Quote Originally Posted by v_rr View Post


Offcourse not. They where from Q4 2007, but you are just in the midle of Q1 2008 and there is no Geforce 9xxx in the market, also process manufacturing still 65nm in 9xxx. This delays will also hurt then this quarter.
why would the delay of the 9 series hurt Nvidia?
ofc it will slightly show in the sales figures but it isnt like they have no other GPUs for sale atm. And ATIS new lineup also stil isnt here but ofc we wont mention that.

Besides why do u keep going on about the manufacturing process of the GPUs?
GPU cost isnt only defined by the manufacturing process of the die.
There are several factors wich influence cost price of a GPu the process the GPU is made on is just 1 of them.
SO were are you getting that Nvidias profit margin on the geforce 9 series per GPU is lower then AMD/ATIs?


Further you mention that the Puma platform is closed so would only allow for ATI chipset and GPU.
Asfar as i know it is an open platform on the chipset and GPu side and everyone can deliver a chipset or GPu for it aslong as it has the OK from AMD.
Atm Nvidia chipsets and GPUs are also part of the Puma platform.
Unless ofcourse that you can back up that it is closed.

So saying 100+ OEM deals to the Puma platform doesnt mean 100+ OEM contracts for AMD CPU, chipset and GPU.

And why again is it a problem that in the mobile market Nvidia only has 65nm GPUs and AMD has 55nm GPUs?
Does a smaller die size per se mean alot loower heat output and power usage? NO.