HD7000/下代APU曝光 欲赶超Intel和NV

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　AMD昨日放出的催化剂11.7预览版驱动是给开发人员使用的，而为了方便大家做好准备、迎接新硬件，其中已经加入了AMD下代显卡“南方群岛”的众多型号代号，以及下代Trinity APU处理器。首先来看南方群岛家族：
275,SI TAHITI XT (6798),0x6798,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,SI TAHITI,0x1,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x10,0x1
276,SI NEW ZEALAND (6799),0x6799,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,SI TAHITI,0x1,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x10,0x1
277,SI TAHITI PRO (679A),0x679A,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,SI TAHITI,0x1,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x10,0x1
278,THAMES XT/GL (6840),0x6840,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,SI THAMES,0x1,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x10,0x1
279,THAMES PRO (6841),0x6841,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,SI THAMES,0x1,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x10,0x1
280,THAMES LE (6842),0x6842,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,SI THAMES,0x1,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x10,0x1
281,LOMBOK XT GL (6849),0x6849,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,SI LOMBOK,0x1,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x10,0x1
282,LOMBOK AIO (6850),0x6850,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,SI LOMBOK,0x1,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x10,0x1
283,LOMBOK XT (6858),0x6858,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,SI LOMBOK,0x1,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x10,0x1
284,LOMBOK PRO (6859),0x6859,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,SI LOMBOK,0x1,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x10,0x1
　　很显然，“New Zealand”(新西兰)将是新一代旗舰级单卡双芯型号(新西兰本身就是南岛、北岛两大岛屿组成的)，取代Antilles Radeon HD 6990，我们可以暂时推测它会叫做Radeon HD 7990。

　　“Tahiti”(塔希提)是高端核心，将会取代Cayman Radeon HD 6970/6950。它有两个版本Tahiti XT、Tahiti PRO，按惯例会分别命名为Radeon HD 7970/7950。

　　“Thames”(泰晤士)是主流级别核心，并且分为Thames XT/GL、Thames RPO、Thames LE三个版本，看起来会分别取代Barts Radeon HD 6870/6850/6790，型号上顺应叫作Radeon HD 7870/7850/7790。Thames XT/GL同时还代表着FirePro专业卡版本。
　　“Lomlock”(龙目岛)则是低端核心，将会衍生出一体机版本Lomlock AIO、专业版本Lomlock GL和两个消费级版本Lomlock XT、Lomlock PRO。最后两个猜测会叫Radeon HD 7670/7650，取代Turks Radeon HD 6670/6570。
　　大家可能注意到了，入门级核心Caicos Radeon HD 6450怎么后继无人了？这也是必然的了，Fusion APU的诞生将使这种入门级独显变得完全没有必要，Lomlcok这种低端核心更大的作用估计也就是配合APU组成双显卡系统。
　　另外还有一种比较“耸人听闻”的说法，声称New Zealand、Tahiti、Thames都会使用AMD日前提出的全新图形与计算架构“AMD Graphics Core Next”，只有低端的Lomlock继续使用Radeon HD 6900系列引入的VLIW4架构。难道AMD真能跑这么快，今年第四季度就带来新架构？

　　同时在催化剂11.7驱动文件中还能找到将于明年发布的32nm工艺、增强推土机架构APU Trinity，包括桌面版本和移动版本，甚至还有一个“Trinity Devastator Duo”。Devastator是破坏者的意思，Duo自然就是成双成对——难道AMD准备像16核心的服务器版Interlagos Opteron那样推出双芯版本、八核心的Trinity APU？
652,TRINITY MOBILE (9900),0x9900,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,FUSION TRINITY,0x0,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x04,0x1
653,TRINITY DESKTOP (9901),0x9901,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,FUSION TRINITY,0x0,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x04,0x1
654,TRINITY DESKTOP (9903),0x9903,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,FUSION TRINITY,0x0,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x04,0x1
655,TRINITY DESKTOP (9904),0x9904,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,FUSION TRINITY,0x0,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x04,0x1
656,TRINITY DEVASTATOR DUO (990F),0x990F,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,FUSION TRINITY,0x0,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x04,0x1
657,TRINITY MOBILE (9990),0x9990,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,FUSION TRINITY,0x0,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x04,0x1
658,TRINITY DESKTOP (9991),0x9991,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,FUSION TRINITY,0x0,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x04,0x1