ATI to release 80nm version of R580

It informed its partners that it has a R580+ card up at its corporate sleeves. It is nothing more than 80 nanometre R580 core, but this shrink will make the chip cooler, smaller and cheaper to produce. ATI will probably be able to get some higher clocks out of it as well.

Samples are scheduled for May, while production should start in Q3 between June and August. Such timing clearly indicates that ATI is not in a rush to release the R600 and we know that R600 is actually doing just fine. The R600 needs Vista to glow.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30623

Zda se to jenom me nebo se rikalo, ze 80nm R580 ATI zrusila kvuli nejakym problemum? Netvrdil to nahodou samotny Inquirer?