'SirEric' interview (ATI) @ DH

[Reverend]

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

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

Always... especially when participating here.... it's fun to join the crowd.

 

[Reverend]

There was a "post a picture of yourself" thread a while ago.

Missed that thread. Anyway...

Okay, so I had to hide behind shades. Still have the same amount of hair though (but there appears to be a few new additional grey ones!).

 

[Kristof]

I'm guessing on fat one with the beard !

Nope, some hints... he is wearing glasses... and a dopey look

K-

 

[BoardBonobo]

He's the one with his back to us in the blue shirt and wearing a watch.

 

[Mariner]

Still have the same amount of hair though (but there appears to be a few new additional grey ones!).

Ahh, but there's no such thing as grey hair - just white and the normal colour.

 

[andypski]

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

That's what he does in his spare time. He has to be more restrained for official interviews...

 

[OpenGL guy]

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

That's what he does in his spare time. He has to be more restrained for official interviews...

You have to be careful at work, though, as sireric has been known to lop off limbs when he gets excited

"It's only a flesh wound, I've had worse."

 

[Kristof]

He's the one with his back to us in the blue shirt and wearing a watch.

We have a winner... Rev, give the guy a kiss

K-

 

[MuFu]

There was a "post a picture of yourself" thread a while ago.

Missed that thread.

My mistake - it was "Who is the wierdest (sic) looking person" - quite a few pics of people popped up in the end. I appear to currently be third in the poll, behind Tagrineth and Michael Jackson. LOL.

Anyway...

Okay, so I had to hide behind shades. Still have the same amount of hair though (but there appears to be a few new additional grey ones!).

You look like my Uncle Frank who, in great Chinese tradition, isn't my uncle or even remotely related to me.

MuFu.

 

[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.

Thanks for the info!

cu

incurable

 

[jvd]

MuFu you have to love my dumb posts haha .

http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5307&highlight=pics+mod heres pics of me and some other beyond3d people . Of course i'm told i look like swamp thing .

 

[DeanoC]

Dave must avoid camera's like the plague, I just checked the Dusk to Dawn ones and no sign of Dave. They even managed to get me! Damn alchohol, got rid of my usual good sense.

I'm not exactly photogenic at the best of times but the Dusk to Dawn photos would scare little children (I'm not kidding, I manage to look like some demented killer).

Guess which one I'm am. I'll give you a hint, I'm not wearing Red PVC. Actually given the demented killer discription, its really not that hard.

http://www.nvidia.co.uk/view.asp?IO=d2d_nvok5

Though I do find the caption at the bottom of the OK magazines quite funny (this is from a NVIDIA GeforceFX party remember). "Revealed Inside: Secrets and Cheats". Must be the driver design document

 

[Doomtrooper]

Ummm all of them look pretty shady to me

We need better hints !!

 

[MuFu]

Guess which one I'm am. I'll give you a hint, I'm not wearing Red PVC. Actually given the demented killer discription, its really not that hard.

No idea who you are but 130 is a classic.

Herro!

MuFu.

 

[Pete]

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.

Now I'm confused. How can a 9700/9800 fully function with half a die? Did they start out as 16x1?

 

[Dave Baumann]

Fully functional in terms of operation - i.e turn half of it off and it will still work (just half the speed).

 

[rwolf]

No he is saying 4 pipes or 8 pipes. If there are testing problems with the chip they can revert to 4 pipes.


My question is this....

If I run a long shader on one of eight pipes then all eight pipes stall until the long shader is done -- right?

Why not make the pipelines run independently and then you could have 7 pipes or 6 pipes?

EDIT: Sounds like you have a great job sireric. Must feel real good to be part of something revolutionary like the R300/R350.

 

[micron]

I'm ugly.
http://www.lochel.com/THGC/html/Genetic_Weapon.html
(watch out for popups)

 

[OpenGL guy]

No he is saying 4 pipes or 8 pipes. If there are testing problems with the chip they can revert to 4 pipes.

My question is this....

If I run a long shader on one of eight pipes then all eight pipes stall until the long shader is done -- right?

Not exactly. The hardware is more efficient than that because of pipelining, etc.

Why not make the pipelines run independently and then you could have 7 pipes or 6 pipes?

Because this is far more expensive.

 

[WaltC]

Never imagined Eric looks like that

I hate all pictures of me

Did you expect me uglier or cuter? It's like seeing radio personalities for the first time...

Oh well.

Heh...Heh...Actually, from having seen the name sireric often in this and other forums I had expected an image slightly more robust--possibly complete with gleaming breastplate, mail mittens, a lance, and helmeted visor over a bascinet & camail, with possibly a Canadian-US-colored feather sticking out from the top...

Or, maybe just a Knight on a white horse...

That aside, I wish to congratulate you for your part in a job well done.