[Open-graphics] nvidia G80 affected by a killer bug

[Daniel Rozsnyó]

> On 4/1/07, Raphaël Jacquot <raphael.jacquot at imag.fr> wrote:
>> http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=391
> 
> This is every chip designer's worst fear.  With software and to a
> large extent, FPGAs, bugs can be corrected in the field.  But with
> ASICs, you're screwed.  IIRC, bugs in my first major ASIC cost my
> employer many tens of thousands of dollars for a respin.  Fortunately,
> they had written the budget up front to assume this.

Well, with the lot of eyes on the mailing list, the chances are
significantly lower. Even if they are not hardcore hw developers, some
mistakes can be revealed.

BTW the article is a Fool's day joke ;) Don't you make fun of others on
April 1st in the US :)