The GT300/Fermi Thread - Part 2!

[saaya]

there usually are backup plans... we just never notice it cause the decision to go for either one is made way before release...
for example, xenos was originally planned as a desktop part but was canned because of performance shortcommings, and instead they just doubled up on their previous desktop gpu...

and look at nvidia, gt200 is nothing but an (almost) double pumped G92... im sure they didnt plan that originally, but many times doubling up a current design gives you roughly the same performance as a new design, and its known to work so its less risky. and nvidia actually DID have a backup plan afaik, 40nm G92 and G200, its just that those didnt work out... it was a poor backup plan cause shrinking from 55 to 40 is very difficult from what i heard.

amd K9 never made it either... intel tejas was canned... intels celeron SOC in the late nineties was canned... and once again in the early 2000s they tried it again and cancelled it... intel using imagination technologies gpus in their chipset is OBVIOUSLY a backup plan because their own gpu solutions didnt work out as planned to cover some segments...