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'''Venus''' is an engineering sample [[GPU]] used to checkout the first version of the 80nm [[Styx]] eDRAM. The GPU die is the same 90nm die as [[Y1 (GPU)|Y1]] | '''Venus''' is an engineering sample [[GPU]] used to checkout the first version of the 80nm [[Styx]] eDRAM. The GPU die is the same 90nm die as [[Y1 (GPU)|Y1]]. | ||
== Specifications == | == Specifications == | ||
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[[File:X809141-001-2.jpg|thumb|150px|upright|right|Venus from another angle]] | [[File:X809141-001-2.jpg|thumb|150px|upright|right|Venus from another angle]] | ||
Based on the manufacturing date, it is speculated that this chip was designed in order to test [[Styx]]-80 before the [[Y2 (GPU)|Y2]] or [[Gunga| | Based on the manufacturing date, it is speculated that this chip was designed in order to test [[Styx]]-80 before the [[Y2 (GPU)|Y2]] or [[Gunga|Y3]] GPU dies were available. The [[GPU]] die is marked with "GPU Y3/Venus ES", indicating that it is part of the Y3 program. Little else is known about Venus. | ||
{{Motherboard Components}} | {{Motherboard Components}} | ||
[[Category:Motherboard Components]] | [[Category:Motherboard Components]] | ||
Revision as of 16:11, 8 February 2024
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| Part Number | X809141 |
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| Introduced | Early 2006 |
| Designed By | ATi Microsoft NEC (eDRAM) |
| Type | GPU |
| Clock Speed | 500MHz |
| Memory | 10MB eDRAM |
| Process | 90nm (GPU die) 80nm (eDRAM die) |
| Package | Flip-chip BGA1017 |
Venus is an engineering sample GPU used to checkout the first version of the 80nm Styx eDRAM. The GPU die is the same 90nm die as Y1.
Specifications
GPU
- 500Mhz clock speed
- 48 floating-point vector processors divided into 3 dynamically scheduled SIMD groups (16 each)
- Unified shader architecture
- 16 texture addressing units
- 16 texture filtering units
- 8 pixel rendering pipelines
- Direct access to CPU L2 cache
- A32 stepping
- 90nm process
eDRAM
- 10MB 256GB/s eDRAM
- Contains logic for:
- 4-sample anti-aliasing
- Alpha compositing
- Color
- Z/stencil buffering
- FS11 stepping
- 80nm process
Details
Based on the manufacturing date, it is speculated that this chip was designed in order to test Styx-80 before the Y2 or Y3 GPU dies were available. The GPU die is marked with "GPU Y3/Venus ES", indicating that it is part of the Y3 program. Little else is known about Venus.