Nvidia's NV40 mimics a 16x1-pipeline architecture with 8 pipes

Zardon · Mar 22, 2004, 03:49 PM

"INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM is not an easy thing. But we do what we have to do just as Nvidia and ATI need to make their chips. Our job is to post news as exclusive as possible, this is occasionally at the risk of jeopardising communications with the company that we write about. Still we have to do it.

Anyhow, we have something that you all have been waiting for.

It was easy enough to state that Nvidia's NV40 was an eight-times-two pipeline architecture before and now claim it's 16x1, but it was very hard to find out how this chip actually works without being able to speak with the company's David Kirk and ask him all the nasty questions. We don’t sign NDAs, that’s our problem. If we did, we'd know, but we wouldn't be able to tell you. As it is, we can post this stuff as soon as we get it. "

inquirer

Mar 22, 2004, 03:49 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	Nvidia's NV40 mimics a 16x1-pipeline architecture with 8 pipes "INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM is not an easy thing. But we do what we have to do just as Nvidia and ATI need to make their chips. Our job is to post news as exclusive as possible, this is occasionally at the risk of jeopardising communications with the company that we write about. Still we have to do it. Anyhow, we have something that you all have been waiting for. It was easy enough to state that Nvidia's NV40 was an eight-times-two pipeline architecture before and now claim it's 16x1, but it was very hard to find out how this chip actually works without being able to speak with the company's David Kirk and ask him all the nasty questions. We don’t sign NDAs, that’s our problem. If we did, we'd know, but we wouldn't be able to tell you. As it is, we can post this stuff as soon as we get it. " inquirer