NVIDIA Chapter at the current conference immediately stated that the production Of fermi began, company connects with this architecture large hopes, and in the next months are assembled to release many new video chip but it refused from the detailed commentaries on this theme.
Doug freedman, asked about the propagation rates of fermi architecture to the entire assortment of NVIDIA graphic production. The head of the company explained, that much will depend on the production volumes of 40 nm video chip. NVIDIA actively transfers its products on 40 nm technical process, and proposal simply do not manage after the demand. In the past block company increased the deliveries volumes of 40 nm chips by 178%, but TSMC efforts on the improvement in the quality of production can be little for saturating the market in the first half-year.
It cannot be excluded that under the limited conditions of NVIDIA production volumes it will sell more profitable video chip elder component. Fermi architecture will not bring nothing revolutionary in the lower price segment, if we do not consider the support Of directX 11; therefore, NVIDIA has the right to detain the transfer of budget graphical solutions in fermi architecture. in addition, all will depend on the release level of suitable 40 nm chips.
The second quarter this year will be described by the appearance of new graphical solution class fermi, and also professional products class quadro and calculations accelerators tesla, which use this architecture.
The announcement of first products with fermi architecture - video card Geforce GTX 480 and GeForce GTX 470, must take place to the end of the first financial quarter, which in NVIDIA calendar completes on 26 April, 2010. It is expected that on March exhibition ceBIT 2010 some NVIDIA partners will demonstrate video card models.