While NVIDIA executives at a conference call last week never let the phrase "IBM Microelectronics" pass their lips, it appears from a report today that the second source foundry still has a deal to make chips for it.
A report in the Economic News said that Big Blue will make NV36 and NV40 chips for NVIDIA, while TSMC will make RV360 and R420 graphics chips for ATI. The report adds that the NV40 will have 300 million trannies and run at 600MHz, use special DDR-II memory and be produced at the IBM foundry at .13µ (micron) towards the end of the year.
The R420 will use TSMC .13µ technology and the report added that the Taiwanese foundry will fab up the R500 series chips using 90 nanometer tech next year. Moving to 90 nanometer, we'd suggest, will be no picnic however.
Source : The Inquirer
A report in the Economic News said that Big Blue will make NV36 and NV40 chips for NVIDIA, while TSMC will make RV360 and R420 graphics chips for ATI. The report adds that the NV40 will have 300 million trannies and run at 600MHz, use special DDR-II memory and be produced at the IBM foundry at .13µ (micron) towards the end of the year.
The R420 will use TSMC .13µ technology and the report added that the Taiwanese foundry will fab up the R500 series chips using 90 nanometer tech next year. Moving to 90 nanometer, we'd suggest, will be no picnic however.
Source : The Inquirer
