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RE: 1TFlop in 150mm² by: Theo Valich on 6/20/2009
Yeah Gipsel,

you're right there - saw the smiley ;) But this was just a theoretical excercise on an unoptimized design that first GT200 was. What is more important is what engineers from both ATI and nVidia are preparing for the 28nm generation.
It doesn't look good for Larrabee either in 45nm or in 32nm, since both GlobalFoundries and TSMC are certain that their processes are the best for GPU developments.

For me, key issue here is how well can process engineers at ATI and nVidia adapt to "hot tech" coming in 32-28-22nm space. They will both adopt SOI and High-K, the question is who will be the best.

Personally, I am mostly excited and worried about the challenges waiting for GPU SOI designs. It is a must step for all players, including Intel - once we start abandoning conventional electrical signal and moving to optical interface, SOI will become a must have. Intel had SOI demonstrations back on IDF Fall 2006... time to revisit that ;)
RE: by: Anonymous on 6/20/2009
ATI vs. nVidia is everlasting battle. But between 240 shaders on my GTX280 and 320, 640, or even 800 on ATI, I would rather have nVidia.

I don't consider myself being nVidiot, but I like to get good value for money and that's what I paid for.

Stveve
1TFlop in 150mm² by: Gipsel on 6/19/2009
"GT200 chip with 1.4 billion transistors was 576mm2 in 65nm, 470mm2 in 55nm or can be just 150-160mm2 big in 28nm process. This would put a graphics card with 1TFLOPS of performance in a size almost good enough for implementation into a motherboard, or as a $50 graphics card."

Just as a side note, RV740 is 137mm² already in 40nm and has 1TFlop@780MHz ;)

But those numbers don't mean everything for the performance as a GT200 is clearly faster for most tasks.
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