As spring arrives, the flock begins its return to the north and brings new news about the Southern Islands. It is reported that AMD’s next-generation graphics core, the Southern Islands, has been successfully tapped (Taped Out) and crossed the most critical level.
In fact, the southern islands have been taped out in February of this year, and it is more likely to be in the first half of the month, that is, about six weeks ago. Interestingly, the tapestry of the Northern Islands Radeon HD 6000 series of the previous generation of the Northern Islands was almost completed a year ago (at that time the Northern Islands, the South Islands were also rebelled), but it was not released until the fourth quarter.
The Cayman Radeon HD 6900 series has already adopted the new VLIW4 4D stream processor architecture. The "Radeon HD 7000" series of the South Islands is based on this enhancement and enhancement, and the execution efficiency will naturally be higher and the risk will not be much. From this point of view, Radeon HD 6900 Series is a test product of AMD's new architecture, just like Radeon HD 4770 test water 40nm process.
The manufacturing process of the southern archipelago will also shift from 40nm to the latest 28nm HKMG. It is still the foundry of TSMC. Therefore, both the core area and the power consumption can be better controlled, and the AMD graphics card has also continued its positive attitude toward the process.
It is believed that the silicon chips of the southern archipelago have now returned to AMD for testing. If everything goes smoothly, it will be put into production soon. Maybe at the Computex 2011 in Taipei in early June, AMD and TSMC will once again join forces to showcase new wafers. As for the specific time of release, it is not known. It depends not only on the production schedule but also on the market strategy of AMD. It can only be estimated in the third quarter. On the roadmap that was leaked before this, the Radeon HD 7000M series notebook models with the same new technology and new architecture were all arranged at the beginning of 2012, which also conforms to the convention of previous years.
In fact, the southern islands have been taped out in February of this year, and it is more likely to be in the first half of the month, that is, about six weeks ago. Interestingly, the tapestry of the Northern Islands Radeon HD 6000 series of the previous generation of the Northern Islands was almost completed a year ago (at that time the Northern Islands, the South Islands were also rebelled), but it was not released until the fourth quarter.
The Cayman Radeon HD 6900 series has already adopted the new VLIW4 4D stream processor architecture. The "Radeon HD 7000" series of the South Islands is based on this enhancement and enhancement, and the execution efficiency will naturally be higher and the risk will not be much. From this point of view, Radeon HD 6900 Series is a test product of AMD's new architecture, just like Radeon HD 4770 test water 40nm process.
The manufacturing process of the southern archipelago will also shift from 40nm to the latest 28nm HKMG. It is still the foundry of TSMC. Therefore, both the core area and the power consumption can be better controlled, and the AMD graphics card has also continued its positive attitude toward the process.
It is believed that the silicon chips of the southern archipelago have now returned to AMD for testing. If everything goes smoothly, it will be put into production soon. Maybe at the Computex 2011 in Taipei in early June, AMD and TSMC will once again join forces to showcase new wafers. As for the specific time of release, it is not known. It depends not only on the production schedule but also on the market strategy of AMD. It can only be estimated in the third quarter. On the roadmap that was leaked before this, the Radeon HD 7000M series notebook models with the same new technology and new architecture were all arranged at the beginning of 2012, which also conforms to the convention of previous years.