https://cmp.wiki/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Full_SM_unlock Full SM unlock - Revision history 2026-10-31T09:11:20Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.11 https://cmp.wiki/w/index.php?title=Full_SM_unlock&diff=455&oldid=prev ImportBot: Enabling SM compute cores: 74 on both cards from cmpunlocker, up to 128 on the 10 GB card after the RIR burn; the 8 GB card is blocked. Discord Oct 2026. Gap-fill from #general 2026-10-22 to 10-26 (SM range 80 to 128, per-card masks), @xeax, @_orrorin, @ob88594, @tugoubxs, @djpandaman. 2026-10-30T10:02:08Z <p>Enabling SM compute cores: 74 on both cards from cmpunlocker, up to 128 on the 10 GB card after the RIR burn; the 8 GB card is blocked. Discord Oct 2026. Gap-fill from #general 2026-10-22 to 10-26 (SM range 80 to 128, per-card masks), @xeax, @_orrorin, @ob88594, @tugoubxs, @djpandaman.</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 10:02, 30 October 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l22">Line 22:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 22:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The extra TPCs beyond 74 are controlled by &lt;code&gt;OPT_TPC_DISABLE&lt;/code&gt;, which is burned to 1 on the 8 GB card, and</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The extra TPCs beyond 74 are controlled by &lt;code&gt;OPT_TPC_DISABLE&lt;/code&gt;, which is burned to 1 on the 8 GB card, and</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>there is no free RIR to override it. {{Source|djpandaman|2026-10-10|https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518695328008638516/1558532688158261441}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>there is no free RIR to override it. {{Source|djpandaman|2026-10-10|https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518695328008638516/1558532688158261441}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">As of </del>2026-10-26 there is no <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">public </del>SM <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">unlock beyond </del>70 + 4 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for any 170HX except the 10 GB RIR path</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">On </ins>2026-10-26 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">riko said </ins>there is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</ins>no <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">pub unlock for add more </ins>SM <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for any cmp170 8-10g except </ins>70+4 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sm"</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Source|riko6253|2026-10-26|https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518695328008638516/1564097261410189514}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Source|riko6253|2026-10-26|https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518695328008638516/1564097261410189514}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">When GhostInTheDatacenter showed a 10 GB card that started from [[170hx-rir-tool]], riko asked "but there is no sm</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">unlock isn't it?"; 68x0 answered "You can unlock more SMs with the RIR burn", and GhostInTheDatacenter confirmed.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">So the only public path past 74 SMs is the RIR burn on the 10 GB card.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Source|handle=riko6253|date=2026-10-26|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518695328008638516/1564103739898335313}}&lt;br /&gt;</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Source|handle=68x0|date=2026-10-26|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518695328008638516/1564103821922275432}}&lt;br /&gt;</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Source|handle=ghostinthedatacenter_87281|date=2026-10-26|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518695328008638516/1564103887009484901}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== 10 GB: how far it goes ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== 10 GB: how far it goes ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l32">Line 32:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 38:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;128 SM at full clock&#039;&#039;&#039;. {{Source|lxtend|2026-10-12|https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518695328008638516/1559195004734541988}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;128 SM at full clock&#039;&#039;&#039;. {{Source|lxtend|2026-10-12|https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518695328008638516/1559195004734541988}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Source|lxtend|2026-10-17|https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518695328008638516/1560981128578338927}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Source|lxtend|2026-10-17|https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518695328008638516/1560981128578338927}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Several owners </del>(GhostInTheDatacenter, orrorin<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, Waypoint, Feralzi</del>) <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">reached </del>122-128 SM <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">after </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">RIR burn</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">starting from</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">On 2026-10-17 Feralzi reached 126 SM and Waypoint enabled every SM not marked defective </ins>(<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">see [[10 GB card]]).