Nvidia has already taped out its next generation
mainstream chip. It calls it D8M where D stands for Desktop and M stands for
Mainstream and number 8 indicates that we are talking about an 8th
generation product.
We can confirm that we are talking about 65 nanometre
chip and that it supports PCIe 2.0 interface. Intel is already coming with X38
chipset in Q3 that will support PCIe 2.0 and AMD has already showcased its Rx7x0
generation of chipsets that can support PCIe 2.0.
We are sure Nvidia has a chipset with PCIe 2.0. The chip
also supports HD DVD and Blue-Ray hardware acceleration as it features 3rd
generation Video processor.
Nvidia's new card will feature internal S/PDIF on board
the graphics card on a reference design and Zotac has that even with G86. We
wrote about it here and even tested the card here.
D8M Video processor will speak via Windows audio drive
and should avoid all issues and proprietary codec and enable HDMI over DVI on
every card.
The D8M chip and cards based on it are scheduled for September.