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Graphics Core Next

In computer graphics and integrated circuit design, the Graphics Core Next (GCN) is the a series of microarchitectures for graphics processing units developed by AMD, as the successor to its TeraScale microarchitecture. The first product featuring GCN was launched on January 9, 2012.

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Predecessor
TeraScale 3
Release date
January 2012; 14 years ago (January 2012)
Successor
Graphics Core Next 2

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Graphics Core Next

Nodes133
Edges132
Triples40
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.015038
Components1

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Graphics Core Next

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related to Unified virtual memory · 16
Graphics Core Next → AMD APUs, AnandTech, Classical, CPU, GCN, GPU, HSA, In, Integrated, Note, PCI Express, PCIe, TeraScale, The, This, Zero-copy
related to Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) · 13
Graphics Core Next → AMD, APU, DRM, For, Graphics Core Next-based Radeon, HSA, July, Kaveri, Linux, Radeon, Some, The, This
related to Microarchitectures · 4
Graphics Core Next → As, GCN, July, The
related to External links · 2
Graphics Core Next → GCN, Official AMD
Predecessor · 1
Graphics Core Next → TeraScale 3
Release date · 1
Graphics Core Next → January 2012; 14 years ago (January 2012)
Successor · 1
Graphics Core Next → Graphics Core Next 2

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gcn graphics amd radeon memory compute gpus instruction generation units set also one performance hardware vega core shader unit finfet

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Graphics Core NextPredecessorTeraScale 31.00infobox
Graphics Core NextRelease dateJanuary 2012; 14 years ago (January 2012)1.00infobox
Graphics Core NextSuccessorGraphics Core Next 21.00infobox
Treasureinstance ofand console SoCs are not listed.1 Old code names0.80text
Polaris 20instance ofLaunch dates of variant chips0.80text
Graphics Core Nextrelated to External linksOfficial AMD0.60section
Graphics Core Nextrelated to External linksGCN0.60section
Graphics Core Nextrelated to Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)Some0.60section
Graphics Core Nextrelated to Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)HSA0.60section
Graphics Core Nextrelated to Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)For0.60section
Graphics Core Nextrelated to Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)July0.60section
Graphics Core Nextrelated to Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)AMD0.60section

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