The R400 Legacy

[Fodder]

So, now that we know quite a bit about both R500 and R520, what parts of each architecture do you think come from the fabled R400 project? Does this give us any hints as to what R400 actually was? Or perhaps, they threw R400 out and built it all off Rampage?

 

[Tim Murray]

So, now that we know quite a bit about both R500 and R520, what parts of each architecture do you think come from the fabled R400 project? Does this give us any hints as to what R400 actually was? Or perhaps, they threw R400 out and built it all off Rampage?

Memory controller and the scheduler.

 

[SugarCoat]

all i know is they get all their technology from crashed UFO's.

 

[Geo]

Memory controller and the scheduler.

Oooh, shooting fish in a barrel are we? How about the branch execution unit in the PS?