We know that AMD would be working on its new Navi 4 architecture graphics cards for a long time. Specifically, they were working on a GPU called Navi 4C chiplet type (similar to Ryzen) that was going to give life to the RX 8900 XTX. Well, they have just discovered through data mining that this graphics card has apparently suspended its development.
He chiplet design It would be something similar to a puzzle. We have a set of DIE (core chips, mostly) that are mounted on a surface. It is done to simplify the construction process and, therefore, reduce the costs of this process without sacrificing power and/or performance.
AMD cancels its most powerful GPU
By the end of the year NVIDIA plans to launch the new RTX 50 Series, which will supposedly offer a brutal jump in performance. AMD’s answer should be the new RX 8000 Series models. One of the main attractions of these graphics cards is their chiplet design, which will be the first time it has been imported into a GPU intended for gaming.
According to the source code revealed for these new graphics processors, we would have a configuration of up to nine Shader engines. This should confirm the good state of development of this new technology. Everything pointed to the Navi 4 architecture It would be the first with a GPU that combined different chipsets.
Apparently, months before being launched on the market, development has been stopped. This is a rumor and, obviously, we must take it with great caution.
There has been a lot of debate in technical forums regarding this new GPU architecture and design. It has been suggested that Navi 4X could have more than 200 computing units. You should know that the Navi 31 GPU has up to 96 computing units, which would be combining two GPUs on a single chip.
Based on this information, the hypothetical RX 8900 XTX would have twice the power of the RX 7900 XTX. It would represent a truly huge leap and a real problem for its competitor, NVIDIA.
Despite the cancellation of the development of the RX 8900 XTX and the Navi 4X silicon, there is great interest in this solution. Even with this hypothetical cancellation, some of its capabilities would be integrated into the new GPU architectures that they are developing. There is even speculation that it could influence the development of Navi 5.
What would be the price of the RX 8900 XTX?
We do not have reliable data, but there are different rumors that allow us to get a small idea. Apparently, it was going to be a full build with between 13-20 chiplets. They were to be arranged in three active interposer arrays, AID and multimedia and I/O arrays (MID). Come on, it was going to be an extremely complete design, but one that would offer a huge leap in performance.
The current AMD RX 7900 XTX range between 1,000 euros and 1,500 euros, depending on manufacturer, model and other aspects. We can think that the RX 8900 XTX could be somewhat more expensive, around 1,100 euros and 1,700 euros. Always prices below NVIDIA solutions.
It may seem strange to you that, being a GPU that is more complex to design, but twice as powerful as the previous model, it is so economical. In the end, what is expensive is the design, manufacturing is usually cheaper, as is the case with the current AMD Ryzen.