Latest ATI ASICs showing at PCI-SIG

[kemosabe]

RV505, RV516, Theatre 650 Pro, RS600.

http://www.pcisig.com/developers/compliance_program/integrators_list/pcie/

If I recall correctly, RS600 has an integrated (and probably crippled) RV410 core. Sounds like 80nm parts aren't that far off after all.

 

[TehGoldenBee]

I must have missed that, why does it have an RV410 inside?

 

[kemosabe]

According to an AnandTech roadmap posted last year, ATI is integrating the RV410 core into its next-generation northbridge chipsets. I presume they'll cut the 8 pipes in half (as they did with RV370) along with whatever other architectural hackery that usually accompanies this entry-level castration exercise. They've gotta stay ahead of Intel's 'new and improved' IGP performance if they want to keep getting those OEM wins.

 

[Tim]

RV505, RV516, Theatre 650 Pro, RS600.

http://www.pcisig.com/developers/compliance_program/integrators_list/pcie/

If I recall correctly, RS600 has an integrated (and probably crippled) RV410 core. Sounds like 80nm parts aren't that far off after all.

Yes the next integrated part from Ati should have 4 RV4xx pipes.

 

[Dave Baumann]

But it'll probably have R5xx's video and display functionality.

 

[Geo]

Yeah, I was thinking they committed to Avivo for that a long time ago (when it was still "Kaleidoscope")

The interesting question tho is they are combining that with R4xx quads. . . well, that raises questions about why HQV score increasing stuff hasn't shown up for X8xx parts. Or at least questions about where the heck this accel is happening.. .

 

[Dave Baumann]

R4xx quads are smaller, ergo cheaper than R5xx quads. Gaming performance is not going to be the paramount importance (although 4 R4xx pipelines are probably going to be a little more effective than, say, 2 R5xx), but Vista interface performance is going to be more critical, and SM3.0 is superfluous to requirements for that. Video is of importance as a decent integrated chip with hardware video support also makes it a good candidate for media PC's and having H.264 functionality will be a must. Bear in mind though that the fixed function video elements of Avivo are different from R4xx, which is why then need to specifically bring this over from R5xx (and why you aren't seeing support in R4xx desktop chips).

 

[Arty]

R581, RV536 and RV516 to be 90nm ASICs from UMC according to dailytech.

So if R581 is a poor mans gpu (thought I'd never use that phrase) at the high end then what exactly is R590. :|

 

[kemosabe]

Sounds like we keep coming back to the X1900XL theory.

 

[kemosabe]

Fuad's R580+ wild guessing continues.