NVIDIA admits showing dummy Fermi card, insists boards will be available in Q4 2009
Following on from NVIDIA's unveiling of their next-generation Fermi architecture earlier this week, certain sites have been buzzing with claims of "dummy" Fermi cards being shown and talk of no Fermi-based parts being released in retail until the first quarter of 2010.آ In light of all of this speculation about working boards and release dates, NVIDIA have responded with their own take on matters as they stand.
While Nvidia admits that the board on the public display was an “engineering sample†and did not feature its new Fermi-G300 graphics chip (also known as GT300, NV60), the company stresses that it did show actual performance numbers that the new GPU can achieve without using simulation as well as showcased a demo that was run by its new graphics processor.
“The Fermi demo that we showed was driven by a Fermi-based Tesla chip. The performance numbers that were displayed, which showed five-times the performance of the current generation Tesla chip, are proof of that. […] We are actually showing working sample to some of the press attending GTC,†said Mr. Alibrandi.
But while Nvidia does not want to demonstrate its new Fermi-G300 graphics card openly in early October, it does state that it will be able to ship the product commercially in late 2009 and denies the claim that the first Fermi products will only show up in Q1 2010.
“The Fermi demo that we showed was driven by a Fermi-based Tesla chip. The performance numbers that were displayed, which showed five-times the performance of the current generation Tesla chip, are proof of that. […] We are actually showing working sample to some of the press attending GTC,†said Mr. Alibrandi.
But while Nvidia does not want to demonstrate its new Fermi-G300 graphics card openly in early October, it does state that it will be able to ship the product commercially in late 2009 and denies the claim that the first Fermi products will only show up in Q1 2010.
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