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AMD-ATI and Nvidia are preparing for the next graphics chip showdown. And there is already a good deal of information (and rumor) on the two chips due in June.

The names of the two upcoming product families have been widely reported: The ATI line is branded as the Radeon HD 4800, while the Nvidia is dubbed the GeForce GTX 200.

Advanced Micro Devices is expected to launch the HD 4850 (price estimates of graphics boards range between $189 and $219) and then follow with the 4870 (estimates range between $199 and $279). In the fourth quarter, AMD plans to add the dual-chip ATI Radeon 4870 X2.
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Advanced Micro Devices’ President and Chief Operating Officer Dirk Meyer confirmed, during the last week’s conference call, that the chip manufacturer plans to release its next CPU
architecture, also known as Bulldozer, in 2009.

The multi-core processor will come straight in the 45-nanometer flavor. However, the 45-nanometer chips will be available only for a short period of time, as AMD will make the transition to the 32-nanometer CPU micro-architecture right after Bulldozer is introduced.

AMD will start sampling the Bulldozer chip in late 2009, but the chip will not be publicly available in the 45-nanometer technology. This means that there is a long way ahead until it finally appears in retail systems, given the fact that AMD has not even started producing chips at the 45-nanometer node.
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