</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>170hx-rir-tool <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and feeding </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">notes to an agent</del>. {{Source|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ghostinthedatacenter_87281</del>|2026-10-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">26</del>|https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1518695328008638516</del>/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1564100458023358584</del>}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Source|handle=feralzi|date=2026-10-17|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1560903933323382805}}&lt;br /&gt;</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Source|handle=waypoint3642|date=2026-10-17|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518695328008638516/1561019622021398548}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>GhostInTheDatacenter <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">posted a screenshot of an unlocked 10 GB card on 2026-10-26</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">said it was</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">unlocked in software, started from 170hx-rir-tool and was "really just giving info to my clanker until it got it</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">right". {{Source|handle=ghostinthedatacenter_87281|date=2026-10-26|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518695328008638516/1564096847230804010}}&lt;br /&gt;</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Source|handle=ghostinthedatacenter_87281|date=2026-10-26|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518695328008638516/1564100071228842095}}&lt;br /&gt;</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Source|ghostinthedatacenter_87281|2026-10-26|https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518695328008638516/1564100458023358584}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>orrorin<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'s own report is lower: both of his 10 GB cards stop at 80 SMs (see the next section</ins>)<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Source|handle=_orrorin|date=2026-10-25|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1563925584365486112}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">clpeak on mrpandagod's card at </ins>122 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">SMs measured 21.9 TFLOPS FP32 and 43.7 TFLOPS FP16 on the vector units; the full</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">table is on [[Benchmarks#Compute and memory peaks]].</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Source|handle=djpandaman|date=2026-10</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">23|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1563170579643760770}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== How many SMs a 10 GB card reaches ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Status|Contested}} {{Cards|10 GB}} Cards have landed anywhere from 80 to </ins>128 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">SMs, and people disagree on why some stop</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">low. In the order posted:</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''Every </ins>SM <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that is not defective.''' xeax: a 10 GB card can enable all the SMs on the chip that are not defective,</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">  up to 128 if you are very lucky (he puts the 8 GB card at 74 and </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A100 at 108).</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">  {{Source|handle=xeax|date=2026-10-25|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1563888198101377075}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''Two cards stuck at 80.''' orrorin could unlock only up to 80 SMs on both of his 10 GB cards. He stepped up 2 SMs</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">  at a time, and anything above 80 failed a real model load; asked by xeax, he had also tried the other locked GPC.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">  {{Source|handle=_orrorin|date=2026-10-25|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1563925584365486112}}&lt;br /&gt;</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">  {{Source|handle=xeax|date=2026-10-25|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1563942925132505161}}&lt;br /&gt;</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">  {{Source|handle=_orrorin|date=2026-10-25|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1563944054738128980}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''Operator error or binning.''' OB88594: it should be an operational failure, since unlocking more than 100 SMs is</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">  very common. xeax: more likely unlucky, heavily binned dies.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">  {{Source|handle=ob88594|date=2026-10-25|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1563941999982288929}}&lt;br /&gt;</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">  {{Source|handle=xeax|date=2026-10-25|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1563944285269926040}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">=== Per-card masks ===</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Asked whether the latest cmpunlock does this</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">xeax said no. The workflow is per card:</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"># Unlock the card with the RIR tool ([[</ins>170hx-rir-tool<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]], see [[RIR fuse burn]]).