ATI R580 Is Ready Already?

In an ATI R520 presentation, one of the slides reveals that their next generation R580 is actually in the house and working. It will be the improved version of R520 built with 24 and 32 pipelines. Two months back, it was reported that Nvidia G80 is ready and waiting for R580 to come along. In 2006, we will see both architectures start appearing.