-depth Titan Z briefing for press in the near future, so expect much more information soon.

Almost 4,000 women and girls treated for effects of female genital mutilation in London hospitals since 2009

Almost 4,000 women and girls treated for effects of female genital mutilation in London hospitals since 2009

Thousands of women and girls have been treated in London hospitals for the effects of female genital mutilation, suggesting that many more have received similar treatment nationwide.

Nearly 4,000 women and girls, some of them born in the UK, were treated for FGM in hospitals across the capital since 2009, according to figures released under the Freedom of Information Act.

Campaigners said the London figures, obtained by BBC News, suggested there were thousands of women across Britain suffering the after-effects of FGM while many girls also live under threat of mutilation.

Despite being classed as torture by the United Nations and a crime in Britain since 1985, there have been no prosecutions against those responsible for the brutal practice which is generally inflicted when victims are babies or young girls.

Nearly half of the 3,939 women treated at the 31 hospitals which responded to the FOI request attended two south London NHS trusts – Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust, which treated 1,146 and 795 women respectively.

Eight of those treated at St George’s were born in the UK. FGM is most common among some African, Asian and Middle Eastern communities.
Ealing Hospital NHS Trust in west London treated 633 patients and the Whittington Health NHS Trust in north London cared for 493 patients.

The majority of women who attend hospital will have undergone the procedure a number of years earlier and have become known to medics during antenatal care or because of complications, such as recurrent urinary infections, associated with FGM.

Campaigners said the figures highlighted the need for a comprehensive system to report FGM. It is estimated that at least 66,000 girls and women in the UK are victims of FGM.

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