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Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1

This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.

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# 31 04-12-2002 , 12:03 AM

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whats a 0.13micron fingy majigy? sounds like something from SG-1 user added image

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# 32 04-12-2002 , 12:37 AM

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In laymens terms (or at least in terms I understand user added image

its the size at which the transistors are manufactured at.
the more complex the chip (ie the greater the number of transistors), the greater the need to shrink the size of the transistors to avoid/reduce heat issues, and with the complexity of the NV30, nvidia had to make the transistors smaller, which as you can see isnt a cheap thing to do!
I'm no electrician/phycisist so this may not be totally accurate but i think its about right..

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# 33 04-12-2002 , 12:44 AM

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ohhhhhhh i seeeeeeeeeeeeeee user added image

its a bit stupid of nvidia, or any graphics card company to show off the gfx card by using the size of a component really! size does not matter user added image

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# 34 04-12-2002 , 12:49 AM

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i am not a nanotechnology know-it-all, but i do know a bit about things... .13 micron process,, what kal said, is the size of the transistors in a chip... more the transistors the more processing power... since the previous size of the transistors were like .25 or something near to that number.. bigger the transistor the more heat it produces... now the .13 micron process has arrived more transistors can be put into a single chip...

hence the final result: FASTER AND ASS-KICKING PROCESSING!!!

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um... i think your kinda missing the point dude. it wasnt really an option for them. same goes for intel / amd or whoever - as their technology advances they have to find ways of making it smaller otherwise we'd all be sat with mini fusion reactors under our desks!

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# 36 04-12-2002 , 12:58 AM

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lol i no what ur saying kal, what im sayin is seeing as this HAD to have been done, they shouldnt use it as a marketing technique, cos that is what theyre doin, theyre saying its so amazing and everythin cos its so small, but as you said, i had to have been done, therefore, nothing to boast about

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# 37 04-12-2002 , 01:04 AM

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actually heat was a big problem for them(intel)... bcoz thats why the new northwood intel pentium IV processor(built on .13 micron process) are much more cooler than their any previous processor...

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# 38 04-12-2002 , 01:05 AM

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actually heat was a big problem for them(intel)... bcoz thats why the new northwood intel pentium IV processor(built on .13 micron process) are much more cooler than their any previous processor...

so the first reason they did that is so that they can reduce heat, second it increases a bit of performance..

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I would have to say that if I were a company, and we just developed a process to make our transistors smaller, thus reducing heat emmisions and therefore making our product better, I WOULD boast quite a lot about it.
Wouldn´t you?

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# 40 04-12-2002 , 01:16 AM

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oh i thought this process had been around for ages just not utilized in gfx cards til now
silly me <slaps himself> ow

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Btw, it's not the size of the transistors. It's the smallest width of a single conductor inside the chip. Anyway, another thing which calls for smaller microns is the speed which the chips are operating. With these kinds of speeds the distance which the signal has to travel starts to count. Smaller microns -> shorter distances -> more speed...

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# 42 04-12-2002 , 09:03 AM

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thanks for the clarification Kbrown user added image

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# 43 04-12-2002 , 01:23 PM

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ooh technical stuff, better stay out of this one user added image

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# 44 04-12-2002 , 04:03 PM

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thanx kari, thats what i have been trying to tell, user added image

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# 45 05-12-2002 , 01:06 AM

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Originally posted by kal
According to HardOCP (though not sure how much i trust this site...) Nvidia spent over 4 billion USD researching and developing the NV30

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from what I head they spend $400,000,000 USD not 4 billion user added image

whatever they spent, it better be supa fast user added image

(I head that it scored about 3 times better than the Wildcat 6210!! user added image