The next mobile family is to be called "Sea Islands" and will be comprised of HD8800M and other GPU variants. Highlighted above are Sea Island variants in the HD8800M and FirePro lineups - the FirePro A300 family is likely to be a optimised version of the HD8800M models with a few tweaks here and there for better double-point math performance and better performance in apps that require a professional-series graphics card. When could we expect these new models? Probably towards the end of the year, perhaps somewhat co-inciding with the release of Windows 8. AMD traditionally releases the mobile versions of their next chips first, allowing OEMs enough time to test and try out everything before releasing their finished product. That will also be the first time we'll see any new improvements in the next GCN-based chip designs and who knows what AMD is planning next.


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