A Semi-accurate Look into Fermi

[NickF]

The A1 and A2 revisions were operational but yields were not fantastic nor did clock speeds measure up to targets. This is where A3 steps in. I doubt clocks will reach 100% of the original targets, but they will be quite a bit better than A2, which is a very good reason for another respin. Things are going well now and everything is on track for a launch in mid Q1.

My point exactly. There's no chips that any "close partners" could have access to that would be performing up to par. Even nVidia won't have them until A3 rolls out of TMSC. If any of nVidia's close partners were sampled an A2 silicon, it would have been a disappointment, and would not have delived "outstanding" performance.