Quote Originally Posted by Warboy View Post
It's called common sense, even I can see it. The GT200 faced yield problems in the beginning. So add a Die shrink. The Chance of a yield problem will increase. Of Course Nvidia is starting to do good with the GT200 as of lately. But it's just common sense case. So there is some facts hidden (and I mean hidden since I don't like charlie) in Charlie's article. ATi seems to have a easier time doing a die shrink then Nvidia. That's simple to example too. The GT200b vs the R870 was a joke if you couldn't tell tho.
Common sense while useful, isn't exactly evidence. Also, I would imagine that the die shrink would alleviate yield problems, and not exacerbate them.

The GT200 was a very large chip in terms of transistor density, too large for the 65nm process in truth. Cramming that many transistors in such a small space is no easy thing. The die shrink to 55nm should help though, and reduce thermal and power constraints which will improve yields and ramp up the clockspeeds.

Anyway, I'm hoping that Nvidia releases the die shrink before Christmas, so I can use the step up program to upgrade to the GTX 290.