DigiTimes writes Huang wants to make sure that ATI's bookings for TSMC's 80nm capacity don't affect the production of NVIDIA's G80 GPU.
Huang is eager to get a head start on the G80 because ATI's DirectX 10-compliant R600 may not hit the market until the first quarter of 2007, the sources said. The G80 stands a good chance of seeing strong demand in the high-end graphics-chip markets during the Christmas shopping season, the sources added.