Nvidia: We Are the Largest Producer of 40nm Chips.

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http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/d...0nm_Chips.html

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Nvidia: We Are the Largest Producer of 40nm Chips.

Nvidia Expects 40nm Chips to Account for Substantial Portion of Revenue
[08/06/2009 11:07 PM]
by Anton Shilov

Nvidia Corp., a leading supplier of standalone graphics processing units as well as various core-logic sets, said that even though it was not the first company to adopt the 40nm process technology of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, it is currently the largest customer to utilize the 40nm fabrication process and reiterated that in the future the 40nm-based products will represent a large portion of the company’s revenue.

“I think the general buzz around the industry is that we are by far the largest producers of 40nm today and I think that that is, probably, consistent. We have shipped more and earlier than just about anybody, and we have not spoken a lot about our 40nm products because we have fabulous products that we are currently shipping and so we tend not to pre-announce products until the customers are really shipping themselves. We are ramping our 40nm product[s] now,” said Jen-Hsun Huang, chief executive officer and president of Nvidia Corp., during a quarterly conference call with financial analysts.

It is interesting to note that the world’s first mobile graphics processor made using 40nm process technology – ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830/4860 (M97) – was announced by ATI, graphics business unit of Advanced Micro Devices, back in early March ’09, whereas the first 40nm graphics chip aimed at desktops – ATI Radeon HD 4770 (RV740) – was launched in late April ’09 and is currently available in retail.

Nvidia announced its first 40nm mobile graphics chips in mid-June ’09 and detailed its 40nm desktop graphics processors in early July, 2009. At present Nvidia only sells 40nm chips to original equipment manufacturers.

Mr. Huang re-emphasized his earlier claim that by the end of the year 25% of its revenue will be represented by chips manufactured using 40nm fabrication process and said that in Q3 2010 the vast majority of Nvidia’s products will be produced at 40nm node.

“By Q4, [40nm products] will represent a very large portion of our revenue. It certainly will not represent the vast majority of it. […] My expectation is that by Q3 [2010] timeframe, it will represent the vast majority of our products,” claimed Mr. Huang.

At present Nvidia does not address the market of high-end graphics cards with its 40nm chips. Instead, its new graphics processors are small and thus are less expensive to manufacture. However, thanks to DirectX 10.1 and GDDR5 support, they can not only boast with better functionality than previous-generation products, but also with higher performance in some cases.

“Our gross margins are higher on 40nm products because they are fresher products and the die sizes are lower, [so] they tend to be more cost effective for us,” added Mr. Huang.

DSK · 08-11-2009, 10:36 | posts: 16,634 | Location: Scotland | User is Online

Good for them

steve-

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Originally Posted by kylzer

Good for them

This..

proFits · 08-11-2009, 11:03 | posts: 4,442 | Location: Quebec | User is Offline

Brag much nvidia ?

aircool

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Originally Posted by proFits

Brag much nvidia ?

A bit, it doesn't really mean much mind unless your counting the cash at the end of the day

vbetts · 08-11-2009, 12:05 | posts: 7,004 | Location: Toledo Ohio | User is Offline

Okay.

proFits · 08-11-2009, 12:08 | posts: 4,442 | Location: Quebec | User is Offline

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Originally Posted by aircool

A bit, it doesn't really mean much mind unless your counting the cash at the end of the day

Good for them ? I just have the feeling it's the least important ''news'' we've had in a long while

deltatux · 08-11-2009, 12:33 | posts: 7,219 | Location: Toronto, Canada | User is Offline

Yay for NVIDIA? Maybe instead of bragging about 40nm, maybe push out DX11 chips sooner?

deltatux

JPennStar

I think it is funny how these pencil d***s talk sh** because they have better graphics cards. Its like, "My light saber is bigger than yours!" They can't just shut up and bring it.

So damn nerdy!

Hibiki

I can't tell if your bashing the company that developed the card you currently own... Or wishing ATI would deliver new equipment...

Enizax

wait a sec... support for DX10.1 and GDDR5 ?? ...you sure you're talking about nVidia here?

