Nvidia Gets SALTY

[caffeinade]

KingofTrolls said:

caffeinade said:

This is a whole year from announcement to release, not development to release.
The AMD Radeon Vega VII isn't a whole die, and the full 64CU die isn't even that big.
It isn't like this is a massive die, and this isn't a new architecture.
An ancient slide doesn't change the fact that Vega 7nm has clearly been in the pipeline for ages, considering the product that it is.

I know it. Kinda I know it that nobody can do a massive change in big tech in one year. Vega VII is a minimal effort from AMD, just 7nm die shrinks + 25% perf on watt gains, this all - if my thinking is spot on- this is all to make MS happy. Consoles are all bout that power/energy/price mix.

Look it from another side - nobody creates an infographic with the will to change it later. Something had definitely changed.

Well at the same time, you don't release a slide when you don't know if you're going to end up doing something, yeah.
It's very possible that 7nm was progressing faster than expected, and AMD decided to test it out with Vega.

"if my thinking is spot on"
That's one big if you've got there.