</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"># Test which of the locked parts of the chip actually work.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"># Build a custom mask for that card that masks off </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">defective parts.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Source|handle=tugoubxs|date=2026-10-25|link=https://discord</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1564039923043139695}}&lt;br /&gt;</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Source|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">handle=xeax</ins>|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">date=</ins>2026-10-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">25</ins>|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">link=</ins>https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1518692084729511967</ins>/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1564047417069019208</ins>}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">xeax's untested sweep script is meant to automate step 2; see [[Tools]].</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== The silicon lottery ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== The silicon lottery ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l60">Line 60:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 107:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>128 SM reached and reproduced by several 10 GB owners, so {{Status|Proven}} on the 10 GB card. The 8 GB card past 74 is</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>128 SM reached and reproduced by several 10 GB owners, so {{Status|Proven}} on the 10 GB card. The 8 GB card past 74 is</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Status|Contested}} / no public path. See the confirmation below.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Status|Contested}} / no public path. See the confirmation below<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. How many SMs a given 10 GB card reaches is</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Status|Contested}} (80 on some cards, see above)</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Related ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Related ==</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key cmp_wiki:diff:1.41:old-365:rev-455:php=table --> </table> ImportBot https://cmp.wiki/w/index.php?title=Full_SM_unlock&diff=365&oldid=prev ImportBot: Enabling SM compute cores: 74 on both cards from cmpunlocker, up to 128 on the 10 GB card after the RIR burn; the 8 GB card is blocked. Discord Oct 2026.; sources: @djpandaman, @lia_oc, @riko6253, @lxtend, @ghostinthedatacenter_87281, @zorg33, @colo2442, @scallion_9883 2026-10-30T08:49:20Z <p>Enabling SM compute cores: 74 on both cards from cmpunlocker, up to 128 on the 10 GB card after the RIR burn; the 8 GB card is blocked. Discord Oct 2026.; sources: @djpandaman, @lia_oc, @riko6253, @lxtend, @ghostinthedatacenter_87281, @zorg33, @colo2442, @scallion_9883</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 08:49, 30 October 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l51">Line 51:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 51:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>   See [[Cooling and power]] for undervolt / shunt options and [[Troubleshooting]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>   See [[Cooling and power]] for undervolt / shunt options and [[Troubleshooting]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Early SM-unlock attempts crashed the card until the method was refined (lxwx, with help from mrpandagod by DM).</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Early SM-unlock attempts crashed the card until the method was refined (lxwx, with help from mrpandagod by DM).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* The method is derived from a leaked internal driver archive plus an agent<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">; a longer write-up by @scallion_9883</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* The method is derived from a leaked internal driver archive <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(&lt;code&gt;integdev_gpu_drv.rar&lt;/code&gt;, 18.87 GiB, findable</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>   (<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Humvee55</del>) <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">exists; see Discord</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">  by file name on torrent sites) </ins>plus an agent<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, and from Humvee55's method notes (&lt;code&gt;message.txt&lt;/code&gt;): his RIR</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>   <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">plus software-IFF route, meant to be fed to an LLM to fill the gaps </ins>(<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">see [[RIR fuse burn]]</ins>). <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">lxwx's own contribution</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">  was finding how to run all 128 SM at full clock. {{Source|lxtend|2026-10-17|https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518695328008638516/1560983975965630550}}&lt;br /&gt;</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">  {{Source|scallion_9883|2026-10-16|https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1560780989079228478}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Status ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Status ==</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key cmp_wiki:diff:1.41:old-169:rev-365:php=table --> </table> ImportBot https://cmp.wiki/w/index.php?title=Full_SM_unlock&diff=169&oldid=prev ImportBot: