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To: neolib who wrote (256929)	11/6/2008 1:46:10 AM
From: Saturn V	Read Replies (2) of 275872

Err...but why do hotshot ASIC designers crank things out so much faster? You are right that ASIC design can be very rapid, but you give up a lot of chip area and potential performance. Both CPUs and GPU push the limits of "manufacturable chip size", and require a lot of "hand optimization" to get to a manufacturable chip size and squeeze out the maximum chip performance. The other problem is that the AMD CPU and ATI Graphic chips use different silicon processes, and probably use different design tools and methodologies. It will take a big investment in time to make it happen. But I agree with with you, that AMD has slipped up in this area. The biggest rationale for the multi billion dollar purchase was putting CPU/Graphics on one chip. Two years and counting, and there appears to be nothing imminent. AMD has been sleeping on two many fronts, or stretched dangerously thin.

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