NV48 Not Cancelled, Coming Q2 '05

[klah]

http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20041220A7039.html

Nvidia has not given up on the NV48 and is expected to roll out the GPU in the second quarter of next year, despite market rumors *cough* saying the company has cancelled the chip, according to sources at Taiwan graphics card makers.

However, Nvidia plans to have Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) produce the NV48, instead of IBM, as originally planned, the sources noted. The NV48 will be built using a 0.11-micron process, the sources added.

Improved yields of the GeForce 6600 and GeForce 6200 manufactured at TSMC would probably be the reason for Nvidia to shift the production of the NV48 back to TSMC, the sources said.

The NV48 will take on ATI?s next-generation high-end graphics chip, the R520, which is also expected to be launched in the second quarter of 2005. The R520, however, will be the industry?s first GPU produced using a 90-nm process at TSMC.

 

[Regs]

Meh. Another 500 dollar video card that they will sell 100 of.

 

[imported_Computer MAn]

Is this their refresh or will it replace the NV50 as their new core. And does anybody know any rumored specs on these cards. Thanks

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: Regs
Meh. Another 500 dollar video card that they will sell 100 of.

😀

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: Regs
Meh. Another 500 dollar video card that they will sell 100 of.

:thumbsup:

 

[ronnn]

Nothing is ever cancelled and paper launch is only 6 months away.

 

[OnEMoReTrY]

And why should we believe one site saying it isn't cancelled vs the several that say it is?

 

[erikistired]

how many people believed soundstorm wasn't cancelled because one site said it wasn't?

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: Regs
Meh. Another 500 dollar video card that they will sell 100 of.

Having options is always good Regs. ATI might paper launch the R520, and you don't want to leave linux users out in the cold do you?

Who knows? Maybe these will get the second gen PVP and be beloved of all.

 

[SOTY]

They're not announcing any cancelation or anything, just continue to announce new products. Make the company look promising, stimulate investors, stock price rises etc etc....

 

[Yanagi]

Anybody hearing 450mhz core and 1200-1300 mem? 😛

 

[BenSkywalker]

Anybody hearing 450mhz core and 1200-1300 mem?

If they make the move to 0.11u then the clockrate should be quite a bit higher then that, somewhere closer to 600MHZ should be reasonable if they simply use the die shrink to increase clock and don't add new features/pipes etc.

 

[Regs]

Originally posted by: Rollo

Originally posted by: Regs
Meh. Another 500 dollar video card that they will sell 100 of.

Having options is always good Regs. ATI might paper launch the R520, and you don't want to leave linux users out in the cold do you?

Who knows? Maybe these will get the second gen PVP and be beloved of all.

Lets just see how available they are.