AMD Hawaii GPU R9-290X ‘Volcanic Islands’ PCB Leaked – 512-Bit Interface and Massive Die Size?

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haxxiy said:

fatslob-:O said:

If you take into account all the process node shrinks and how prone to error the silicon is when attempting photolithography I'd be willing to bet the fastest GPU achieveable isn't going to be more powerful than the PS4 by a factor of 8.

Edit: To reach the smallest process nod your going to have to wait 10 years.

Do not underestimate the capabilities of AMD and Nvidia to release increasingly bigger cards in order to keep fooling clueless enthusiasts they are seeing real, Moore law-like progress as far as shrinking and efficiency goes. I mean, remember that once upon a time this is what we called high-end... nowadays it wouldn't pass as the integrated video card of a low end laptop:

Do note that the smaller the process node the more likely the bigger dies are prone to error's. So I wish the manufacture's good luck for being able to get any decent yield beyond a 370mm^2 at a process node of 5nm.

Edit: BTW the TITAN has some disabled units due to how prone that thing is to error's.