NVIDIA starts mass production of 40nm GPUs

There's a lot of activity among graphics chipset designers for sure lately. Nvidia sets GPU outsourcing to TSMC and UMC for 2Q09, says paper.

Nvidia recently set its outsourcing schedule with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) for the second quarter, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

In addition to expanding its 55nm GT200b GPU outsourcing, the company will also start mass production of the 40nm entry-level GT218, high-end mobile GT215 and mainstream GT214 and GT216 GPUs in mid to late second quarter, according to the paper.