AMD chief gaming architect promises RX 6000 will not be a paperlaunch

Some interesting tidbits about AMD's Big Navi lineup over at VideoCardz. First up, the site says AMD's new ROCm Developer Tools source code confirms that Sienna Cichlid is indeed Navi 21 and Navy Flounder is Navi 22.

In case you're wondering, do these names have any meaning, the answer is no. In a Reddit thread, an AMD developer confirmed that these names are now a random selection from a couple of lists of words. Apparently, when AMD was still using star names, there was too much discussion from astronomy buffs:

Yep... it's a random selection from a couple of lists of words.

We were using names of stars previously, but it turned out we had too many people interested in astronomy - the discussion about whether to use Aldeberan or Betelgeuse for the next compute chip went on for a while, with really good arguments on both sides.

There are a few companies named after stars, but red giants seemed relatively safe.

Another great find is a tweet from Frank Azor, AMD's Chief Architect of Gaming Solutions & Marketing. He claims the Radeon RX 6000 series will not be a paperlaunch.

I look forward to taking your $10

— Frank Azor (@AzorFrank) September 24, 2020