Help: RV100 (Radeon 7000/VE) How many transistors?

[Ante P]

can't find it anywhere, as a matter of fact I can't find that many reivews either (not very strange sthough since this one sucks really badly)

 

[Psikotiko]

can't find it anywhere, as a matter of fact I can't find that many reivews either (not very strange sthough since this one sucks really badly)

I think it has the same as the original Radeon.....

I might be wrong.

 

[Ante P]

can't find it anywhere, as a matter of fact I can't find that many reivews either (not very strange sthough since this one sucks really badly)

I think it has the same as the original Radeon.....

I might be wrong.

Yeah that's the only number I've come up with this far.
But since the RV100 doesn't have the TCL unit nor the second pipe that would seem really wierd. (Unless it's like the 9500, ie RV100 is made out of broken R100s)

 

[Mulciber]

can't find it anywhere, as a matter of fact I can't find that many reivews either (not very strange sthough since this one sucks really badly)

I think it has the same as the original Radeon.....

I might be wrong.

Yeah that's the only number I've come up with this far.
But since the RV100 doesn't have the TCL unit nor the second pipe that would seem really wierd. (Unless it's like the 9500, ie RV100 is made out of broken R100s)

i believe its a different chip. they physicly removed the t&l as well as the 2nd pixel pipe, for manufacturing and profitability reasons.

transistor count should be extrmelely small. maybe 10 million?

 

[Tahir2]

Radeon had 30 million yes?
If so, 10 million sounds too low. Kyro II = 14 million wasn't it?

 

[demalion]

Early Radeon 7000/VE chips were R100 chips, so that is my opinion on why it will continue to be hard to find a clear answer. I have the impression that changed, but it may not have.

The 10/00 entry at the top of this page confirms what I recall. Seems to indicate the Radeon was 25 million transistors.

Searching the rest of the site...

This 02/01 entry seems to confirm that the same designation (RV100) referred to a different chip at a later date.

Being bored, as I often am Saturdays I pursued this further after the monicker RV150 for such an update part occurred to me, but the only search result I found was out of date and wasn't very strong confirmation that this guess would be fruitful.

So, I tried a different approach...it occurred to me that I'm always saying how the ATI mobile parts are whatever chip design is convenient, and the features of the desktop 2001 Radeon VE/7000 (dual display on chip, transistors sacrificed) would fit well in a mobile chip.

Unfortunately, I ended up hitting every laptop spec page on the web, and decided that was enough.

But, if you can find the M6 transistor count, I think that would give you the right answer.