G70 was no new chip, designed from scratch
IN CONVERSATION with some knowledgable Nvidians, we learned that the G70 chip was no brand new design.
In fact, they claim its marchitecture was a very well kept secret and Nvidia managed to confuse the whole world by simply renaming one chip and changing a thing or two.
Few non-NDA people and partners believed the new core, manufactured "from scratch" would actually be delivered on time. But that story turned out to be all bluff and bluster. The chip isn't designed from scratch at all - it's all redesigned stuff.
Our knowledgeable friend told us that we should not be too hung up on the nomenclature, as this is Nvidia internal thing and can change anytime.
Nvidia stole a march on rival ATI by bringing the G70 to market quickly and even shipping it the same day. ATI is yet to bring out its response, the 520 wonder chip.
Nvidia had been prepared for a paper launch a while back and would have gone for it if ATI had managed to launch its R520 earlier.
The G70 is really a tweaked NV40 core with more pipelines and some new features and that’s it. This is the common opinion shared by many editors who have been at Nvidia's editors' days and were listening more about the marchitecture than me and some other chaps who were only invited to the launch party in Paris.
Still, we share the same opinion and we all agree that Nvidia is capable of making a fuzz about anything.
G70 could stand for Geforce – Graphic series seven - but no one wants to confirm or deny this.
But then again, who cares? It's faster than NV40, has more pipes and actually works cooler and better than the fastest of the Geforce series six and it's certainly faster than the X850XT PE - the fastest shipping ATI card.
A great step forward for Nvidia, perhaps, but not as revolutionary as the chip designer wants you to believe. Nvidia loves G70 as it helped it capture the performance flag once more and brought it much positive press.
Most important of all, it's shipping. And there is no competition yet from ATI. That will come in the next few weeks, though we still believe the R520 could end up faster - but we don’t yet know when it will come out and what will be the yields.
Time will tell. µ
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IN CONVERSATION with some knowledgable Nvidians, we learned that the G70 chip was no brand new design.
In fact, they claim its marchitecture was a very well kept secret and Nvidia managed to confuse the whole world by simply renaming one chip and changing a thing or two.
Few non-NDA people and partners believed the new core, manufactured "from scratch" would actually be delivered on time. But that story turned out to be all bluff and bluster. The chip isn't designed from scratch at all - it's all redesigned stuff.
Our knowledgeable friend told us that we should not be too hung up on the nomenclature, as this is Nvidia internal thing and can change anytime.
Nvidia stole a march on rival ATI by bringing the G70 to market quickly and even shipping it the same day. ATI is yet to bring out its response, the 520 wonder chip.
Nvidia had been prepared for a paper launch a while back and would have gone for it if ATI had managed to launch its R520 earlier.
The G70 is really a tweaked NV40 core with more pipelines and some new features and that’s it. This is the common opinion shared by many editors who have been at Nvidia's editors' days and were listening more about the marchitecture than me and some other chaps who were only invited to the launch party in Paris.
Still, we share the same opinion and we all agree that Nvidia is capable of making a fuzz about anything.
G70 could stand for Geforce – Graphic series seven - but no one wants to confirm or deny this.
But then again, who cares? It's faster than NV40, has more pipes and actually works cooler and better than the fastest of the Geforce series six and it's certainly faster than the X850XT PE - the fastest shipping ATI card.
A great step forward for Nvidia, perhaps, but not as revolutionary as the chip designer wants you to believe. Nvidia loves G70 as it helped it capture the performance flag once more and brought it much positive press.
Most important of all, it's shipping. And there is no competition yet from ATI. That will come in the next few weeks, though we still believe the R520 could end up faster - but we don’t yet know when it will come out and what will be the yields.
Time will tell. µ
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