Some macro perheps......?

[Marshmallowman]

the bitboys HYPe chips

are those those for palm/hand devices?

[Tjalfe]

They look mighty big for a handheld device.. could it be??

[Wulfman]

Originally posted by tjalfe
They look mighty big for a handheld device.. could it be??

it was rumoured that they had indeed working chips, just no one to manufacture them (avalanche?).

wanna bet on how long it takes until these pics show up on the rumour-sites?

mfg
wulfman

[Nappe1]

naah... almost no one reads these forums... it took more than 30 hours to get first reply here.

anyways, I am happy to announce that I am proud owner of both chips. (less than 10 AXE chips exists outside the company.) Revision A doesn't work (has Infieon manufacturing fault), but Rev-B is fully working 12Meg eDRAM DX8 GPU by bitboys. (most likely chip would have known as Avalanche 3D and Avalanche Dual.)

and before you start asking benchmarks, I have only chips. Not the card. But because I really appreciate MURC'ers general attitude, I decided post pictures here first.

[GNEP]

[bsdgeek]

Originally posted by Nappe1
But because I really appreciate MURC'ers general attitude, I decided post pictures here first.

[Tjalfe]

so what are the plans now?.. will these chips ever make it out in the real world, or are they scrapped?

[Nappe1]

Infineon deceased eDRAM production lines on the end of 2002, so it nailed Axe. So, no Axe won't be available as product.

it would have been out somewhere near christmas 2001, if Infineon wouldn't have done massive losses on Q3 of 2001, which made them to cut down expenses. (this time it was eDRAM development and production lines.)

Bitboys have moved to Hand Held stuff and only small bunch of working chips are what's left from PC desktop side. (plus some IP, which is available as license. )

[Fred H]

Nikon Coolpix995, 2 cm, no extra lins, 150W halogen light.

This mosquito was probably autumnal tired. It was standing modell about 3 minutes.

Fred