AMD Cayman info (or rumor)

[Oliverda]

i think this is true

bad yields, shortage of a particular component... what will come next? shortage of paper boxes?


"This TI component is an integrated driver-MOSFET (DrMOS) that was first used on AMD's Radeon HD 6800 Series. This DrMOS is so new to the point there is no information on it on the Web, not even from the manufacturer itself.

Supply of this DrMOS is limited, and since the Radeon HD 6800 Series and upcoming HD 6900 Series share the same VRM design, any (tight) supply from TI is shared between all the cards. This leads to a delay in HD 6970 card manufacturing, with partners receiving their final boards late as well."


I can't believe that they can't rearrange some supplies of this "particular component" from 6800 Series to 6900 Series. So it sounds unbelievable to me...again.