Quote Originally Posted by 570091D View Post
i don't think "by the end of this year" is really that soon... how will they be able to keep up with demand for both amd and nvidia gpu's?
If TSMC is not able to fulfill orders for both ATi and nVidia, they will have to produce chips for the company they have a more solid contract with. My bet would be on nVidia since they have far more market share and are a much larger source of income for TSMC.

how has amd been able to ship "over 1 million" dx11 cards if production is so low?
TSMC has been producting .40nm chips for ATi months before consumers were able to purchase them... and much of those 1 million chips were manufactured before December while yields were very low. This is why I've always maintained the opinion that ATi jumped the gun just to get the crown for a while but forgot to remember that without profits, they wont be able to pay off all the R&D they're spending on very fast product cycles.