ATI R420 A12 silicon ready

() [link=http://www.theinquirer.net]The Inquirer[/link] reports that [b]ATI[/b] has silicon for its flagship R420 chip. A12 is the stepping of silicon that means that the chip is ready for production and that cards could be available much closer than planned, just depending on the marketing department saying yes. [blockquote]The ATI Radeon 9800XT is still in the channel and ATI doesn't want to kill its sales numbers as there are quite a few of these cards remaining to be sold. This information might get Nvidia concerned since its samples are just out but Nvidia won't start production before April as we reported before. [/blockquote] [link=http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=14302][b]The full report[/b][/link]

February 23, 2004 10:41 AM ET in News,

[link=http://www.theinquirer.net]The Inquirer[/link] reports that [b]ATI[/b] has silicon for its flagship R420 chip. A12 is the stepping of silicon that means that the chip is ready for production and that cards could be available much closer than planned, just depending on the marketing department saying yes.

[blockquote]The ATI Radeon 9800XT is still in the channel and ATI doesn't want to kill its sales numbers as there are quite a few of these cards remaining to be sold.

This information might get Nvidia concerned since its samples are just out but Nvidia won't start production before April as we reported before.
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[link=http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=14302][b]The full report[/b][/link]