ATI Hybrid Code Name: Southern Islands — ATI Boy!!! 2010-04-05 18:39
Fermi 1 & 2 Killer!!!
Despite the 40nm process, three key features that will be based on Evergreen have been put on steroids. Please observe bellow:
- 40nm Process
- 2400 Stream Processing Units (1)
- 256 Texture Address Units (2)
- 128 ROPs (Rasterization Operator Units) (3)
AMD plans to differentiate this re-fresh line from the past HD 4890 naming sceme due to its architectural changes. So don't expect the name HD 5890.
Though we will see an improvement in Tessellation, it?s not highly emphasised in Southern Islands (SI). You can look for this feature being greatly improved in code name Northern Islands.
ATI Code Name called ?Hecatoncheires? is something that will feature a series of technological advancements never heard of in the GPU industry. You will never find any information about this special architecture due to is being extremely top secret.
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