Hibiki

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Originally Posted by Enizax

wait a sec... support for DX10.1 and GDDR5 ?? ...you sure you're talking about nVidia here?

I thought the same exact thing... Maybe the dude was hinting towards some specs we can expect in the future...?

CronoGraal · 08-11-2009, 14:36 | posts: 1,232 | Location: Sweden | User is Offline

That's nice, Nvidia.

masterchiefx2 · 08-11-2009, 14:50 | posts: 6,333 | Location: Lincolnshire | User is Offline

epenis must be massive

ice445 · 08-11-2009, 15:15 | posts: 1,157 | Location: Toledo, Ohio | User is Offline

Too bad their DX 11 cards don't even have a release date yet.

stormy · 08-11-2009, 16:24 | posts: 2,268 | Location: Toronto, Ontario | User is Offline

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Originally Posted by Enizax

wait a sec... support for DX10.1 and GDDR5 ?? ...you sure you're talking about nVidia here?

The OEM only GT220 (DDR3) and the G210 (DDR2) are the only Nvidia DX 10.1 cards I know of.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/product...e_g210_us.html

http://www.nvidia.com/object/product...gt_220_us.html

F1refly · 08-11-2009, 16:29 | posts: 5,703 | Location: muncie,indiana | User is Offline

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Originally Posted by ice445

Too bad their DX 11 cards don't even have a release date yet.

too bad there are no DX11 games to care if there is a DX11 card or not. its like a hot rod with no fuel.

proFits · 08-11-2009, 16:45 | posts: 4,442 | Location: Quebec | User is Offline

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Originally Posted by F1refly

too bad there are no DX11 games to care if there is a DX11 card or not. its like a hot rod with no fuel.

or even dx10 as far as I'm concerned

FULMTL · 08-11-2009, 18:06 | posts: 1,514 | Location: Dallas, TX, USA | User is Offline

the question is whether they are still going to be renaming their midrange cards again...anyhow Im ready to see what they got to offer when the time comes. Im going to assume ATI will release their 5000 series before Nvidia.

vbetts · 08-11-2009, 23:24 | posts: 7,004 | Location: Toledo Ohio | User is Offline

Wait, aren't they one of the only real company that produces 40nm chips?

aircool

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Originally Posted by F1refly

too bad there are no DX11 games to care if there is a DX11 card or not. its like a hot rod with no fuel.

More like a nice car and no road.

Hardware support for DX11 should be here first.

F1refly · 08-12-2009, 16:51 | posts: 5,703 | Location: muncie,indiana | User is Offline

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Originally Posted by aircool

More like a nice car and no road.

Hardware support for DX11 should be here first.

for what? 1 game maybe, that being Dirt 2?
paying for Bleeding edge usually isnt all that, Most gamers would rather wait to see at least a few game announcements that can use the tech then theres the issue of, will the first dx11 card be out of date by the time decent games use it come out?

usually it seems the first DX hardware doesnt perform all that great when the first DX titles actually gets released...remember Lost planet or Crysis in DX10?
Heck there arent hardly any DX10 titles yet but its important that the comparison shot differences of DX11 vs DX10 actually look anything but negligble unlike DX10 vs 9

aircool

Well generally people buy a new card regardless of technology it's sporting if they can gain the extra performance. Key case is the 8 series and the GT and GTX series.

Perhaps I prefer to be ready.

kitch9

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Originally Posted by deltatux

Yay for NVIDIA? Maybe instead of bragging about 40nm, maybe push out DX11 chips sooner?

deltatux

I'm expecting their marketing dept to start telling us we don't actually need DX11 and its performance boost and instead they are going to use the R&D money pencilled for their DX11 chip to pay developers not to use it and stick to their latest DX10.1 stuff instead anytime now.......

They will then proceed to throw their dummies out of the pram as soon as anybody DARES to even think about using DX11.....

salanos · 08-13-2009, 07:34 | posts: 1,032 | Location: Singapore | User is Offline

We want products, not "Oh, we're the biggest braggers on the market, buy our products".