AMD will start selling the graphics solutions Southern Islands in the first quarter 2012. At the same time in the beginning of December are scheduled event on the new graphics solutions, made on 28 nm, and their code names are mentioned in drivers.
The representatives of new architecture GCN will be released by AMD in the first quarter 2012. The problem, forcing AMD to delay the announcement is of technological nature - apparently, TSMC can not simply release before the end of the year, enough new generation of graphics processors to plan the announcement in the current quarter.
Today appeared some predictions on the speed level of productive graphical solution new series with a single GPU on board. Succeeded by Radeon HD 6970, judging by the statements of our colleagues will be comparable in speed with the Radeon HD 6990.