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ATI and Nvidia getting ready to face Intel’s Broadwater chipsets

Tuesday, December 20th, 2005 | News

Intel’s planned launch of its Graphic Media Accelerator intergrated Broadwater chipsets by the second quarter of next year has got both ATI and Nvidia on the move.

ATI has speeded up production of the R580 which is an upgrade of its current 90nm flagship model, and Nvidia has scheduled to roll out three new 90nm GPUs by the end of the first quarter next year.

The new Intel 965-series chipsets, the Q965, G965 and Q963 all integrate the Graphic Media Accelerator graphics core. Due for around Q2 next year.

ATI hopes the R580 will become the driving force of its mid-range and high-end GPU lines next year.

Nvidia is in production of the G71, G72 and G73, targeted at the high, mid and low range respectively.

Source: Digitimes