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nVidia's Problems with NV30
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Posted by: TotalRecall
AnandTech has written an article on the problems nVidia has been having with the NV30:
As we've mentioned in articles before, NVIDIA quietly mentioned that NV30 would be delayed slightly a few months back. The PR explanation for the NV30 delay is to wait for the official launch of DirectX 9, but the real reason behind the delay is that the chip simply wasn't ready according to NVIDIA's original schedule.
The first NV30 silicon taped-out last week, this is no less than three months behind schedule. Back when ATI taped-out R300, NVIDIA was telling their manufacturing partners and OEMs that they would tape-out in the 2nd quarter of this year. During NVIDIA's quarterly conference call, it was publicly confirmed that NV30 had yet to tape-out at the time. For those not familiar with the manufacturing terminology, to "tape-out" is to produce the first functional silicon based on a processor's design; prior to being taped-out, a processor is only functional in the form of simulators.
More on the NV30 is here.
Posted by: taco_fox
Only a 10-20% yield on chips? Ouch. I really hope TSMC and nVidia can pound this out before the prices and delays become insane.
I guess it wasn't just intellectual property they got from 3Dfx...
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