AMD was months ahead of NVIDIA with its 40nm launch, first the mobile Radeon HD 4830/4860 in March followed by the desktop card Radeon HD 4770 in April. NVIDIA announced its first 40nm chips in the middle of June now claims that, despite its late entry, it is the biggest producer of 40nm chips at TSMC. NVIDIA hasn't even announced any 40nm GPUs for retail but claims that its simpler 40nm GPUs are easier and cheaper to make, which puts them in the lead in quantity.
NVIDIA VP, Hsun Huang, says that this is a trend that will continue.
Mr. Huang re-emphasized his earlier claim that by the end of the year 25% of its revenue will be represented by chips manufactured using 40nm fabrication process and said that in Q3 2010 the vast majority of Nvidia’s products will be produced at 40nm node.
Even if this is a victory for NVIDIA, producing the most 40nm graphics circuits, we're wondering exactly how much it has gained from this and whether it can really use this in the development of soon coming and future products.
GeForce GT220 is one of few 40nm products from NVIDIA, but it's exclusive to OEMs
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NVIDIA says its the biggest producer of 40nm products
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