The three-month average of worldwide bookings in July 2004 was $1.61 billion. The bookings figure is level with the revised June 2004 level and 128 percent above the $706.9 million in orders posted in July 2003.
(August 23, 2004) Santa Clara, Calif.—Nvidia postponed the delivery of about 20,000 processed uncut wafers from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to avoid further buildup of its entry-level graphics chips inventory. Instead of being delivered to testing and packaging companies for back-end processing, the wafers will remain at TSMC’s warehouse.