http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/d...929004713.html

ATI Technologies' CEO Talks About Transition to 0.11 Micron

quote:

ATI Technologies' co-founder and CEO, Mr. KY Ho said last week that
his company was planning a very aggressive transition to 0.13 and 0.11
micron fabrication technologies. This is the first claim of such kind
coming from an ATI top executive, as the company is generally very
cautious and its decision not to manufacture the high-end RADEON
9700-, 9800-series of graphic processors using 0.13 micron technology,
but stick to mature 0.15 micron process, allowed the firm to leave its
main rival NVIDIA behind in terms of performance and production
costs...

Transition to 0.11 micron technology will probably start in the second
half of 2004, about a year and a half after the first 0.13 micron
chips left TSMC foundry. Hence, all next-generation ATI's VPUs will be
made using 0.13 micron technology, while the future generation
graphics products, such as code-named ATI R500, will be manufactured
using 0.11 micron technology. It is also possible that ATI will make a
less complex graphics processor for mainstream or value market segment
using 0.11 micron technology for evaluation the process in the second
half 2004.

On 29 Sep 2003 22:13:48 -0700, Radeon350 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com (Radeon350) wrote:

When the heck is the .13u version of the 9800 coming out? Should be
cheaper and cooler running.



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Never. R420 will be their first large, high-end chip using .13nm.

John


"chrisv" <chrisv (AT) nospam (DOT) invalid> wrote

On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:13:53 GMT, "John Reynolds"
<JohnrReynolds (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

When's the R420 coming out then? 8)

Current rumors have it at next spring. 1H04 is a safe bet.

John


"chrisv" <chrisv (AT) nospam (DOT) invalid> wrote