The release of suitable 40 nm chips could limit the accessibility of radeon HD 58xx series, which to the larger degree suffered from scarcity. During December, as it was promised, the release level of suitable chips by TSMC was improved, the delivery's volumes of radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 5850 grew, and prices began to be reduced.
NVIDIA all this time certified, that it still the most important TSMC customer, which obtains 40 nm production. The production volumes of 40 nm chips NVIDIA was great, the head of the company recently stated that the release volumes of 40 nm GF100 chips swiftly increase.
Associate reports that the contract producers of microcircuits, including TSMC, cannot raise the release level of 40 nm technology to the value higher than 70%.