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TMSC has to amortize, the cost of the fabs. Thus, higher prices for Nvidia. (Unless Apple paid the full tab for them, so it gets first choice of fabs line output...)
(Assuming TMSC makes the GPU)
Bullshit. Look, they dragged out 28nm for over two years longer than planned. We're still paying the bill for being on an outdated process for two additional years, but never saw a price cut because 28nm was dragged out longer. Odd huh?
This isn't about expensive fabs, this is about maximizing profit. Let's not fool ourselves with silly arguments about cost - these are cut down chips as well, not fully working ones. In the same vein, Nvidia is content selling us an underperforming blower to cool that cut down chip, at ANOTHER price premium.
Yeah, this totally isn't a ripoff at its current MSRP. Because it's faster than past gen's 970 from two years ago. Logic is strong here.
FYI I don't care what they ask for it personally, but let's call things for what they really are please. LegacyZa is absolutely right in saying a 50 dollar markup is a ripoff, because really, it is. 10-20 bucks? Sure. 50? Can't explain that. It's nearly 20% up.
If they keep this up, soon they'll be marketing GP206 as 'high end' because it has a 450 dollar price tag.
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