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Nvidia said to debut NV30 at Comdex Fall in November
Charles Chou, Taipei; Christy Lee, DigiTimes.com [Friday 4 October 2002]

http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article2.asp?datePublish=2002/10/04&pages=04&seq=27

Nvidia has reportedly decided to officially introduce its top-end NV30 chip at the Comdex Fall exhibition, to be held in Las Vegas from November 18-22, after delaying the roll-out for months to change the design from a six-pipeline to eight-pipeline architecture.

Supporting cards will hit the market shortly afterwards and will be launched in at least two different clock speed versions.

Besides Nvidia, graphics chip designers ATI Technologies and Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) are both gearing up for the high-end market in the fourth quarter with plans for several product launches.

Following the introduction of its Radeon 9000 and 9700 series in July, Canada-based ATI has scheduled to release more new chips in the fourth quarter. Products on the list include the R300-core, four-pipeline Radeon 9500 series; RV250-core, AGP 8x-supporting RV280; and higher-end R350 and RV350 chips.

SiS, the first company to introduce AGP 8x-supporting graphics chip, also indicated that it will launch a newer Xabre 600 chip shortly. According to sources, in addition to DirectX 8.1 and AGP 8x support, the latest Xabre 600 will enjoy a higher clock speed of 275MHz, compared to its current speed of 250MHz. With the updates, the new Xabre 600’s specifications will be closer to those of Nvidia’s GeForce4 Ti 4400 and ATI’s Radeon 9500 series, enhancing its competitiveness in combination with its relatively cheaper price.

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