StealthHawk
07-30-02, 05:13 AM
http://www.eetimes.com/semi/news/OEG20020729S0032
what do you guys think? they're planning a comeback with a tiling architecture. here's the interesting part of the article Chip makers are working with a beta version of DX 9 now. A final version is expected in the fall. But "this Christmas there will be zero games using DX 9. Those games won't arrive until Christmas of 2003," said Nguyen, noting Trident's focus on DX 8-class games, though it supports the DX 9 beta.
The Trident XP4 comes in three versions. The T3 runs at 300 MHz, supports up to 256 Mbytes of 700-MHz DDR memory and uses a 128-bit memory interface. The T2 version scales the core back to 250 MHz and DDR support to 64 Mbytes running at 500 MHz. And the T1 runs at the same speeds as T2 but uses a 64-bit memory bus.
All the parts support a 4x AGP interface to the host, a 64-bit, 66-MHz PCI interface and come in a 612-bump BGA package. They are made in a 0.13-micron process at United Microelectronic Corp. and are available now in prices ranging from about $31 to $40 each in quantity.
it doesn't sound like Trident will compete with high end offerings from nvidia or ATI, but it looks like this thing might give a ti4600 a run for its money in terms or performance and price.
what do you guys think? they're planning a comeback with a tiling architecture. here's the interesting part of the article Chip makers are working with a beta version of DX 9 now. A final version is expected in the fall. But "this Christmas there will be zero games using DX 9. Those games won't arrive until Christmas of 2003," said Nguyen, noting Trident's focus on DX 8-class games, though it supports the DX 9 beta.
The Trident XP4 comes in three versions. The T3 runs at 300 MHz, supports up to 256 Mbytes of 700-MHz DDR memory and uses a 128-bit memory interface. The T2 version scales the core back to 250 MHz and DDR support to 64 Mbytes running at 500 MHz. And the T1 runs at the same speeds as T2 but uses a 64-bit memory bus.
All the parts support a 4x AGP interface to the host, a 64-bit, 66-MHz PCI interface and come in a 612-bump BGA package. They are made in a 0.13-micron process at United Microelectronic Corp. and are available now in prices ranging from about $31 to $40 each in quantity.
it doesn't sound like Trident will compete with high end offerings from nvidia or ATI, but it looks like this thing might give a ti4600 a run for its money in terms or performance and price.