The GT300/Fermi Thread - Part 2!

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if that happens then its VERY bad for nvidia as it will be nearly a whole gen behind :/ ATI could potentially have 28nm cards while fermi's still on 40nm

and it doesnt help that TSMC are thinking about changing to 28nm now aswell as im sure nvidia would have sorted their plans for a die shrink to be at 32nm.

we shall see.. nvidia will be fine.. but it still isnt good to be so late :/



(though tbh 6 series wont come out till Q1 2011 (OUR 2011))

Anand stated this in his recent article on Evergreen:
"The Northern Islands GPUs, due out later this year, were surely designed before anyone knew how RV870 would play out. Much less whether or not Fermi/GF100 would be this late."

Maybe Northern Islands have been pushed back since. But I get the impression from Anand's article that ATI is really schedule-oriented these days (at the sacrifice of possible features).

Cypress was released in Sept 2009. If Northern Islands get out on, say, Nov 2010, that would be a 14 month release cycle. Not exactly a stretch.