Nvidia to increase 40nm orders with TSMC for 2009

Monica Chen, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES [Wednesday 20 May 2009]

Nvidia has moved to scale up its orders for 40nm graphics chips at foundry partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for 2009, according to sources at graphics card makers. The chip designer expects 40nm to account for 30% of its overall GPU shipments by the end of 2009.

Nvidia has recently completed the tape-out of its next-generation (GT300) GPU on TSMC’s 40nm process, indicated the sources.

Nvidia has also expressed interest in becoming an initial client of TSMC’s 28nm process, which will start initial production in first-quarter 2010, the sources noted.

Nvidia declined to comment on market speculation.

Source: digitimes