This chip is going to be huge for the supercomputing market -- if Nvidia's has its way.
Nvidia Betting its CUDA GPU Future With 'Fermi' : Read more
Nvidia Betting its CUDA GPU Future With 'Fermi' : Read more
Nvidia did reveal that its upcoming Fermi GPU will pack 3 billion transistors, making it one mammoth chip – bigger than anything from ATI.
Correct answer isn't to target a lower price point first, but rather build big chips efficiently. And build them so that you can scale to different sizes/configurations without having to redo a bunch of stuff.