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Winjer
25-08-14, 16:16
Rumor: AMD's Radeon R9 490X teased, next-gen 'Faraway Islands' in 2015 (http://www.tweaktown.com/news/39883/rumor-amd-s-radeon-r9-490x-teased-next-gen-faraway-islands-in-2015/index.html)
We're starting to hear more information on AMD's upcoming next-gen GPU architecture, code named "Faraway Islands". AMD's next-gen architecture is shaping up quite nicely, but this is all just a rumor right now. CHW.com seemed to have gotten the information from SemiAccurate, but right now this is in heavy rumor territory.


http://imagescdn.tweaktown.com/news/3/9/39883_09_amd_s_next_gen_20nm_gpu_code_named_farawa y_islands_washes_ashore_2015.jpg (http://www.tweaktown.com/image.php?image=http://imagescdn.tweaktown.com/news/3/9/39883_09_amd_s_next_gen_20nm_gpu_code_named_farawa y_islands_washes_ashore_2015_full.jpg)

While we've heard rumors of NVIDIA skipping the 20nm process and shifting right onto the 16nm process (http://www.tweaktown.com/news/38953/nvidia-will-reportedly-launch-its-geforce-gtx-990-in-early-2015/index.html), AMD looks to be baking its Faraway Islands-based GPUs onto the 20nm process, something it'll reportedly do over at TSMC and GlobalFoundaries. This will allow AMD to be first to the market with a new GPU based on a new process node, pushing NVIDIA to the side for a few months enjoying the slew of salivating-at-the-mouths consumers who want a new GPU desperately.

AMD's new Faraway Islands GPU architecture will be baked into all of AMD's future GPUs and APU products, so we should expect some low-power ARM-based SoCs and some decently powerful APUs from this new architecture. When to expect it though? 2015. Pirate Islands is still to come, also based on the 20nm process, but AMD could skip that all together and push right on over to Faraway Islands, either way, new GPUs are on their way!




O inicio de 2015 promete....

Jorge-Vieira
25-08-14, 16:21
Finalmente novidades :)

Sonas
25-08-14, 16:29
Será que combate as 16nm da nvidia? A ver :)


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Winjer
25-08-14, 16:30
Não deve combater, pois cabem muitos mais transístores em 16nm do que em 20nm.

Mas qualquer uma das empresas pode aceder ao processo de 16 e 20nm da GF e da TSMC. Por isso devemos esperar por gráficas da AMD em 16nm quando o processo estiver pronto.

Jorge-Vieira
25-08-14, 16:32
Penso que sim.
Eu acho que os 16nm da nVidia não vão estar assim tão amadurecidos, penso que la mais para frente sim e aí poderemos ver vantagens para a nvidia.

Winjer
27-08-14, 11:08
Pelos vistos boa parte da informação inicial é mentira. Mentiras de uns sites, invenções de outros e contra-informação.
Nós, leitores, andamos pelo meio a levar com tretas..........

AMD’s Faraway Islands is an interesting story (http://semiaccurate.com/2014/08/26/amds-faraway-islands-interesting-story/)