Availability less than 40nm desktop graphics cards AMD admitted there are problems

In April this year, AMD launched the worlds first 40 nanometer manufacturing process of the desktop graphics card ATI Radeon HD 4770. This low-cost, high-performance graphics card market, attention won. But few days ago came from abroad site Hexus said, AMD recognized the Radeon HD 4770 there is serious shortage of supply, and the market price of goods has been no corroboration of this fact.

Recently, AMD first publicly acknowledged Radeon HD 4770 can not be a large number of suppliers and TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) 40 nanometer passing rate is not high, and one week before the AMD European technology public relations manager Antel Tungler in a note to the official explained that Radeon HD 4770 using TSMCs 40 nanometer manufacturing process, while AMD is also able to meet the initial listing of the world in every region of this high-quality 40-nanometer GPU needs a large number of suppliers. While we meet the initial demand, but AMD is not expected to be the global market enthusiasts find it difficult to count the Radeon HD 4770 on the huge demand, we are now in close collaboration with TSMC to solve the supply problem.

In addition, we also worked with AMDs AIB partners, in the same range of prices to negotiate a reasonable solution to ensure long-term supply. Today, many consumers still choose to buy a little bit high-performance Radeon HD 4850 graphics cards, this card in the global electronics retailers offer store is 100 U.S. dollars or 99 euros (including VAT). And then he recently said in public, AMD has no choice but to lower prices and the Radeon HD 4850 launch of the RV770 based on 55 nanometer Radeon HD 4730 to fill the vacancy RV740.

Radeon HD 4770 graphics chip

Antel Tungler from the information given can be seen to TSMC 40 nanometer technology now passing rates, the market did not meet the needs of Radeon HD 4770, and AMD is working with TSMC to work closely with trying to solve the problem. Radeon HD 4770 in order to reduce the supply problem can not be smooth, AMD has been with AIB partners to discuss remedial programs, such as high-end Radeon HD 4850 to about 100 U.S. dollars level, and the introduction of 55 nm based on the Radeon HD 4730, fill vacancies on the market .

TSMC production of AMD-ATI RV740 40 nanometer wafer

Graphics industry, according to information revealed that in addition to AMD Radeon HD 4770, NVIDIA using the same TSMC 40 nanometer graphics chips, but the passing rate by the impact of the problem, NVIDIA last only for 40-nanometer process with a relatively small number of notebook graphics chip market , a large number of desktop graphics chips will use the old 55-nanometer process. AMD and TSMC 40 nanometer in the absorption of the lessons, the company believes that the use of a single graphics chip foundry have a greater risk, AMD at Computex, held a press conference also mentioned that the next addition to TSMC, the majority does not rule out the graphics chip Globalfoundries authorized the possibility of manufacturing companies.

NVIDIA notebook will develop 40-nanometer process Graphics

To say these are not satisfactory from the recently held Computex in Taiwan, the General Assembly, at which TSMC rare for AMD platform, and vigorously promote its foundry for AMDs 40-nanometer process Graphics RV 870. But also more and more AMD to focus on the wafer on the Global Foundries. The latest Global Foundries and 32,28-nanometer process technology, the feasibility of the article to promote Taiwan an important consolidation of the AMD foundry partner. Global Foundries makes TSMC and two fab PC maker in the lower reaches of the arrangements for the display of the Computex exhibition, competition very strong smell of gunpowder.

Global Foundries said that the 32-nanometer process technology than the 45 nm transistor performance increase of about 40%, and 32-nanometer manufacturing process is also used its first-generation High-kMetal Gate technology products, is expected to process 32-nanometer SOI fastest shipping in volume production in 2010, is remarkable, Global Foundries will also be displayed in 28-nanometer process SRAM test wafer, on behalf of its early test with 28 nanometer production capacity, at the same time in 2011 for mass production of its next-generation AMD graphics chip.

Edit Comment: Market share of industry is a real business survival depend on, and in todays financial crisis, under the influence of external factors beyond the control of the business only through lower costs and keep the old market, opening up the development of emerging markets to obtain . And this environment will lead to a lot of radical practice, one of which is to be immature things, such as technology, first rammed into the market, attracted attention. Introduction of new technology products is a natural favorite, especially in IT products, may lead to better performance, with low energy-consuming, more convenient to carry and so on.

However, in this period, some companies will be similar to something out the politicians to campaign for voters to make the same commitments, we can not say that is cheating, but more is to attract attention. AMD desktop or in the 40 nanometer graphics on the twists and turns, NVIDIA notebook graphics chips also see the development of the market at the right time so do not open the notebook to the development of 40-nanometer process GPU. NVIDIA and the news GlobalFoundries in close contact with the company, if TSMC is therefore a loss of part of it, then orders the entire chip market will also lead to fluctuations in price.