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Old December 22nd 04, 11:13 PM
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http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20041220A7039.html

Nvidia NV48 still alive, expected to be released in 2Q 2005

Charles Chou, Taipei; Steve Shen, DigiTimes.com [Monday 20 December
2004]


Nvidia has not given up on the NV48 and is expected to roll out the
GPU in the second quarter of next year, despite market rumors saying the
company has cancelled the chip, according to sources at Taiwan graphics card
makers.

However, Nvidia plans to have Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
Company (TSMC) produce the NV48, instead of IBM, as originally planned, the
sources noted. The NV48 will be built using a 0.11-micron process, the
sources added.

Improved yields of the GeForce 6600 and GeForce 6200 manufactured at
TSMC would probably be the reason for Nvidia to shift the production of the
NV48 back to TSMC, the sources said.

The NV48 will take on ATI's next-generation high-end graphics chip,
the R520, which is also expected to be launched in the second quarter of
2005. The R520, however, will be the industry's first GPU produced using a
90-nm process at TSMC.



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http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/d...220031126.html

NVIDIA's NV48 to be Made at TSMC, Says Article

NVIDIA's NV48 May Still Be in Plans, Contrary to Reports
by Anton Shilov
12/20/2004 | 03:13 AM

NVIDIA's graphics processor code-named NV48 may still be in plans, contrary
to earlier reports about its cancellation, says an article at DigiTimes
web-site. The chip would be made at TSMC, according to the report, not at
IBM, as it was initially reported.

The graphics processor that is believed to be internally called NV48 will be
made in mass quantities in the second quarter of 2005 at Taiwan
Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. The chip will use relatively low-cost
0.11 micron fabrication process, not IBM's 0.13 micron manufacturing
technology, according to the article.

NVIDIA's NV48 chip was originally supposed to be a "refresh" for the company
's GeForce 6800 Ultra graphics processor that was expected to feature a bit
higher frequencies compared to the original parts. Earlier this month
rumours about cancellation of NV48 and NV50 products emerged, however,
NVIDIA Corp. did not deny the information. NVIDIA reportedly also preps to
unveil the company's code-named NV47 visual processing unit that presumably
contains 24 pixel pipelines in future.

TSMC's 0.11 micron process technology is similar to the company's 0.13
micron technology and is mainly intended to cut down manufacturing costs,
rather than to allow higher clock-speeds. In case NVIDIA has enough
allocation for 0.11 micron nodes at TSMC, the company may enjoy higher
gross-margins on the NV48 products compared to what it might get if the NV48
was made at IBM.

ATI Technologies, NVIDIA's main rival, recently introduced RADEON X800 XL
and RADEON X800 chips made using 0.11 micron targeting
performance-mainstream market.

NVIDIA Corp.'s representatives did not comment on the news-story.



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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/21/nvidia_nv48/

Nvidia to pitch NV48 at ATI's R520
By Tony Smith
Published Tuesday 21st December 2004 09:48 GMT
Nvidia will launch against ATI's next-generation high-end graphics chip, the
R520, in Q2 2005.

So claim sources from among Taiwan's graphics card manufacturer community,
cited by DigiTimes.


They also allege that the part, codenamed NV48, will be fabbed by TSMC at
110nm, and not by IBM. The sources claim the move is a result of yields the
Taiwanese foundry has achieved with the GeForce 6200 and 6600 chips.

The shift from one manufacturing partner to another may account for the
rumours that Nvidia had cancelled NV48. Certainly, the NV48 had been
expected to appear late this year, according to Nvidia roadmaps doing the
rounds back in July. However, back then, the NV48 and its PCI Express-native
sibling, the NV48e, appeared little more than tweaked GeForce 6800 cores, so
it's possible the Q2 2005 part is different, despite taking the NV48 name.

Whatever features NV48 offers, it is likely to go head-to-head with ATI's
R520, not only its first DirectX 9 Shader Model 3.0 GPU but the first of its
graphics chips to be fabbed at 90nm. It will probably be the first GPU to
support GDDR 4, too, according to recent reports, which claim ATI has now
completed the chip's design. ®






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