AMD Southern Islands GPU names leaked

Posted on Tuesday, July 05 2011 @ 0:14 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
German tech site 3DCenter published details about the codenames of AMD's forthcoming Southern Islands GPUs.

The high-end model is called Tahiti, it will arrive in a Pro and XT edition, while the enthusiast-class New Zealand is based on two Tahiti GPUs.

Details about the other chips are less certain. Thames is possibly a low-cost mobile chip or a performance edition, which will arrive in three versions: LE, Pro and XT/GL.

The fourth chip is Lombok, this GPU is planned in Pro, XT, AIO and XL GL variants. The codenames suggest this could be a desktop performance chip.

The launch of these cards is expected by Q4 2011.


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