Nvidia brings 65nm DRAM mobile graphics chips

Author: Brett Thomas
Published: 7th March 2007
Comments (6) Stumble
"Nalu, phone home!" - The new chips are designed for the mobile market like cell phones - but they have broader benefit.

"Nalu, phone home!" - The new chips are designed for the mobile market like cell phones - but they have broader benefit.

The quest for more power often turns into a quest for less - the smaller a chip is, the less power it draws. The less power means less heat, which can mean higher speeds to reach the same heat the previous chip was.

This constant effort is the R&D fuel for everything from Quad-SLI down to the 7900 GO mobile graphics, and it just got a new boost. Nvidia and TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation) have now successfully manufactured a 65nm processor with embedded DRAM.

The chips were designed with the intention of the mobile market, allowing Nvidia to embed more graphics RAM into chipsets without further draining the battery or using more space. Of course, it comes with several other die-shrink benefits including lower heat and (best of all) cheaper chips. The move is Nvidia's first run on TSMC's 65nm process, which will eventually handle much more complex tasks like full desktop graphics processors.

Of course, a good embedded-DRAM chipset has many other great target markets including gaming consoles, multimedia consumer electronics, and other machines that don't have a lot of room for separate, discrete RAM. Hopefully, we'll see the benefits of this move start to push out through the market soon. With a little time and luck, your cell phone could soon bear an Nvidia logo.

Do you have a thought on the move? Let us hear about it in our forums.
Quote DarkLord7854 7th March 2007, 13:01
Bf2142 on the cell here we come :)
Quote mmorgue 7th March 2007, 13:25
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and (best of all) cheaper chips

So, a new (gen) board launched will be cheaper than whats on offer? :D
Quote airchie 7th March 2007, 13:36
I look forward to the day when I can have a laptop that can play games as well as last more than 30mins on battery power... :)
Quote samkiller42 7th March 2007, 14:42
I can already buy a mobile phone with nVidia graphics technology in it. Its on their website www.nvidia.com

Sam
Quote DarkLord7854 7th March 2007, 15:40
Wonder when you can buy them and how much though.

Their site doesn't specify much more then the chip capabilites
Quote flabber 8th March 2007, 09:37
So no 30cm long videocards, that draw power like a nuclear plant, and send out heat like an oven, and costs you a rib... but a smaller, cooler, faster ánd cheaper chip/card?

Ok, it's not April 1st yet... if youre making fun of us you better start running now ;)
When where and how can we buy one, how fast is it compared to the current high-end cards, and when can we buy one?!
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