AMD has reportedly discontinued manufacturing of its flagship Radeon VII graphics card. According to a Cowcotland report, AMD now not finds it viable to supply and promote the Radeon VII at costs aggressive to NVIDIA’s RTX 2080, particularly when its newest Radeon RX 5700 XT performs inside 5-12 % of the Radeon VII at lower than half its worth. AMD most likely expects custom-design RX 5700 XT playing cards to slim the hole much more. The RX 5700 XT has a a lot lesser BOM (invoice of supplies) value in comparison with the Radeon VII, because of the simplicity of its ASIC, a standard GDDR6 reminiscence setup, and much lighter electrical necessities.
In stark distinction to the RX 5700 XT, the Radeon VII relies on a fancy MCM (multi-chip module) that has not only a 7 nm GPU die, but additionally 4 32 Gbit HBM2 stacks, and a silicon interposer. It additionally has a lot steeper VRM necessities. Making issues worse is the now-obsolete “Vega” structure it is based mostly on, which loses large time in opposition to “Navi” at efficiency/Watt. The way forward for AMD’s high-end VGA lineup is unsure. Looking on the manner “Navi” comes near efficiency/Watt parity with NVIDIA on the RX 5700, AMD could also be tempted to design a bigger GPU die based mostly on “Navi,” with a standard GDDR6-based reminiscence sub-system, to take one other swing at NVIDIA’s high-end.
