IT News HeadLines (Elite Bastards) 01/04/2010

AMD's next generation GPU plans outed

Now that NVIDIA's GF100-based cards are on the table (at the high-end at least), how are AMD going to respond? The rarely accurate SemiAccurate sets out their speculation about the company's next-generation graphics architecture plans.

Southern Islands (SI) is a 40nm family, and from early information, it looks to be a hybrid between Evergreen and Northern Islands. The architectural details are quite slim now, but it looks like ATI took the uncore from NI and put the shaders from Evergreen on it. Think of it as taking the parts that were done and available, and putting them together.

Because it is the only option at this point, SI will be built on TSMC's 40nm process. This is good because it is known, and ready, pulling in the timetables. Low risk means low chance of problems and quick time to market. Expect SI sometime this fall. Rumors abound that some family members have already taped out, but that is far from confirmed.

Read the latest from the rumour mill right here.

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AMD Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition reviews

Officially speaking AMD lifted the lid on their Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition, complete with support for up to six displays via mini-DisplayPort connectors, , a little while ago, but today sees the performance of this board revealed for all to see. If you have enough room and money to burn to create a full-on Eyefinity setup, does this board have enough horsepower to drive it? Check out our comprehensive list of coverage below.

- Anandtech
- Firing Squad
- Guru 3D
- HEXUS
- Hot Hardware
- PC Perspective
- Rage 3D
- Tom's Hardware Guide
- Tweak Town

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