Nvidia's CEO first said that Fermi, GT300 product will
launch on Tuesday and didn't want comment whether it can launch in 2009 or
2010. After a while we found out from chaps from top management that this new
40nm chip should launch in 2009.
After digging a bit more, we found out that you can
expect to see Fermi officially in late November. This date can easily
slip as
the engineers work around the clock to make it happen. The first sample
is out
and Nvidia did show it to some important investors and analysts. Nvidia
is adamant that the physics demo is real and not a fake thing.
ATI will enjoy availability and exclusivity on market as
it has two month lead but we hope ATI can get more cards out and serve them to
early DirectX 11 adopters. Nvidia also told us that GT300 was never really a
codename but we don't really care as GT300 definitely sounds better than Fermi.
Despite the fact that this chap was in part responsible for the
creation of the first atomic weapon, he doesn't really have what we
would call a cool name.
Frankly, Fermi just reminds us on an average brand for cereal, but
don't worry Nvidia
will replace this name with Geforce, Tesla and Quadro, when the time
comes.
If all goes well
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