AMD 2016-2018 GPU roadmap leaked

[WYP]

AMD's GPU roadmap for 2016-2018 has been revealed, showing that AMD plans on moving to HBM2 memory in 2017 and to a future NextGen memory standard in 2018.

Read more on AMD's Polaris GPU architecture.

 

[Agost]

Well, nothing new, the roadmap was showed at the capsaicin event...

 

[xnax2802]

I might just be confusing myself right now, but I'm suddenly reading this as if there's only going to be two cards released in 2016. Or is it two chips with a couple of different binning stages? So say Polaris 10 would become the 480, 480X and 490 for example?

 

[WYP]

I might just be confusing myself right now, but I'm suddenly reading this as if there's only going to be two cards released in 2016. Or is it two chips with a couple of different binning stages? So say Polaris 10 would become the 480, 480X and 490 for example?

Two chips with multiple binning stages. Same as how the Figi Chip is used in the R9 Fury, Fury X and Nano.

Every chip from AMD or Nvidia is always used in at least two GPUs, often more.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

I do hope that Vega comes in early 2017 rather than later. It makes sense that it does.

- Fiji core (Fury X, Fury, Nano) is flagship for late 2015-early 2017, replacing Hawaii.

- Polaris 10 and 11 replaces 300 series GPU's since that is where AMD is suffering right now. The cards are performing well, obviously, but they are hotter and consume more power than nVidia.

- Maybe AMD will release a Polaris GPU late in 2016 with GDDR5X that replaces the Fury X as their flagship, but that means Vega will most likely be later in 2017.

- Vega replaces Fiji in (hopefully early) 2017 with HBM2.

 

[jimma47]

Considering we're nearly half way through 2016 already I'm still keen to see what AMD bring to the table. Pascal v Polaris will be a make or break release I think so I hope they get it right.

I wonder though whether the two different architectures being released in the following 24 months are going to sabotage their own sales? Would you buy Polaris knowing it only has a 12 month life cycle? I imagine they will continue with the rebadging so Current Fury becomes 490 etc to prolong the lifecycle and mature the tech.

I'm not looking to upgrade until next year at the earliest so could be Big Pascal v Vince Vega for me.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Considering we're nearly half way through 2016 already I'm still keen to see what AMD bring to the table. Pascal v Polaris will be a make or break release I think so I hope they get it right.

I wonder though whether the two different architectures being released in the following 24 months are going to sabotage their own sales? Would you buy Polaris knowing it only has a 12 month life cycle? I imagine they will continue with the rebadging so Current Fury becomes 490 etc to prolong the lifecycle and mature the tech.

I'm not looking to upgrade until next year at the earliest so could be Big Pascal v Vince Vega for me.

Well Fiji had a 12 month life cycle. It was still worth getting! I probably won't be upgraidng until Vega though. Polaris is closer to Fiji than Vega. It's more of an extreme evolution rather than a revolution that Vega would be in comparison. I just hope AMD are being pretty conservative with there clocks which is why they are getting such a big efficiency boost. It would mean we could clocks it's nuts off and get that amazing performance everyone is waiting for

 

[jimma47]

Well Fiji had a 12 month life cycle. It was still worth getting! I probably won't be upgraidng until Vega though. Polaris is closer to Fiji than Vega. It's more of an extreme evolution rather than a revolution that Vega would be in comparison. I just hope AMD are being pretty conservative with there clocks which is why they are getting such a big efficiency boost. It would mean we could clocks it's nuts off and get that amazing performance everyone is waiting for

Yeah if they respond well, especially under water, then they'll be in line to get some serious market share back.

I think efficiency is where it's all at. Raw power is awesome but I still doubt we'll see monster 4k frame rates for a while yet so if these are nice and quiet and cool but still as powerful as the current top end then that's a win in my books.

Polaris and Vega are stars but what is Navi? Seems an odd name (but no more so than fermi, bulldozer, haswell, Hawaii, skylake etc)

 

[NeverBackDown]

Yeah if they respond well, especially under water, then they'll be in line to get some serious market share back.

I think efficiency is where it's all at. Raw power is awesome but I still doubt we'll see monster 4k frame rates for a while yet so if these are nice and quiet and cool but still as powerful as the current top end then that's a win in my books.

Polaris and Vega are stars but what is Navi? Seems an odd name (but no more so than fermi, bulldozer, haswell, Hawaii, skylake etc)

They are named after Stars.. Polaris is the nickname for the North Star, and etc
I really wonder what Next gen memory Navi must be using though.. if it's newer than HBM2 then I can only think of is HBM3 or 3DXpoint

 

[jimma47]

They are named after Stars.. Polaris is the nickname for the North Star, and etc
I really wonder what Next gen memory Navi must be using though.. if it's newer than HBM2 then I can only think of is HBM3 or 3DXpoint

Oh yeah I know Polaris and Vega - Just hadn't heard of Navi. (unless that's where Navigate originates?)

 

[xnax2802]

Two chips with multiple binning stages. Same as how the Figi Chip is used in the R9 Fury, Fury X and Nano.

Every chip from AMD or Nvidia is always used in at least two GPUs, often more.

Good to know that I was just confusing myself

 

[SPS]

Oh yeah I know Polaris and Vega - Just hadn't heard of Navi. (unless that's where Navigate originates?)

Gamma Cassiopeiae

The Chinese call the star Tsih, which means “the whip.” It also has the nickname Navi, which it got from the American astronaut Virgil Ivan Grissom – Navi is Ivan spelled backwards. The star was used as a navigational reference point by astronauts. - http://www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/cassiopeia-constellation/

 

[jimma47]

Gamma Cassiopeiae

Love your work. Thanks SPS!