Quote Originally Posted by flippin_waffles View Post
I'm not so sure the blame can be laid entirely at the feet of TSMC though. AMD managed to release a potent very efficient card on 40nm. It's definitely not ideal, but apparantley if the homework is done correctly, it can be managed.
Yes, but fixing it requires a bigger hotter die than it COULD be. Assuming GF can make proper layer channels, both GTX480 AND all ATI cards would be cooler and cheaper.... presumably. Of course, I am no electrical or computer engineer.