Shortage of 55nm GPUs to last through Q1 2010

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/05/2009 05:15 PM | source: | 0 comment(s)

Reports over at DigiTimes claim that a shortage of 55nm GPUs from AMD and NVIDIA is expected to last through the first quarter of next year, as both companies are focusing on DX11 based 40nm GPUs.

Since Nvidia plans to speed up adoption rate of its next generation GPUs after the launch of Windows 7, the company currently does not plan to increase its GT200 series GPU supply, as it wishes to avoid surplus inventory in the future, added the paper.

Makes you wonder how big a problem 40nm is and will be ...

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