nVidia CEO Speaks About The NV4X

Driver 7 · Mar 3, 2004, 10:01 AM

Today at the Morgan Stanley Semiconductor and Systems Conference, Jen-Hsun Huang (NVDIA’s CEO) who was there to discuss business was asked if he would talk about the next generation nVidia Graphics cards. His reply- "Nothing would give me more pleasure to talk about NV4x", and so he did.

'Jen-Hsun noted that that NV4x series was a new architectural generation that has been designed to offer specific goals: give more programmability, more performance, take advantage of the PCI-Express platform, have higher yields and to be very scalable. He also expects the performance increment from the previous generation to be dramatically higher than any previous architectural transition they have previously been through. Indeed, presumably speaking about NV40 specifically, NVIDIA’s CEO states that "if we’re not a lot more than 2 times faster I’m going to be very disappointed".

The NV4x generation is also designed to be fully PCI-Express compliant, and take full advantage of the benefits this bus architecture brings. The indication here is that the parts produced on the NV4x platform will be introduced with a native PCI-Express interface – rumours suggest that NV40 will be AGP compliant, but Jen-Hsun’s comments raises the possibility that NV40 may be a PCI-Express chip but the board may utilise their bridge chip to enable it to operate in an AGP system. It was noted that their strategy of not porting any of their current line over to PCI-Express does mean they will need to utilise their bridge chip for the low end initially as its they are not expecting to see the entry level NV4x part available until the end of Quarter 3 ’04.

Jen-Hsun commented that the rumours are suggesting the announcement of NV4x in "a couple of short months" and that these are "likely to be correct".'

Source: Beyond3D

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Driver 7 Discombobulated NVidiot Join Date: May 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC - CANADA Posts: 1,015 Rep Power: 0	nVidia CEO Speaks About The NV4X Today at the Morgan Stanley Semiconductor and Systems Conference, Jen-Hsun Huang (NVDIA’s CEO) who was there to discuss business was asked if he would talk about the next generation nVidia Graphics cards. His reply- "Nothing would give me more pleasure to talk about NV4x", and so he did. 'Jen-Hsun noted that that NV4x series was a new architectural generation that has been designed to offer specific goals: give more programmability, more performance, take advantage of the PCI-Express platform, have higher yields and to be very scalable. He also expects the performance increment from the previous generation to be dramatically higher than any previous architectural transition they have previously been through. Indeed, presumably speaking about NV40 specifically, NVIDIA’s CEO states that "if we’re not a lot more than 2 times faster I’m going to be very disappointed". The NV4x generation is also designed to be fully PCI-Express compliant, and take full advantage of the benefits this bus architecture brings. The indication here is that the parts produced on the NV4x platform will be introduced with a native PCI-Express interface – rumours suggest that NV40 will be AGP compliant, but Jen-Hsun’s comments raises the possibility that NV40 may be a PCI-Express chip but the board may utilise their bridge chip to enable it to operate in an AGP system. It was noted that their strategy of not porting any of their current line over to PCI-Express does mean they will need to utilise their bridge chip for the low end initially as its they are not expecting to see the entry level NV4x part available until the end of Quarter 3 ’04. Jen-Hsun commented that the rumours are suggesting the announcement of NV4x in "a couple of short months" and that these are "likely to be correct".' Source: Beyond3D