We've learned that the six-month delay of Geforce version of GF100 Fermi chips and cards won't actually hinder the introduction of other, slower version of Fermi card.
The whole
point of making the insanely big Fermi is to win the hearts of journalists and
enthusiasts and to bring this architecture to performance, mainstream and
finally entry-level markets.
Entry-level
is where the money is, even though you need to send millions of these cards to
make a decent profit. Mainstream Fermi is a project that Nvidia is
pushing side-by-side with high-end Fermi and we've learned that mainstream Fermi should
be on time.
You should
roughly expect it one quarter after the first Fermi, and if all goes well June
should be a good month to launch. Since Nvidia changed quite a lot of plans in
the last few months, don’t be surprised if it launches a bit later.