Will ATI R450 be at 0.11 Micron?

Davidgt · Nov 2, 2003, 07:32 PM

“TSMC will begin shipping 0.11 micron wafers in Q1 (of 2004), with volume ramps beginning in Q2,” said Michael McConnell, an analyst with Pacific Crest Securities in the report released Wednesday, 29th of October, quoted by EE Times. “The company will beat its competitors to the market and will benefit from higher ASPs. 90nm production will begin in the second half of 2004.”

“We do not have any problems with 0.13 margins. Actually, it is the opposite. We want to go into 0.13 and 0.11 very aggressively. If it was creating pressure, I do not think we would be banging our heads against the wall,” KY Ho – the CEO of ATI –told Reuters in an interview during Computex Taipei 2003 trade-show.

We may suggest that TSMC’s 0.11 micron process will be intended for developers of complex chips, such as graphics processors, designed by large firms, like ATI or NVIDIA. Furthermore, in case the CEO of the ATI speaks about a rapid transition to the 0.11 micron technology, this may mean there are no issues with tangible design changes compared to 0.13 micron chips.

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~~craig588~~ · Nov 2, 2003, 08:06 PM

No, it wont.

They still have a hard time working with the .13 micron process.

Davidgt · Nov 2, 2003, 08:12 PM

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Originally posted by craig588
No, it wont.

They still have a hard time working with the .13 micron process.

“We do not have any problems with 0.13 margins. Actually, it is the opposite. We want to go into 0.13 and 0.11 very aggressively. If it was creating pressure, I do not think we would be banging our heads against the wall,” KY Ho – the CEO of ATI –told Reuters in an interview during Computex Taipei 2003 trade-show.

you sure about that?

~~craig588~~ · Nov 2, 2003, 08:25 PM

If they could do .13 reliably and persice enough they would have already released a 8 pipe radeon with it, its too difficult right now.

If they want to run to .11 they will hit an nvidia like situation. All of the research into speed with be diverted until they can hammer out a working .11 process, but by then nvidia will have worked on enough optimizations to beat them.

Nov 2, 2003, 07:32 PM	#1
Davidgt Car Audio Guy Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Atlanta, Ga Posts: 499 Rep Power: 0	Will ATI R450 be at 0.11 Micron? “TSMC will begin shipping 0.11 micron wafers in Q1 (of 2004), with volume ramps beginning in Q2,” said Michael McConnell, an analyst with Pacific Crest Securities in the report released Wednesday, 29th of October, quoted by EE Times. “The company will beat its competitors to the market and will benefit from higher ASPs. 90nm production will begin in the second half of 2004.” “We do not have any problems with 0.13 margins. Actually, it is the opposite. We want to go into 0.13 and 0.11 very aggressively. If it was creating pressure, I do not think we would be banging our heads against the wall,” KY Ho – the CEO of ATI –told Reuters in an interview during Computex Taipei 2003 trade-show. We may suggest that TSMC’s 0.11 micron process will be intended for developers of complex chips, such as graphics processors, designed by large firms, like ATI or NVIDIA. Furthermore, in case the CEO of the ATI speaks about a rapid transition to the 0.11 micron technology, this may mean there are no issues with tangible design changes compared to 0.13 micron chips. Raed more HERE

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~~craig588~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In clothing Posts: 3,510 Rep Power: 0	No, it wont. They still have a hard time working with the .13 micron process.

Nov 2, 2003, 08:25 PM	#4
~~craig588~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In clothing Posts: 3,510 Rep Power: 0	If they could do .13 reliably and persice enough they would have already released a 8 pipe radeon with it, its too difficult right now. If they want to run to .11 they will hit an nvidia like situation. All of the research into speed with be diverted until they can hammer out a working .11 process, but by then nvidia will have worked on enough optimizations to beat them.