Good news napod ni sa mga ATI fans..Kung tinuod man gani ni hapit na jud diay..Maybe I'll just wait for this one kung wala najud reference 5870 nga makit.an and hopefully unta reference cards will be back on 6000 series cards..Way to go ATI...woooot..woooot..
At long last, vague reports about the release of next-generation Radeon GPUs are giving way to more specific predictions, thanks to DigiTimes. Quoting "sources from graphics card players," the site says AMD
is preparing to introduce the products formally in October with retail availability to follow in November.
We're talking, of course, about the rumored Radeon HD 6000 series, reportedly code-named Southern Islands. DigiTimes claims changes in foundry firm TSMC's roadmap led AMD to scrap plans for 32-nm GPUs (code-named Northern Islands) and build Southern Islands products using the same 40-nm process as today's Evergreen chips. Speaking of which, DigiTimes adds that AMD will cut prices across the Radeon HD 5000 series "in the near future," presumably to make room for the next-gen parts.
The arrival of Northern Islands might be bad news for Nvidia, although as our
latest numbers show, GeForce GTX 400-series cards are doing quite well against their Radeon rivals. Since Sourthern Islands won't give AMD a leg up over Nvidia on the manufacturing process side, savvy pricing and architectural improvements should be the only weapons at the new Radeons' disposal.
The source :
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.
AMD declined the opportunity to respond to this report saying it cannot comment on unannounced products.
6000 Series Radeons code-named Southern Islands could show up in November
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