
Originally Posted by
boxleitnerb
But you don't develop a GPU that will either be outdated by your own 20nm-GPU a quarter later or buttkicked by the 20nm-GPU of the competition after the same time. Designing and taping out a GPU costs dozens of millions. They would never recover the costs in 3 months. Nowadays GPUs live 12-18 months, possibly even 24 months (reusing them in a refresh lineup like GK104, GK106 and now Tahiti).
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