&gt;<i>Short version: nVidia&#x27;s PASCAL might see Christmas this year, maybe not.</i><p>How do you figure?<p>The article&#x27;s two main claims are:<p>a) Had Pascal taped out in June 2015 as everyone had reported, it&#x27;d have easily already made it to market by now.<p>b) At the time of CES 2016, Pascal hadn&#x27;t yet taped out. Nvidia had only received &quot;bring up tools&quot; in the last few days of 2015; actual silicon typically arrives a few weeks after the tools.<p>Going by the article, Pascal probably taped out for real in late January or early February. If anything, it seems on track for probably a late Q2 2016 release, maybe early Q3. No way it&#x27;ll be Christmas unless something goes catastrophically wrong.