ATI’s R520 Has Similar Die Size as R480

jmke · 23rd August 2005, 17:19

ATI Technologies’ code-named R520 visual processing unit has similar die size as the company’s current-generation R480 graphics processor that is used on the RADEON X850 XT graphics cards, it was revealed by a web-site, which has published a picture of the yet-to-be-announced processor.

HKEPC web-site has posted a photo of ATI’s R520 visual processing unit (VPU), but not the graphics card on its base. Judging on brief estimations, the new chip has similar, or even a bit lower, die size compared to the R480 VPU, which has area of about 2.88 square centimeters. This is much lower when compared to the size of G70 (GeForce 7800 GTX) graphics processing unit from NVIDIA.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/d...822210504.html

23rd August 2005, 17:19	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	ATI’s R520 Has Similar Die Size as R480 ATI Technologies’ code-named R520 visual processing unit has similar die size as the company’s current-generation R480 graphics processor that is used on the RADEON X850 XT graphics cards, it was revealed by a web-site, which has published a picture of the yet-to-be-announced processor. HKEPC web-site has posted a photo of ATI’s R520 visual processing unit (VPU), but not the graphics card on its base. Judging on brief estimations, the new chip has similar, or even a bit lower, die size compared to the R480 VPU, which has area of about 2.88 square centimeters. This is much lower when compared to the size of G70 (GeForce 7800 GTX) graphics processing unit from NVIDIA. http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/d...822210504.html __________________

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