24-pipes R520 Yield Rate at 3%

Jejking · Jul 22, 2005, 11:56 AM

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24-pipes R520 Yield Rate at 3%

We heard that the last R520 spin at TSMC is at 3% yield rate for 24 pipes and we can certainly expect a much lower yield for 32-pipes R520. Obviously ATi is still facing some yield issues for their R520 @ 90nm process and ATI could resort to a 16 pipes R520 for better yield and make up the loss with a much higher core clock of 700MHz+ as INQ has previously suggested. It is still possible for ATi to keep to the time frame of August-September launch if decided to go ahead with 16-pipes R520. If not, 24-32 pipes R520 is expected to delay further to Q4 this year.

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[color=#000000]Original article at VR-Zone Hardware[/color]

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 22, 2005, 12:17 PM

"We heard that ...."

From where? Nice they give no soucre if not only a vage jest of were the
information came from a rumor mill or a possable vaild source we will never
know.Non the less It's not uncommon to see a massive fail rate with any
New CPU or GPU early in the process. Also it already been said there were
some problems with the 90nm process and that will be soon resolved thus
greatly improveing yeilds leting them better ramp up thier production.

It just means they will have alot of cores for makeing into lesser cards
It also effects the COST of the high end units

Jul 22, 2005, 12:17 PM	#2
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	"We heard that ...." From where? Nice they give no soucre if not only a vage jest of were the information came from a rumor mill or a possable vaild source we will never know.Non the less It's not uncommon to see a massive fail rate with any New CPU or GPU early in the process. Also it already been said there were some problems with the 90nm process and that will be soon resolved thus greatly improveing yeilds leting them better ramp up thier production. It just means they will have alot of cores for makeing into lesser cards It also effects the COST of the high end units __________________