Release date 2013 Mid-range 8750876087708850 | Architecture GCN 1st gen | |
Codename Southern IslandsSea IslandsSolar SystemRichlandKabini Fabrication process and transistors 1.040M (Oland) 28 nm2.080M (Bonaire) 28 nm Entry-level 8350845084708490857086708730 | ||
The HD 8000 series is a family of computer GPUs developed by AMD. AMD was initially rumoured to release the family in the second quarter of 2013, with the cards manufactured on a 28 nm process and making use of the improved Graphics Core Next architecture. However the 8000 series turned out to be an OEM rebadge of the 7000 series (although, Oland is of newer development).
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Architecture
The Radeon HD 8000 series marked AMD's shift from VLIW (TeraScale) to RISC/SIMD architecture (Graphics Core Next). The newer, more powerful cards were equipped with GCN cores, the less powerful ones with older TeraScale2/3 cores, see table below. GCN desktop cards were code-named Southern Islands, while mobile ones were code-named Solar System.
Multi-monitor support
The AMD Eyefinity-branded on-die display controllers were introduced in September 2009 in the Radeon HD 5000 Series and have been present in all products since.
Video acceleration
Both Unified Video Decoder (UVD) and Video Coding Engine (VCE) are present on the dies of all products and supported by AMD Catalyst and by the free and open-source graphics device driver#ATI/AMD.
GCN-based models
Solar System (HD 8xxxM) mobile series
1 Unified shaders : Texture mapping units : Render output units : Compute units
2 The effective data transfer rate of GDDR5 is quadruple its nominal clock, instead of double as it is with other DDR memory.
Richland (HD 8xxxD) series
These refer to the graphics integrated into Richland desktop APUs, they are VLIW4 based (like some of Radeon HD 6000 Series).
Richland (HD 8xxxG) series
These refer to the graphics integrated into Richland mobile APUs, they are VLIW4 based.