Enabling SM compute cores: 74 on both cards from cmpunlocker, up to 128 on the 10 GB card after the RIR burn; the 8 GB card is blocked. Discord Oct 2026.; sources: @djpandaman, @lia_oc, @riko6253, @lxtend, @ghostinthedatacenter_87281, @zorg33, @colo2442 2026-10-30T08:04:17Z <p>Enabling SM compute cores: 74 on both cards from cmpunlocker, up to 128 on the 10 GB card after the RIR burn; the 8 GB card is blocked. Discord Oct 2026.; sources: @djpandaman, @lia_oc, @riko6253, @lxtend, @ghostinthedatacenter_87281, @zorg33, @colo2442</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Unlock<br /> |unlocks=Full SM compute cores (up to 128 on the 10 GB card)<br /> |variant=10 GB<br /> |driver_version=cmpunlocker-patched driver (610+)<br /> |unlock_build=170hx-rir-tool + software IFF<br /> |steps_page=Full SM unlock<br /> |status=Reported<br /> |tested_by=djpandaman<br /> |source=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518695328008638516/1560981128578338927<br /> }}<br /> <br /> The stock card exposes &#039;&#039;&#039;70 of 128&#039;&#039;&#039; SMs. There are three tiers:<br /> <br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;74 SM&#039;&#039;&#039; on both cards: cmpunlocker&#039;s +4 SM step (70 + 4). This is the ceiling for the 8 GB card.<br /> {{Source|lia_oc|2026-10-22|https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518695328008638516/1562930836892815483}}<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;74 to 80 SM&#039;&#039;&#039; on the 10 GB card: software only, no fuse override needed.<br /> {{Source|djpandaman|2026-10-10|https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518695328008638516/1558525921391280143}}<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;80 to 128 SM&#039;&#039;&#039; on the 10 GB card: needs &lt;code&gt;EN_SW_OVERRIDE&lt;/code&gt;, which needs the [[RIR fuse burn]].<br /> <br /> == Why the 8 GB card cannot go past 74 ==<br /> <br /> The extra TPCs beyond 74 are controlled by &lt;code&gt;OPT_TPC_DISABLE&lt;/code&gt;, which is burned to 1 on the 8 GB card, and<br /> there is no free RIR to override it. {{Source|djpandaman|2026-10-10|https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518695328008638516/1558532688158261441}}<br /> As of 2026-10-26 there is no public SM unlock beyond 70 + 4 for any 170HX except the 10 GB RIR path.<br /> {{Source|riko6253|2026-10-26|https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518695328008638516/1564097261410189514}}<br /> <br /> == 10 GB: how far it goes ==<br /> <br /> mrpandagod took a single 10 GB card from 74 to 80 to 94 to 108 to 122 SM, FP16 roughly 12-14 to 22 TFLOPS.<br /> {{Source|djpandaman|2026-10-09|https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1534370835220004885/1558261887014019184}}<br /> lxwx got the last cores by overriding &lt;code&gt;OPT_TPC_DISABLE&lt;/code&gt; (&quot;just override OPT_TPC_DISABLE&quot;), then reached<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;128 SM at full clock&#039;&#039;&#039;. {{Source|lxtend|2026-10-12|https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518695328008638516/1559195004734541988}}<br /> {{Source|lxtend|2026-10-17|https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518695328008638516/1560981128578338927}}<br /> Several owners (GhostInTheDatacenter, orrorin, Waypoint, Feralzi) reached 122-128 SM after the RIR burn, starting from<br /> 170hx-rir-tool and feeding the notes to an agent. {{Source|ghostinthedatacenter_87281|2026-10-26|https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518695328008638516/1564100458023358584}}<br /> <br /> == The silicon lottery ==<br /> <br /> GPCs/FBPAs &#039;&#039;&#039;marked defective are genuinely defective&#039;&#039;&#039;; enable only the disabled ones, and mask off the defective<br /> TPCs within a defective GPC. {{Source|zorg33|2026-10-22|https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1562809952555503678}}<br /> Colo A/B-tested SM pairs and got 126 working SMs on a card where only one SM pair in a &quot;defective&quot; GPC actually failed.<br /> {{Source|colo2442|2026-10-22|https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1562811805779369988}}<br /> <br /> == Known issues ==<br /> <br /> * {{Status|warning}} &#039;&#039;&#039;Power cap above 80 SM.&#039;&#039;&#039; The moment an SM on a previously disabled GPC is enabled, the<br /> self-reported power becomes unreliable (readings above 400 W on a 250 W VBIOS) and the memory clock is forced down to<br /> about 1100 MHz with a large FP32 drop. {{Source|djpandaman|2026-10-13|https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518695328008638516/1559580460814966938}}<br /> mrpandagod says he later resolved the wattage issue (fix not posted); the threshold starts at 80, not 90, which<br /> matters so people&#039;s agents are not misled. {{Source|djpandaman|2026-10-22|https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1562883001493360651}}<br /> See [[Cooling and power]] for undervolt / shunt options and [[Troubleshooting]].<br /> * Early SM-unlock attempts crashed the card until the method was refined (lxwx, with help from mrpandagod by DM).<br /> * The method is derived from a leaked internal driver archive plus an agent; a longer write-up by @scallion_9883<br /> (Humvee55) exists; see Discord.<br /> <br /> == Status ==<br /> <br /> 128 SM reached and reproduced by several 10 GB owners, so {{Status|Proven}} on the 10 GB card. The 8 GB card past 74 is<br /> {{Status|Contested}} / no public path. See the confirmation below.<br /> <br /> == Related ==<br /> <br /> [[RIR fuse burn]], [[PCIe Gen3 on the 10 GB card]], [[Memory unlock on the 10 GB card]], [[Cooling and power]],<br /> [[Troubleshooting]], [[Tools]].<br /> <br /> {{ImportFooter}}<br /> [[Category:Unlocks]]<br /> [[Category:8 GB]]<br /> [[Category:10 GB]]</div> ImportBot