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ATI's Next-Gen Graphics Processors Certified by PCI-SIG.
ATI's R520, RV515, RV530 Processors Ready for Production
Category: Video
by Anton ****lov
[ 08/07/2005 | 05:17 AM ]
ATI Technologies' next-generation visual processing units (VPUs) have
passed
validation process at PCI-SIG, the industry body that leads the
development
of PCI and PCI Express busses, which means that the chips already exist in
the final revision and are production ready.
According to the current PCI Express Integrators List, ATI's R520, R520
GL,
RV515 XT and RV530 XT chips for desktops have successfully passed
validation
procedures. Additionally, the list indicates that there are new mobile
products from ATI Technologies, which are presumably based on the new R520
architecture and are made using the same manufacturing process, on the
pipeline: M52GL, M54GL, M56 and M58, which are also officially PCI Express
compliant.
This PCI-SIG Integrators List includes all products that have a complete
and
satisfactory PCI Compliance Checklist on file at PCI-SIG, have passed the
test criteria set forth at the PCI Compliance Workshops and are production
ready.
According to executives of ATI Technologies, the R520, R520 GL, RV515 are
to
be made using 90nm process technology at TSMC. The company said during the
most-recent conference call that it did not expect to ****p its new
generation product family for revenue before August, 2005. Given that the
chips were production ready by the 25th of July, 2005, when the PCI-SIG
Integrators List was last updated, graphics cards makers may receive final
VPUs sometime in August. Sources close to add-in-board partners of ATI
confirmed this information earlier to X-bit labs.
"In the case of the R520 we have seen some delay. Particularly, we need to
deal with a new technology at the high-end. It's a combination of both
architectural and [process] technology bring up. We have this well under
control now. As Patrick described, we've taken a cautious position to not
to
consider revenues in our Q4 for our 90nm line," said David Orton, the CEO
of
ATI, during the conference-call.
ATI code-named R5-series of VPUs is projected to sup****t Shader Model 3.0
and other innovations, which requires a totally new graphics architecture
from ATI. Still, general specifications of ATI's R520 as well as its
derivative VPUs are unclear at this time.
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