90nm what it means to next years gpu's

[MUYA]

Josh...thnx..clearer than it was before :D

[bkswaney]

Josh...thnx..clearer than it was before :D


Yep. :)

[ChrisRay]

Remember that ATi has to move to a 90nm process faster than nVidia does, not for desktop video cards but for the Xbox2 R500. So ATi will have a 90nm chip in 2005, although maybe not for desktops. Maybe R520.They both have certain hardware similarities but from what I've known the R520'll be 110nm, right?


ATI wont be fabbing the chip, Microsoft will. As such it wont be a concern for TSMC.

[JoshMST]

I am not real sure what you mean that it won't be a concern for TSMC? While ATI won't be the one producing the chip, they did probably design the R500 around a certain process, and that most likely is TSMC's 90 nm. Last I heard, Microsoft doesn't have a Fab, so they very well can't produce these parts themselves.

From initial indications, R520 will be a 90 nm part, but again this depends on TSMC's 90 nm process. Currently I am not sure what state IBM's 90 nm process is, but they have been producing 90 nm PowerPC parts for the past 9 months or so. I just wonder when they will open that line to 3rd party designs?