Quote Originally Posted by Shintai View Post
No..the GPU is multifold more simple than a CPU. Its like comparing a toy car with a real car. GPUs are simple in construction and contains alot of "copy/paste" logic. It takes about 4-5 years to develop a CPU with 1000s of people. A GPU is usually made in 1-1½ years with 100s of people. The record for a GPU is about 3 years I think. With completely new architecture. G80 costed about 475mio$ to develop according to nVidia. K10, K8, Core 2, i7 etc is multi billion$ research pieces.
I think its more then 3 years. G80 started back in 2001 (but with some breaks).
RV770 was started in 2005. R600 in 2002 if my memory doesn't play tricks with me.
But indeed with lot less people to develop.