Hardware Software has posted a Q&A session with Alf Covey of 3dfx interactive.

HWSW: If 3dfx endeavored to keep pace with the controversial six-month product cycle that NVIDIA dictates and meets from time to time, the V5 6000 card - targeted at the community of hardcore gamers - ought to be on retailers´ shelves already. Do you have some reservations about this aggressively - or as I prefer to put it, cruelly - rapid product cycle? And what are the reasons for the delay?

Alf: We plan on delivering cutting edge technology and if that requires a six-month product cycle, we intend to be there. Getting back on track was our number one goal. Execution with all products is essential when you have such an aggressive product cycle and roadmap. Getting our mainstream products (Voodoo4 4500 and Voodoo5 5500) were our goals once we got Napalm back on track. Now that we have given the Voodoo4/5 "mainstream" products an introduction to the retail shelves, our focus shifts to the high-end, Voodoo5 6000. We feel that delivering a quality product in the end is the most important factor to a consumer. As for why it was later than say the Voodoo5 5500, as I have been quoted as saying before, that is simply because it is not the 5500. Any new product has its own issues that must be dealt with.

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