AMD Navi 12 with 40 Compute Units would be the intermediate solution between Polaris and Navi 10

Rumors appear that AMD in 2019 could launch a Navi 12 graphics card that would be straddling Polaris and Navi 10.

AMD is expected to launch the first gaming graphics cards based on 2019nm lithography and based on the Navi architecture in 7. Little is known about these new generation graphics cards, since the presentation of 'Next Horizon' a few days ago was entirely focused on the professional segment. According to the first rumors, the first design finalized by the company is Navi 12, a GPU that would have 40CU.

Rumors suggest that AMD Navi 12 will have a total of 40 Compute Units.

Initially, the name Navi 10 was expected, which would marry with AMD movements to date, but in the end it seems that it was baptized as Navi 12. This name seems to be based on a timeline of matrix design and that it would not be a proper design Native Navi 10, if it seems to be a revision (again) of Polaris but with some improvements.

Additionally, it is commented that Navi 12 will not be the GPU that will be integrated into the PlayStation 5, but that it will be a special version of Navi to offer the computer market a solution that is close to the high-end while Navi 10 finalizes.

It should be noted that AMD concludes that the GCN architecture is long dead and that Navi will be based on the new Radeon uArch architecture. Navi 12 will be a pre-Navi 10 solution and possibly the last to make use of GCN.

The specialized medium wccftech You have created a roadmap on the data that currently exists:

• Vega @ 7nm will only be for the professional sector (it will not reach the gaming market)
• Navi 12 will arrive in the first quarter of 2019.
• Navi 10 could be scrapped or arrive in late 2019 or early 2020. This will depend on performance.
• Navi 20 will be the first high-end GPU based on 7nm and could be launched between 2020 and 2021.
• Navi banishes GCN.
• The so-called 'Next-Gen' architecture is called uArch, which was known internally as KUMA, before AMD changed the name because they didn't like it.

If these rumors are confirmed, there is more than two years for AMD to be competitive for the high-end, getting stuck in the mid-range. This leaves NVIDIA as the only solution in the market for the high-end and leaves the door open for Intel, since if they can compete in the high-end with NVIDIA, AMD could be ostracized and remain as the third company in contention. Ryzen was a risky gamble that paid off well but left the Radeon division shattered.