AMD Radeon 8000 Series Released. What is the state of things for opensource?

[entropy]

The GPUs announced so far are not the "next generation" hardware we have been talking about.

Thank you for the information.

Well, you're not the right one to blame.
In fact, I believe you don't like the naming as well but can't say so, ofc.

[crazycheese]

So it turns out it wasn't that offtopic. :/

Not quite See:

The GPUs announced so far are not the "next generation" hardware we have been talking about.

incoming.... get in cover

[ChrisXY]

Thanks for the information, but seriously, what is the rationale behind the first number if it doesn't describe anything anymore? Maybe it would be better to use sha1 over the pciid instead of a misleading number.

[bridgman]

That's pretty horrible, seeing as the rebadges span the entire range this time.

Patience, grasshopper

[curaga]

That's pretty horrible, seeing as the rebadges span the entire range this time.

[bridgman]

I think so...

[ChrisXY]

Will the "next generation" hardware be released with an 8xxx number too?

[bridgman]

The GPUs announced so far are not the "next generation" hardware we have been talking about.

[entropy]

Having 8k entire series be rebadges kinda puts "hd8k will be the first supported in open drivers on launch" in a new light

They deliver as promised.

I came up with the whole thing after reading the German news site 'heise.de'.

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/AMDs-neue-CPU-Roadmap-1779187.html

heise media has a good reputation and they usually don't publish junk.

The last paragraph might be a bit misleading when they say AMD announced the HD 8000 GPU line at CES
(not just the mobile ones). They continue mentioning that some OEM parts will ship first.

[entropy]

They appear to be rebadge of the 7000 serie, so it's just probably some PCIIDs to add to the drivers.

Seems like you're right.

So an OEM Radeon HD 8950 will be fundamentally different from a retail HD 8950?
I expected at least the new high-end chips to have GCN2.

Oh my, this is confusing
...and embarrassing. :/