Conversations about NVIDIA intentions to presente 0.08 m version of G73 under the code name G73-b1 was appeared already long time ago. It was assumed that they will not only receive the native support of HDCP and HDMI, but also can have better configuration of pixel shader pipeline. Overclocker naturally, waited for the new technical process to get improvements in the overclocking potential of video chip. It was considered Until now that G73-b1 will be released at the end of September. But September passed, and after it October... .
Yesterday Taiwan site with the reference to the Chinese resource Commercial Times reported that NVIDIA is assembled to increase the rates of passage to 0.08 m technical process, They did not desire to be lagged behind ATI. The latter during November will represente three additional 0.08 m video chip: RV516, RV505 and RV505CE. By their production will be occupied TSMC (RV516, RV505) and UMC (RV505, RV505CE). These video chip will be the more technologically effective analogs of those preceding 0.09 m graphical solutions.
Now when 0.08 m chip G73-b1 and the G72 will be released , Taiwan sources do not define. we hope that this will happen in the present year. Even if 0.08 m GeForce 7600 will not succeed to add more speed, reduction in the prime cost will give NVIDIA the specific gain.
The source indicated for some reason that G80 will be one representatives of 0.08 m technical process, we already know that this chip is produced on 0.09 m technical process. Possibly, 0.08 m from G80 we will see in the following block, when ATI will release its R600 chip .