Quote Originally Posted by Aberration View Post
What we also dont know is the contract negotiated between TSMC and nVidia. The yeild could mean nothing to nVidia, and everything to TSMC.

Besides, ATi/AMD uses TSMC also. So I would expect the defect density to be similar.
No sane foundry guarantees a certain yield IMO.They tell process performance , time to market and capacity available.Based on that , and probably a few trial runs , the customer decides what to do.

Besides , it's not like Nvidia or ATI have a choice.TSMC is the largest foundry in the world and has the best process tech after the top guys.The choice is rather limited.