ATI and NVIDIA both producing 0.11 micron graphics chips at TSMC

Posted on Wednesday, July 07 2004 @ 21:18 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

ATI and NVIDIA are ramping up their second wave of PCI Express chips, but with more wafter production over at TSMC using a 0.11 micron process.

Currently the demand for PCI Express graphics chips is limited, because of the pricing and the availability of these chips. But it is said that a possible price reduction for PCI Express motherboards and processors in Q3 2004 will boost demand for PCI Express graphics cards.

NVIDIA is going to produce its NV41 at IBM using a 0.13 micron process while the 0.11 micron NV43 will be produced at TSMC.

ATI and Nvidia new PCI Express graphics chips
Company	Chip	Process	Wafer foundry	Launch
ATI	RV410	0.11-micron	TSMC	3Q
ATI	R430	0.11-micron	TSMC	3Q
Nvidia	NV41	0.13-micron	IBM	3Q
Nvidia	NV43	0.11-micron	TSMC	3Q

Source: DigiTimes

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