Rumors of delay confirmedDigiTimes has confirmed that the rumors of the R520 delay are true. Ironically enough, the reason for the delay is transistor leakage issues at the 90 nm process ATI is using for the R520. This is the same problem that plagued Intel with their Prescott, as well as NVIDIA with their 130 nm NV30. ATI is currently is currently reviewing the chip design. What does this mean for NVIDIA?
The delay of the ATI Technologies R520 graphics processing unit (GPU) will benefit sales of the Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX (G70), as more PC vendors including Dell and Hewlett-Packard (HP) have decided to adopt the GeForce 7800 series for their high-end PC models slated for release at the end of this year, according to unspecified Taiwan motherboard makers.
Well, it certainly looks like they win this round. I was hoping we would be seeing R520 soon, but I might just have to hold on for a little while longer.
Article Link: Delay of ATI R520 to boost Nvidia 4Q sales
