Standing still and healthy in terms of profitability and offering the highest speed single-graphics card solution on the market may let ATI Technologies to extend the lifespan of its current RADEON X8 graphics processors on the top of the lineup and do not launch next-generation product code-named R520 within the next few weeks as expected.
Instead of that the firm is projected to concentrate on the multi-VPU technology that lets two or more graphics cards to operate in parallel.
ATI Technologies will first unveil its multi-VPU technology and only then will reveal its code-named R520 visual processing unit with actual graphics cards coming to market this Fall, a report over The Inquirer web-site suggests. The story implies that the R520 chip, which was taped out in November, 2004, is “in good shape” and its later-than-expected announcement is a result of a strategic decision at Markham, Ontario-based ATI Technologies.
While ATI’s officials do not comment on the unannounced products, some sources close to the company indicated that the information has good chances to be accurate and ATI would launch its next-generation VPU when it is feasible from the tactical point of view, as currently the company’s RADEON X850 XT Platinum Edition is the world’s fastest single-chip graphics accelerator. Some other sources said ATI was seriously working on the launch of the company’s multi-GPU consumer technology.
Source: X-Bit Labs
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