Codenames For AMD Volcanic Islands , Pirate Islands and Crystal Series Detailed

The latest codenames for upcoming generation of Radeon series including the discrete AMD Volcanic Islands , Pirate Islands and the mobile Crystal series have been detailed by 3DCenter (via HWINFO). 3DCenter as always provides briefly detailed information regarding the latest codename and specifications

Codenames For AMD Volcanic Islands , Pirate Islands and Crystal Series Detailed

We know that Hawaii is the flagship chip of the AMD Volcanic Islands series but we have new updates. There are three new names revealed by HWINFO which fall under the AMD Volcanic Islands series – Tonga, Iceland and Maui. According to 3DCenter, the New Zealand chip which was supposed to make a debut with the HD 7000 series southern islands series but it got Malta instead. The AMD Volcanic Islands series would feature the New Zealand as the flagship dual chip card followed by Hawaii (High-End), Maui (Performance), Iceland (Mainstream) and Tonga (Entry Level).

GPU Codename	Series	Positioning
New Zealand	Volcanic Islands	Dual-Chip
Hawaii	Volcanic Islands	High-End
Maui	Volcanic Islands	Performance
Ice Land	Volcanic Islands	Mainstream
Tonga	Volcanic Islands	Entry Level

Note - Positioning and Codenames are not final and are subject to change.

Next up is the Crystal series for mobile graphics which was revealed last month. The Crystal series unlike its predecessors would be based on a new architecture and feature improved performance. The codenames for GPUs under this series are - Vesuvius, Topaz, Amethyst. Now this is really interesting, Vesuvius is a large volcano located at the Gulf of Naples. It should had fallen under the Volcanic Islands series rather the Crystal series so maybe this isn’t confirmed yet. But still, its hinted to be the top chip under the Crystal series.

GPU Codename	Series	Positioning
Vesuvius	Crystal Series	High-End
Topaz	Crystal Series	Performance
Amethyst	Crystal Series	Mainstream

Note - Positioning and Codenames are not final and are subject to change.
Last is the Pirate Islands series that would debut with the new 20nm architecture in 2015 or possibly earlier. The codenames listed under this series include – Bermuda, Treasure, Fiji. These sound pretty cool for a graphics series. Although its not known what positioning they would fall under but we can see either Bermuda or Treasure ending up as the flagship chip, not the flagship dual GPU.

GPU Codename	Series
Bermuda	Pirate Islands
Treasure	Pirate Islands
Fiji	Pirate Islands

The AMD Volcanic Islands series would supposedly make a debut with the FirePro series in September as revealed only a week ago. This would be followed by the launch of the consumer Radeon HD series in October with the arrival of EA’s Battlefield 4 or at a later date.