AMD Radeon 6970 delay due to component shortage

[Wildside]

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NOOOOO!!!! I WANT THIS BADLY!

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6950 and 6970 is coming out on December 13th, .

 

[S0ULphIRE]

Can I say, lolololol?

 

[Wildside]

Yes u may but at least it is coming out sooner than later.

 

[patonb]

This was exactly nvidias rollout issue with the fermis. It seems theyre all pushing the manufacteuring boundries on theses new cards.

I'm betting the 50 and 70 are broken 90's, just like the tri cores and some duals were broken quads.

 

[Puddle Jumper]

The 6990 is a dual gpu card so the others won't be cut down versions of it. Is this delay due to a un manufactureable design like fermi or is it due to insufficient fab capacity to build enough cards for a hard launch?

 

[patonb]

Oh yha... I forgot it was a dually.... Probably short numbers so why put outg 1 huge card when you get 2 non-huge cards.

 

[PP Mguire]

The 6990 is a dual gpu card so the others won't be cut down versions of it. Is this delay due to a un manufactureable design like fermi or is it due to insufficient fab capacity to build enough cards for a hard launch?

Its due to a specific piece on the PCB thats made by Texas Instruments. Apparently TI didnt have enough for mass production and ATI is suffering because of it.

 

[Puddle Jumper]

Its due to a specific piece on the PCB thats made by Texas Instruments. Apparently TI didnt have enough for mass production and ATI is suffering because of it.

That makes sense, thanks.

 

[PP Mguire]

Just remembered where i saw that.

Originally slated for 22 November, AMD's upcoming Radeon HD 6900 series featuring the company's new enthusiast-grade "Cayman" GPU core reportedly ran into delays. A more recent report by VR-Zone suggests that these delays are not because of any yield-issue related to the GPU, but shortage of a new high-grade driver-MOSFET (DrMOS) chip used on the reference board, sourced from Texas Instruments. The said component looks to feature a more compact package compared to the ones commonly made by Renesas and the likes, which is why AMD seems to have chosen it. The TI-made component is in short supply, and is a very recent introduction by its makers. AMD has a knack of using exotic and high-grade components on PCBs of its high-end graphics cards. A driver-MOSFET is a component that combines the driver IC, and MOSFETs into a single package.

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[S0ULphIRE]

Lol, that info is linked in the OP...