AMD Launching Next Generation ‘Southern Islands’ GPUs in November!
Graphics card vendors are expected to start selling AMD’s next-generation GPU (Southern Islands) in November with AMD to officially announce the series in October, according to sources from graphics card players. To defend its market share, AMD plans to cut prices for its ATI Radeon HD 5000-series GPUs in the near future. The action also serves as preparation for the upcoming Southern Islands GPUs, the sources noted.
AMD originally planned to have its next-generation GPUs using 32nm process and codenamed the chips Northern Islands, but Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) skipped its 32nm R&D for GPUs and advanced directly to 28nm R&D. In response AMD adjusted its plans and decided to continue adopting a 40nm process, while changing the product’s codename to Southern Islands, the sources explained.
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