'SirEric' interview (ATI) @ DH

[PrzemKo]

So... i gues there won't be any leaks of information form that SirEric poster... (;

 

[Dave Baumann]

Has it been confirmed before that the 9500 chips were rejected 9700 cores? I recall some controversy regarding that matter.

Yes (in fact that responce came from Eric). R300 had redundancy built in.

 

[incurable]

Has it been confirmed before that the 9500 chips were rejected 9700 cores? I recall some controversy regarding that matter.

Edit:
I mean, it's been very clear that they were R300 cores, but maybe not whether they were mutilated on purpose or not.

Guess as with every other product based on a partially defunct die, depending on supply (read: problems at manufacturing) and demand, you might be forced to use fully functional dies to fullfill the orders.

Given the success rate for 9500 -> 9700 conversions, I'd say ATi / TSMC either had better yields or more orders for the vanilla 9500 than expected, probably a bit of both.

cu

incurable

 

[Dio]

As for the picture, it was somewhat shocking. I never thought about how the sir looked like (what's next, OpenGl guy

OpenGLGuy makes up for in hair anything that sireric lacks.

Not that I should throw stones, I fear that my slowly-growing bald patch is not just from the thumb... no comments Andy.

 

[micron]

It's from doing U-turns under the sheets

 

[Bambers]

Has it been confirmed before that the 9500 chips were rejected 9700 cores? I recall some controversy regarding that matter.

Edit:
I mean, it's been very clear that they were R300 cores, but maybe not whether they were mutilated on purpose or not.

If they were mutilated on purpose then they obviously did a bad job on the ones people can softmod back into fully working r300 chips again.

Also considering the wide variety of errors on the ones that don't mod succesfully then it would suggest they were all random genuine manufacturing errors.

 

[horvendile]

Has it been confirmed before that (...)

DaveBaumann et al:
OK, thanks.

 

[martrox]

Sorry everyone, but the "cutest" B3d'er is Tagrineth......

And, even at 52, I've got "most" of my hair.......

 

[MuFu]

I actually have no idea what Dave and Marco (my B3D colleagues, that is) look like.

Spot me

You're under the table inbetween that poor girl's legs? Edit - no, you're off looking for a proper pint glass! What's with the girly tumblers?

There was a "post a picture of yourself" thread a while ago. Pretty interesting stuff. I always pictured sireric dressed in chainmail, carrying a lance and a big shield bearing the ATi logo.

The interview is a great read - nice to here from somebody on the hardware side for a change.

MuFu.

 

[Kristof]

I actually have no idea what Dave and Marco (my B3D colleagues, that is) look like.

Spot me

Thats not one of your better pictures... then again

all I remember is both are rather, er, plump (ok, plump is too strong a word) with one able to pass off as Santa (with dark brown beard, of course) and the other with a pate similar to Eric's.

Don't make me post that crooked smile of yours

K-

 

[Hanners]

I always pictured sireric dressed in chainmail, carrying a lance and a big shield bearing the ATi logo.

Funnily enough, so did I.

Oh well, another dream shattered....

 

[K.I.L.E.R]

I always pictured sireric dressed in chainmail, carrying a lance and a big shield bearing the ATi logo.

Funnily enough, so did I.

Oh well, another dream shattered....

Don't you mean:

Oh well, another fantasy shattered....

 

[Colourless]

Sorry everyone, but the "cutest" B3d'er is Tagrineth......

Hell yeah. I tend to think that Rev is just a tad delusional.

 

[Hanners]

Don't you mean:

Oh well, another fantasy shattered....

I couldn't possibly comment. :|

 

[davefb]

tagrineth is the cutest b3der?

thats pretty much like saying "tagrineth is the only female b3der"

anyway

1. so who is dave-b on that photo ??? the truth must out

2. interesting the r300 has built in redundancy , do they mean an r300 could be a 9700 or 9500 ? or do they mean that there are 'extra bits' which come on stream if there are minor fab failings ? ? kinda like the 'clive sinclair' idea of about 5 yrs ago

-dave-

 

[PVR_Extremist]

I'm guessing on fat one with the beard !

 

[RussSchultz]

I would have used words like "cherubic".

 

[sireric]

Has it been confirmed before that the 9500 chips were rejected 9700 cores? I recall some controversy regarding that matter.

Edit:
I mean, it's been very clear that they were R300 cores, but maybe not whether they were mutilated on purpose or not.

Guess as with every other product based on a partially defunct die, depending on supply (read: problems at manufacturing) and demand, you might be forced to use fully functional dies to fullfill the orders.

Given the success rate for 9500 -> 9700 conversions, I'd say ATi / TSMC either had better yields or more orders for the vanilla 9500 than expected, probably a bit of both.

cu

incurable

Actually, the 9700 & 9800 cores are both similar (some changes and new process), which is why I "lumped them together", but they are different silicon. Both of them have built-in a design which allows for full functionality with only 1/2 the die working. A few months ago, when I checked, not a single 9500 had been shipped that had used a 9700 level die. That's the main reason that availability on it is much lower than demand.

 

[sireric]

I always pictured sireric dressed in chainmail, carrying a lance and a big shield bearing the ATi logo.

Funnily enough, so did I.

Oh well, another dream shattered....

Oh, I just left those out of the picture -- Don't worry!

 

[Reverend]

Spot me

Oh for heaven's sakes... next time give us a pic of yourself instead of a pic showing a framed picture of yourself hanging on the wall.