A quick poll...

[bru]

Are you disappointed/surprised to find out that AMD/Nvidia don't do all the GPU designs inhouse.

Yes.

No. 6

Already knew. 1

 

[bru]

couldnt care less as long as the product does what it says on the tin.

That isn't one of the options, YES, NO or Already knew, obviously you cared enough to post in this thread, so thank you anyway.

 

[bru]

can you add an option "Who cares?" cos i pick that one

I could do, but that wasn't the point of the poll, I am trying to find out if it people are disappointed/surprised to know that these companies don't do all their designs in house.

 

[bru]

I don't know if what is claimed is true, but honestly im not really bothered either way. As long as the cards remain fast, cheap and competitive I'll be happy and I'll keep purchasing them.

No idea if it is true or not either (I must admit I didn't even think that it might not be true) and I can understand people not being bothered by it, but are/were you disappointed/surprised to find out that it is/might be the case.

 

[bru]

What? Please explain your question more clearly.

the question is as it is in the opening post.

I have just found out that maybe AMD and Nivida do not design their own GPU's, they send instructions out and other companies do the design. no idea if it is all the design or only some of it. This surprised and disappointed me, I would like to know if anyone else is disappointed or surprised, or of course were already aware of this.

 

[bru]

Is this meant to be something new? (genuine question)

Both former ATi and NV have subcontracted companies for years.

Not to mention the foundries obviously aren't in house



Old article here:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/fy13-gcr-supplier-responsibility.html

It was new to me, I am really surprised that this is the case, especially as it would open up the design spec to may more leaks in my opinion.

so I assume you would go down as a already knew ?

 

[bru]

It's a standard business practice to subcontract, how or why would this disappoint anyone unless they were a fully invested fanboy of either side? Almost every company in the world does it...

Are you disappointed that Nike subcontracts the glue making process for their trainers to another company?

but this is not a case of Nike subcontracting the glue making process, this is them subcontracting the actual design of the trainer, and I don't mean howthe outside looks.

 

[bru]

Maybe its just me I'm really not sure anymore.

This is not about the cheap labour or that TSMC actually fab the chip, this is about the actual design of them.

 

[bru]

This is not the shape of the thing or how ergonomic a controller is, this is how the GPU, the actual processor is designed.

 

[bru]

for all the people who couldn't care less, I understand that, and if you don't want to take part then fine, but wouldn't it just be easier to not post at all.

If you get pestered in the high street to do a survey, do you say ok then and then not bother to answer the questions or do you just say 'sorry not interested' and just move on.

Bottom line is that in the opening post I ask a question, asking for one of 3 answers, I don't care isn't one of the options.

 

[bru]

/thread is probably the best thing to do.

It seems as most are not disappointed/surprised so I am in a minority, which of course is fine.

If a mod could close this thread please.

 

[bru]

Not really a case of disturbs, just I was a bit disappointed/surprised that these things were not designed in house, I would have thought it was a really closely guarded secret, how many shaders, how many rops, what type of memory bus etc, not that they pass that info off to another company. Months before any silicon is started on.