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ATI Has Been Testing R580 Since July - Sources.
ATI's New Chip May Be Around the Corner
Sources close to ATI Technologies have said that the company has been
testing its forthcoming high-end graphics processing unit (GPU) since
July, 2005. The chip, which is due to be out early in 2006 is claimed
to be a rapid one by persons familiar with the matter.
"It is really fast," a person who knows approximate performance
estimates of the code-named R580 graphics processor said. Another
source noted that ATI Technologies has been "playing" with the
code-named R580 part since early July, 2005, at least, trying to clock
it at different speeds and measure its performance afterwards.
Rumours that have been circulating around the Web indicated that the
internally known as the R580 graphics chip supports up to 48 pixel
processors, 8 or more vertex processors and work at high clock-speeds.
The chip, however, is expected to have from 16 texture mapping units
(TMU), less that could be expected. The product is to support Shader
Model 3.0, ring-bus memory controller, GDDR4 memory type and other
innovations.
Earlier this year an Asian web-site published a slide entitled
"ATI's 90nm Technology Advantage" that described the company's
success with the 90nm process technology at TSMC manufacturer.
According to the slide, not only code-named R520, RV530 and RV515,
which are to ship under RADEON X1800, X1600 and X1300 names
respectively, but also R580 - which is believed to be a faster
incarnation of the R520 - were "in house and working". The slide
also claimed that the products were "ready for Fall shipments".
ATI did not comment on the news-story.
ATI Has Been Testing R580 Since July - Sources.
ATI's New Chip May Be Around the Corner
Sources close to ATI Technologies have said that the company has been
testing its forthcoming high-end graphics processing unit (GPU) since
July, 2005. The chip, which is due to be out early in 2006 is claimed
to be a rapid one by persons familiar with the matter.
"It is really fast," a person who knows approximate performance
estimates of the code-named R580 graphics processor said. Another
source noted that ATI Technologies has been "playing" with the
code-named R580 part since early July, 2005, at least, trying to clock
it at different speeds and measure its performance afterwards.
Rumours that have been circulating around the Web indicated that the
internally known as the R580 graphics chip supports up to 48 pixel
processors, 8 or more vertex processors and work at high clock-speeds.
The chip, however, is expected to have from 16 texture mapping units
(TMU), less that could be expected. The product is to support Shader
Model 3.0, ring-bus memory controller, GDDR4 memory type and other
innovations.
Earlier this year an Asian web-site published a slide entitled
"ATI's 90nm Technology Advantage" that described the company's
success with the 90nm process technology at TSMC manufacturer.
According to the slide, not only code-named R520, RV530 and RV515,
which are to ship under RADEON X1800, X1600 and X1300 names
respectively, but also R580 - which is believed to be a faster
incarnation of the R520 - were "in house and working". The slide
also claimed that the products were "ready for Fall shipments".
ATI did not comment on the news-story.
