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AMD昨日放出的催化劑11.7預覽版驅動是給開發人員使用的，而為了方便大家做好準備、迎接新硬體，其中已經加入了AMD下代顯卡「南方群島」的眾多型號代號，以及下代Trinity APU處理器。

首先來看南方群島家族：

275,SI TAHITI XT (6798),0x6798,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,SI TAHITI,0x1,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x10,0x1

276,SI NEW ZEALAND (6799),0x6799,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,SI TAHITI,0x1,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x10,0x1

277,SI TAHITI PRO (679A),0x679A,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,SI TAHITI,0x1,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x10,0x1

278,THAMES XT/GL (6840),0x6840,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,SI THAMES,0x1,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x10,0x1

279,THAMES PRO (6841),0x6841,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,SI THAMES,0x1,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x10,0x1

280,THAMES LE (6842),0x6842,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,SI THAMES,0x1,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x10,0x1

281,LOMBOK XT GL (6849),0x6849,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,SI LOMBOK,0x1,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x10,0x1

282,LOMBOK AIO (6850),0x6850,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,SI LOMBOK,0x1,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x10,0x1

283,LOMBOK XT (6858),0x6858,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,SI LOMBOK,0x1,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x10,0x1

284,LOMBOK PRO (6859),0x6859,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,SI LOMBOK,0x1,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x10,0x1

很顯然，「New Zealand」(紐西蘭)將是新一代旗艦級單卡雙核型號(紐西蘭本身就是南島、北島兩大島嶼組成的)，取代Antilles Radeon HD 6990，我們可以暫時推測它會叫做Radeon HD 7990。

「Tahiti」(大溪地)是高階核心，將會取代Cayman Radeon HD 6970/6950。它有兩個版本Tahiti XT、Tahiti PRO，按慣例會分別命名為Radeon HD 7970/7950。

「Thames」(泰晤士)是主流級核心，並且分為Thames XT/GL、Thames RPO、Thames LE三個版本，看起來會分別取代Barts Radeon HD 6870/6850/6790，型號上順應叫作Radeon HD 7870/7850/7790。Thames XT/GL同時還代表著FirePro專業卡版本。

「Lomlock」(龍目島)則是低階核心，將會衍生出一體機版本Lomlock AIO、專業版本Lomlock GL和兩個消費級版本Lomlock XT、Lomlock PRO。最後兩個猜測會叫Radeon HD 7670/7650，取代Turks Radeon HD 6670/6570。

大家可能注意到了，入門級核心Caicos Radeon HD 6450怎麼後繼無人了？這也是必然的了，Fusion APU的誕生將使這種入門級獨顯變得完全沒有必要，Lomlcok這種低階核心更大的作用估計也就是配合APU組成雙顯卡系統。

另外還有一種比較「聳人聽聞」的說法，聲稱New Zealand、Tahiti、Thames都會使用AMD日前提出的全新圖形與計算架構「AMD Graphics Core Next」，只有低階的Lomlock繼續使用Radeon HD 6900系列引入的VLIW4架構。難道AMD真能跑這麼快，今年第四季就帶來新架構？

同時在催化劑11.7驅動文件中還能找到將於明年發佈的32nm工藝、增強推土機架構APU Trinity，包括桌上型版本和移動版本，甚至還有一個「Trinity Devastator Duo」。Devastator是破壞者的意思，Duo自然就是成雙成對—難道AMD準備像16核心的服務器版Interlagos Opteron那樣推出雙核版本、八核心的Trinity APU？

652,TRINITY MOBILE (9900),0x9900,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,FUSION TRINITY,0x0,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x04,0x1

653,TRINITY DESKTOP (9901),0x9901,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,FUSION TRINITY,0x0,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x04,0x1

654,TRINITY DESKTOP (9903),0x9903,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,FUSION TRINITY,0x0,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x04,0x1

655,TRINITY DESKTOP (9904),0x9904,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,FUSION TRINITY,0x0,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x04,0x1

656,TRINITY DEVASTATOR DUO (990F),0x990F,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,FUSION TRINITY,0x0,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x04,0x1

657,TRINITY MOBILE (9990),0x9990,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,FUSION TRINITY,0x0,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x04,0x1

658,TRINITY DESKTOP (9991),0x9991,0x1002,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,FUSION TRINITY,0x0,NONE,0x6,0x0,0x04,0x1