megadrive0088
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So NV40 is supposed to tape out around July. be introduced in Nov at Comdex (or some other trade show) and be available when, end of this year or next year? I ask since timelines are constantly changing 
about NV40 (just questions)
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Testiculus Giganticus
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Tape-out sometime this year-on the market, certainly 2004.
Testiculus Giganticus
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Those dates are subject to change, but the current estimate is the one that extremetech gave.
No idea where the "tapeout in July" thing came from (although that seems about the right kind of time frame). I am pretty sure it will debut at Comdex, unless there are setbacks. They are cutting the fat at nV at the moment; hopefully for the sake of meeting product deadlines, rather than at the cost of failing to meet them.
Available New Year at the earliest seems likely too - I doubt there will be many/any on shelves by Xmas.
MuFu.
Available New Year at the earliest seems likely too - I doubt there will be many/any on shelves by Xmas.
MuFu.
I think the July tape out thing came about because of the statement that IBM chappy made (Michael Hara?).
RE: IBM - Wasn't that just the constant talk of them producing the next Geforce chip in the summer? Since it's not the NV35, and i doubt it's NV36 (although that timeframe matches just as well as the NV40)... They could benefit from the SOI at IBM.
Anyway - Hmm, i really think nVidia are going to push to get the NV40 to shops this year, even if it's only relatively limited online availability. The R-Whateveritscalledthisweek is shaping up to be a very fast solution, and nV really don't want to get left behind again. Given that, in a best case scenario, the NV40 is already going to be 2 months behind ATi, they don't want to push it into next year. The signs are that the management have at last realised just how much trouble they're in, and the importance of pushing very hard for the next few quarters.
As i said in another thread, if they can meet the tapeout date, and get some luck with the first silicon, there shouldn't be much of a problem getting it out in December. And if they can do that, they've set themselves up in a great position for the foreseeable future. With no true next gen tech from ATi due for a long time, they really have got an open field if they play their cards right.
Technology + Lucky Break + Marketting + Wads of "phat" cash = A very happy nVidia CEO. The collapse (well, hmm) of the R400 project could be just what they need to get back in pole position.
Then again, i could have said similar things before the NV30, and look how that turned out. Ho hum.
Anyway - Hmm, i really think nVidia are going to push to get the NV40 to shops this year, even if it's only relatively limited online availability. The R-Whateveritscalledthisweek is shaping up to be a very fast solution, and nV really don't want to get left behind again. Given that, in a best case scenario, the NV40 is already going to be 2 months behind ATi, they don't want to push it into next year. The signs are that the management have at last realised just how much trouble they're in, and the importance of pushing very hard for the next few quarters.
As i said in another thread, if they can meet the tapeout date, and get some luck with the first silicon, there shouldn't be much of a problem getting it out in December. And if they can do that, they've set themselves up in a great position for the foreseeable future. With no true next gen tech from ATi due for a long time, they really have got an open field if they play their cards right.
Technology + Lucky Break + Marketting + Wads of "phat" cash = A very happy nVidia CEO. The collapse (well, hmm) of the R400 project could be just what they need to get back in pole position.
Then again, i could have said similar things before the NV30, and look how that turned out. Ho hum.
MuFu said:
IBM will manufacture several of the next-generation GPUs from NVIDIA.
East Fishkill, New York, facility will manufacture the first next-generation GeForce FX products in Fall 2003, not in Summer 2003, as NVIDIA originally said.
That was from their recent report. Looks like Mr Hara got his dates wrong, the NV40 will be a fall product... Doesn't that mean it will probably need a summer tape out. So it might be correct after all?
If the NV40 doesn't come out @ Comdex 2003, you'll have to held *me personally responsible*
Okay, so I mean, you'll have to held me responsible if it was never scheduled for that. Because I assure you that it currently is. Not my fault if they got delays, though ( even though nVidia is beggining to learn from their mistakes )
Just trust me 8)
Uttar
Okay, so I mean, you'll have to held me responsible if it was never scheduled for that. Because I assure you that it currently is. Not my fault if they got delays, though ( even though nVidia is beggining to learn from their mistakes )
Just trust me 8)
Uttar
