AMD 2016-2018 GPU roadmap leaked

AMD 2016-2018 GPU roadmap leaked

| Source: Videocardz Author: Mark Campbell

AMD 2016-2018 GPU roadmap leaked

AMD's GPU roadmap for 2016-2018 has been revealed, showing that AMD plans on moving to HBM2 memory in 2017 and to a future NextGen memory standard in 2018.

Sadly this new roadmap does not give us any more information on AMD's upcoming Polaris architecture, but it does confirm that AMD will not be using HBM 2 memory and will be made with two new GPU core designs, which will each be made into several different SKUs that AMD can sell.

Initially AMD stated that they expected a 2x increase in performance per watt when moving past the 28nm Fiji architecture used in the R9 Fury X when that GPU was announced almost a year ago. Now AMD estimates that Polaris will have a 2.5x performance per watt advantage, showing that their Polaris GPUs are performing better than was initially expected on the 14nm FinFET manufacturing process.

AMD's Polaris Architecture is not listed as supporting HBM2 memory, with AMD's 2017 Vega Architecture being the first GPU listed with HBM2 support, meaning that AMD Polaris GPUs may be sticking with GDDR5 memory for Polaris, though GDDR5X remains a possibility.

AMD's new Polaris, GCN 4.0 architecture will feature a newly designed command processor, a dedicated multimedia section, a new display engine, geometry processors, an updated memory controller and a set of L2 cache, all of which will be instrumental in giving AMD more performance in this upcoming generation of GPUs.

The new command processor will likely help AMD with Asynchronous computing tasks with the new DirectX 12 API, promising that the GPU will never be sitting at idle and the new memory controller will no doubt help AMD make the most out of every bit of memory bandwidth that they can get their hands on with whatever memory standard AMD have decided to use with Polaris.

AMD's new Geometry processor design will likely give AMD a boost in tessellation performance when compared to their previous generation GPUs, as this has been a place where AMD has been behind Nvidia for several generations and AMD is no doubt working hard to rectify this.

This new GPU will also have the ability to encode and decode h.265 (HEVC) media, which hopefully means that AMD will be gaining a dedicated shadowplay functionality within their drivers, instead of relying on dedicated external applications. AMD's next generation of GPUs will also be using DP 1.3 and HDMI 2.0a display connections, allowing the most modern displays to be used with these devices, allowing 4K 120Hz support and more.

AMD's new roadmap confirms that the next generation of GPUs will also be using DP 1.3 and HDMI 2.0 display connections, allowing the most modern displays to be used with these devices, allowing 4K 120Hz support and more.

Hopefully, this leak is the first of many regarding AMD and Nvidia's upcoming GPUs, as I am personally excited to see what both companies have up their sleeves, especially when it comes to tackling both VR and high-resolution gaming.

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AMD's GPU roadmap for 2016-2018 has been revealed. What does AMD's Polaris have to offer?https://t.co/5qCVOf51c8 pic.twitter.com/T2kdypchCd — OC3D (@OC3D) April 20, 2016

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