Quote Originally Posted by saaya View Post
thats kinda what the 40nm 10.1 parts are... just that they are 10.1 only and not 11

and yes, nvidia played poker... they bet that tsmc can mfc a big gpu on 40nm in late 2009 and they were wrong...
Exactly, although ATI had the right idea by first testing out 40nm on the RV740 and going for a smaller design, which made their transition much smoother (relatively)