[BSN] AMD's next-gen GPU "Manhattan" and "Northern Islands" use 32nm process(+DX11.1) - Overclock.net

sodaholic134 · 3 Weeks Ago

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Getting into 2011, AMD plans to debut Northern Islands, their true next-generation part. This is the part that is being designed with DirectX 11.1 specification in mind [according to sources inside AMD, Evergreen also supports 11.1 specification. Upon our insisting, we were told that is not entirely true - DX11.1 is not finalized and they cannot be sure if Evergreen will support 11.1 or will fall short]. The DirectX 11.1 is currently being worked upon, and among our sources, it is widely expected to debut in the winter of 2010, with hardware following either in late 2010 or early 2011. According to information at hand, we are talking about a brand new architecture which follows the prolonged cadence between new architectures [R600 - RV770: May 2007-July 2008, RV770-Evergreen: July 2008 - September 2009, Evergreen-Northern Islands: September 2009-February 2011?].

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Rather then post this in the news section, I figured I'd post it here since it's filed under rumor on BSN. Just thought it was interesting that they mentioned DX11.1. If this is in the wrong section, mods can move it.