AMD’s Polaris architecture will include a number of new improvements to the previous generation GCN architecture including a primitive discard accelerator, hardware scheduler, instruction pre-fetch, improved shader efficiency and improved memory compression algorithm. “Going forward for 2016, our products will be based on the Polaris architecture”.
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The new command processor will ensure that the GPU does not remain idle for longer durations of time whereas the memory controller will see that every bit of memory bandwidth is utilized with HBM v.2.0. Including the addition of support for DisplayPort 1.3 and HDMI 2.0a in addition to h.
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“Around two months before release, or thereabouts, the [Nvidia] GameWorks code arrived with HairWorks, and it completely sabotaged our performance as far as we’re concerned”, Huddy told Ars Technica UK at the time. Perhaps more importantly, it’ll be just as fast as a comparable Nvidia part, while using a lot less power, the company said.
Nvidia employed a similar strategy with its Maxwell architecture-which was also designed for low power consumption and portable devices-launching with the mid-range GTX 750 and 750 Ti. Discrete cards with fewer power connectors and lower power requirements at a given performance level will also come as a result.
We’ve already seen some of the company’s plans for “deep pixels” in its plans for FreeSync and ultra-high-definition content on Radeon graphics cards this year, and Polaris chips are one way the company will begin to deliver on those promises. All of this along with a significant improvement to power efficiency in part thanks to the switch to 14 nm FinFET.
The chip used in the demo was manufactured using Global Foundries’ 14nm FinFET process ad should be available in mid-2016. While gaming at 1080P with Star Wars Battlefront, the system featuring the Polaris based GPU was pulling only 86 – 88 watts from wall, while an identical system, with a GTX 950 installed pulled over 150 watts. Most gamers are hoping that AMD will be able to a great graphics card as they don’t want NVIDIA to have a Monopoly and be able to control video card pricing. Improved efficiency is essential if laptop gaming is to become more than a half-tolerable slog. Polaris is also known as the North Star, which famous for holding almost still in the sky while the entire northern sky moves around it. Mariners relied upon to navigate the world for centuries and now AMD will be relying on it to stay competitive against AMD in the GPU market.
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As a quick preface here, while RTG demonstrated a Polaris based card in action we the press were not allowed to see the physical card or take pictures of the demonstration. Hundreds of millions of consumers, leading Fortune 500 businesses, and cutting-edge scientific research facilities around the world rely on AMD technology daily to improve how they live, work, and play. NVIDIA’s GeForce line will be built on the same FinFET process later in 2016 so any inherent advantages of that process will apply to both parties.
