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TSMC Set to Produce Nvidia Maxwell Graphics Chips Using 20nm Process Technology.

Started by: OmegaHuman | Date 12/06/12 12:38:55 PM
Comments: 3 | Last Comment:  12/10/12 12:09:25 AM

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Wooow. How come? They should stick to best ever 28nm HKMG process. Their GTX680 graphic chips lineup rullz Dwrld.
0 1 [Posted by: OmegaHuman  | Date: 12/06/12 12:38:55 PM]
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1. That roadmap above is wrong. Maxwell is due in 2014, not 2013.

2. GTX680 is good but it already uses ~ 190W of power at load. You can't get 50-75% more performance by 2014 if you stick to 28nm for the flagship Maxwell. 20nm makes way more sense.
0 1 [Posted by: BestJinjo  | Date: 12/06/12 08:24:30 PM]
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nvidia has been having TSMC manufacturing their chips for a very long time. The article makes it sounds like they switched to TSMC rather then continuing with business as usual.

Intel is not going to give them access to their fabs, and the only serious competitor is thus "The Foundry Company" which is less reliable than TSMC (what with being a recent spinoff of AMD who is going through difficulties). so remaining with TSMC is an obvious choice
0 0 [Posted by: taltamir  | Date: 12/10/12 12:09:25 AM]
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