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Polaris µarch
General Info
Arch TypeGPU
DesignerAMD
ManufacturerGlobalFoundries
IntroductionQ2 2016
Process14 nm, 16 nm
Succession

Polaris (also known as Graphics core next 4th generation) is a microarchitecture developed by AMD.

Codenames

  • Arctic Islands - GPUs
  • Greenland - high-end GPUs
Family	Chipset name	Microarchitecture	ISA	Product name

*Southern Islands • CAPE VERDE, PITCAIRN, TAHITI, OLAND, HAINAN
:GCN1.0+ • DCE 6.x • HD7750-HD7970, R9 270/280, R9 370X, R7 240, R7 250
*Sea Islands • BONAIRE, KABINI, MULLINS, KAVERI, HAWAII
:GCN2.x • DCE 8.x • HD7790, R7 260, R9 290, R7 360, R9 390
*Volcanic Islands • CARRIZO, FIJI, STONEY, TONGA, TOPAZ, WANI • GCN3.x
:DCE 10/11.x • R9 285, R9 380/380X, R9 Fury, R9 Nano, R9 Fury X, Pro Duo
*Arctic Islands • POLARIS10/11/12, VEGAM • GCN4.x • DCE 11.2
:RX 460/470/480, RX 540/550/560/570/580, RX 590, Pro WX 3200
*Vega • VEGA 10/11/12/20 • GCN5.x • DCE 12.x
:RX Vega 56, RX Vega 64, Radeon Vega II, Radeon VII
codenamePolaris +
designerAMD +
first launchedFebruary 2016 +
full page nameamd/microarchitectures/polaris +
instance ofmicroarchitecture +
manufacturerGlobalFoundries +
microarchitecture typeGPU +
namePolaris +
process14 nm (0.014 μm, 1.4e-5 mm) + and 16 nm (0.016 μm, 1.6e-5 mm) +