This is what happens when you outsource.

When your own engineers insist you need to invest in new equipment, don't believe some salesmen who claim they can do it with last generation hardware and sweatshop labor.

Look what happened to IBM's HD biz.

TSMC had no problrm ramping their production.
All this Bs is about helping Nvidia,
as they know that in few times, Global Foundries will be ATI s exclusive provider of chips.
SO strategically, it make sense for them helping Nvidia retain the leadership while extorting more money from the former underguise of low yields that would justify higher prices..

TSMC,

Intel give us lots of money to keep 40nm manufacturing broken while Intel try to make a killer GPU. Intel fail to make a killer GPU and agree to let 40nm work for AMD and NVIDIA so they no suspect any ting.

It wouldn't surprise me.

Thinkidea of one XRay Clump 22 nm Going & cuttting mask is bit extreme, more likely gas deposited within trench made cut ultravilet harding mask or softening, then 22 nm of transistor metal is deposited. More effect of dipersion of vaporizrd gas, than mechanical scintilated BeaM. however, whole shooting match is very small, seen bunch 'o explanations/interputations, even special tray with lid in vacumn chamber to exactly time expousure. somehow with up to 25 Megapixel cameras & 14 Mp videos, bigger cards already are needed. 32Xin32nm pci-e chant back 'n early Tens....

We can't have a next generation of video cards yet! Fermi isn't even out yet, and who knows when it'll be widely available, probably late 2010. :P

I'd expect 28nm chips to show up in smartphones and the like first. Followed by ATI making a die shrunk 5850 which almost nobody will ever see(similar to what they did with the 4770). Nvidia will then re-release the GTX 480 as the GTX 580 or some such bs like they did with the 8800GT.

i'm seeing a pattern here..