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It's not just that there is not enough to meet the usual demand, the supply is definitely much lower than typical. I see numbers for a major European distributo
by Tuna-Fish 6y ago
It's not just that there is not enough to meet the usual demand, the supply is definitely much lower than typical. I see numbers for a major European distributor network, and there is maybe a fifth of the supply of what there was for the 2000 series, same time after launch.
Something is very definitely wrong.
- quantummkv 6y agoNvidia's issues might have to do with the yield issue on the new and untested Samsung 8nm process. But AMD is on the tried and tested 7nm TSMC process. I doubt they will have the fab issues, given that Apple's move to 5nm would have freed up a lot of capacity for AMD to use.
- Miraste 6y ago> new and untested Samsung 8nm process. It is not new and untested, it's been in use since 2018.
- kllrnohj 6y agoIt's been used since 2018 for smaller, power optimized designs. This would be the first significant high performance design, and at comparatively huge die sizes. Also claimed the process was semi-custom for nvidia, not the "standard" 8nm. Unclear what exactly was different, though, but depending on the changes (if any) it may actually not be yielding as well as a 2 year old process should
- zimpenfish 6y agoCurrently at day 41 of waiting for my 3080 card in the UK.