AMD Arcturus May Be the Codename of the Next-Gen GPU Following Navi

Looks like AMD may have already come up with a name for the successor to the Navi GPU architecture. According to Phoronix, an AMD employee spilled the beans on their forum, and it’s reportedly called the AMD Arcturus.

“We found out about the Arcturus name today in our forums from our resident AMD Linux liaison when a reader was asking about all of the numbers involved in modern AMD GPU codenames like Vega 10, 11, and 20 and a preference for going back to GPU codenames like the days of Northern and Southern Islands,” Michael Larabel said in his column for Phoronix.

“Arcturus is expected to be the first codename under their revised scheme and still would tie into the solar system play. But any details beyond that name are non-existent at this point,” he added.

Arcturus happens to be the name of the red giant star that shines the brightest in the constellation Boötes. As noted by Larabel, the AMD Arcturus codename makes sense because the company has made it a habit of naming their GPU architectures after the brightest star in a constellation. Polaris is actually the brightest star in the constellation of Ursa Minor, while the Vega is the brightest in the Lyra constellation. Navi is also one of the brightest stars that can be seen from Earth.

Of course, tech enthusiasts probably won’t see the AMD Arcturus in the near future since the Navi is still kept under wraps before it launches in 2019. However, more details will probably leak after the Navi hits the market.

Meanwhile, it is rumored that the AMD Arcturus will probably come out in 2020 utilizing the latest 7nm+ process node.

So is AMD Arcturus going to be the codename of the company’s next-gen GPU architecture? The public can only wait and see for now.

Sources:

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMD-Radeon-Arcturus

https://www.pcgamesn.com/amd-arcturus-gpu-codename

https://wccftech.com/amd-arcturus-7nm-next-gen-gpu-revealed/