A Semi-accurate Look into Fermi

[LordEC911]

Actually, they have and currently are. I'm not going to say specifically who to avoid any issues over NDA but performance is very good. Better than the GTX295. I'm not sure if it was A2 or A3 that was and still is being sampled, but performance was in fact outstanding.

When I say partners I am not talking about AIBs such as eVGA but other companies who have close ties with Nvidia.

Ummm... seeing as how you think A3 is back from TSMC yet, nice try...
Since you have inside info let me test you stuff that isn't under NDA. What were the yields of A1 and/or A2, clockspeeds, when did they receive said silicon. Let me guess, you don't know any of the above...

Heh, when is the last time you've heard a positive slant on anything NV related from Mr Demerjian? No mention of big/slow/late/hot etc, etc either. Really strange.

"A3 will almost assuredly up the clocks quite a bit" seems quite generous to me given that he usually takes the other side of those bets.

"If you have a really negative outlook and think there will be an A4 stepping, add about four to six weeks for every stepping past A3. That is really unlikely to happen - really, really unlikely." is also smirk inducing given that he's usually the one with the really negative outlook.

Anyway, given that Charlie seems to be focusing less on his love affair with Nvidia, maybe we should follow his lead. Better writing is always welcome.

I agree. He is basically saying he has heard back that A3 silicon is good, got a 20-30% clockspeed boost and yields doubled, to ~20%. Time to ramp production, use hotlots and hopefully Nvidia bullied TSMC to keep the fabs churning out wafers through the Lunar New Year or else it really will be Q2 before any substantial availability. Whoops... NDA anyone? LMAO.