ATI to build 28nm Graphics Chips at Globalfoundries

[cbn]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/...d_28nm_Graphics_Chips_at_Globalfoundries.html

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Just wondering why it seems to be cheaper to build a whole new plant than retool an old one?

 

[biostud]

Just wondering why it seems to be cheaper to build a whole new plant than retool an old one?

if yo build a new one, you can produce both at the old one + the new one

 

[edplayer]

Just wondering why it seems to be cheaper to build a whole new plant than retool an old one?

it doesn't say anything about building a new plant

 

[Madcatatlas]

I wonder who will be the first out with 32 or 28 nm GPUS

 

[Lonyo]

I wonder who will be the first out with 32 or 28 nm GPUS

GPUs in general, or GPUs that consumers would want to buy?
NV had a lot of 40nm product out for a long time before Fermi, but nothing that anyone would really want to go out and buy (certainly no one from this forum). Obviously ATI was still first with the HD4770, but that had paltry availability. NV had a lot of shipping 40nm product, but it was all the low end stuff.
Equally when 32 or 28nm ship, either party could have out low end products that no one cares about.
It's all about who rolls out 28nm at the top end.

 

[sandorski]

Hopefully GF won't much it up like TSMC did. Which brings up an interesting possibility, that being that ATI could Win the next round based upon a better Process. Kind of a long shot at this time, but TSMC doesn't inspire much confidence after the current fiasco.

 

[BFG10K]

It's about time ATi started using Global Foundries.

 

[cbn]

Does ATI switching to Globalfoundries in any way affect Nvidia's process technology strategy?

 

[BD231]

All the more reason to hold out till 2nd gen Dx11 cards.

 

[Apocalypse23]

I'm not going to be expecting top quality first gen 28nm cards from ATI since this will be a first for both companies, we might be going through some fair or bad performing batches of 28nm, and as the production is streamlined later, we may begin to see more solid 28nm cards. I'm saying this because this will be a complicated fabrication and manufacturing process, 28nm is aka "to boldly go where no one has gone before". But then again, the 4800 series were 55nm chips, and ATI successfully produced 40nm 5800 series chips, the next move will be 28nm, it just sounds a bit scary to me as there really isn't even a 28nm processor in production atm, this will be a delicate process.