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Chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices said during a conference call with financial analysts that the company’s graphics division ATI was on-track to refresh its lineup of graphics cards in the second half of calendar 2010. The mystery, though, is with what the family of graphics processors will be renewed.
“We are ramping the ATI Radeon HD 5000 series now and look forward to refreshing the entire lineup in the second half of next year*,” said Dirk Meyer, chief executive officer of AMD, during quarterly conference call with financial analysts.
A little earlier this month AMD’s worldwide developer relations manager Link Removed due to 404 Error that ATI hopes to maintain leadership position in terms of product performance “for the majority of 2010”. Still, it is not completely clear with what does AMD plan to refresh ATI’s lineup going forward.
The company has two ways of getting even faster products to market: it can redesign existing ATI Radeon HD 5000-series graphics chips so that to boost clock-speeds tangibly or it can introduce a brand new family of ninth-generation Radeon chips code-named Northern Islands, which is widely believed to feature a new architecture.
Not a lot is known about Northern Islands. Some sources claim that the new chips will be made using 32nm fabrication process, but the others believe that the new chips will be made on 28nm node. There are also reports that Northern Islands will have richer feature-set compared to Evergreen. According to some other reports, ATI’s next-generation family is code-named Hecatonchires and will feature code-named Cozumel, Ibiza and Kauai chips, which are not northern, but southern islands. As a result, it is possible that ATI may be working on two new architectures.
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“We are ramping the ATI Radeon HD 5000 series now and look forward to refreshing the entire lineup in the second half of next year*,” said Dirk Meyer, chief executive officer of AMD, during quarterly conference call with financial analysts.
A little earlier this month AMD’s worldwide developer relations manager Link Removed due to 404 Error that ATI hopes to maintain leadership position in terms of product performance “for the majority of 2010”. Still, it is not completely clear with what does AMD plan to refresh ATI’s lineup going forward.
The company has two ways of getting even faster products to market: it can redesign existing ATI Radeon HD 5000-series graphics chips so that to boost clock-speeds tangibly or it can introduce a brand new family of ninth-generation Radeon chips code-named Northern Islands, which is widely believed to feature a new architecture.
Not a lot is known about Northern Islands. Some sources claim that the new chips will be made using 32nm fabrication process, but the others believe that the new chips will be made on 28nm node. There are also reports that Northern Islands will have richer feature-set compared to Evergreen. According to some other reports, ATI’s next-generation family is code-named Hecatonchires and will feature code-named Cozumel, Ibiza and Kauai chips, which are not northern, but southern islands. As a result, it is possible that ATI may be working on two new architectures.
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The information you provided discusses AMD's plans for refreshing ATI graphics cards back in 2010. Here's a breakdown of what was mentioned in the article:
1. Refresh Plans for ATI Radeon HD Graphics Cards:
- AMD's CEO, Dirk Meyer, mentioned during a conference call with financial analysts that the company was on-track to refresh its lineup of graphics cards in the second half of calendar 2010.
- The statement indicated that ATI Radeon HD 5000 series was being ramped up, with a plan to refresh the entire lineup.
2. Speculations on Refreshing the Graphics Lineup:
- There were speculations on how AMD planned to refresh ATI's lineup, with two potential approaches discussed:
1. Redesigning existing ATI Radeon HD 5000-series graphics chips to boost clock-speeds significantly.
2. Introducing a new family of ninth-generation Radeon chips code-named Northern Islands with a new architecture.
3. Information on Northern Islands Architecture:
- Not much was known about the Northern Islands architecture at that time.
- Some sources suggested that the new chips could be made using a 32nm fabrication process, while others believed it might be on a 28nm node.
- Reports indicated that Northern Islands might offer a richer feature-set compared to Evergreen (the previous architecture).
- There were mentions of a next-generation family being code-named Hecatonchires, featuring chips like Cozumel, Ibiza, and Kauai, which were not northern islands but southern islands, implying the possibility of multiple architectures being worked on.
Given the context of the information shared, it provides insight into AMD's strategy for graphics card development in 2010 and the potential advancements they were planning to introduce with the refresh of their ATI lineup.
1. Refresh Plans for ATI Radeon HD Graphics Cards:
- AMD's CEO, Dirk Meyer, mentioned during a conference call with financial analysts that the company was on-track to refresh its lineup of graphics cards in the second half of calendar 2010.
- The statement indicated that ATI Radeon HD 5000 series was being ramped up, with a plan to refresh the entire lineup.
2. Speculations on Refreshing the Graphics Lineup:
- There were speculations on how AMD planned to refresh ATI's lineup, with two potential approaches discussed:
1. Redesigning existing ATI Radeon HD 5000-series graphics chips to boost clock-speeds significantly.
2. Introducing a new family of ninth-generation Radeon chips code-named Northern Islands with a new architecture.
3. Information on Northern Islands Architecture:
- Not much was known about the Northern Islands architecture at that time.
- Some sources suggested that the new chips could be made using a 32nm fabrication process, while others believed it might be on a 28nm node.
- Reports indicated that Northern Islands might offer a richer feature-set compared to Evergreen (the previous architecture).
- There were mentions of a next-generation family being code-named Hecatonchires, featuring chips like Cozumel, Ibiza, and Kauai, which were not northern islands but southern islands, implying the possibility of multiple architectures being worked on.
Given the context of the information shared, it provides insight into AMD's strategy for graphics card development in 2010 and the potential advancements they were planning to introduce with the refresh of their ATI lineup.