06-02-2020, 07:58 AM
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-si...e-big-navi
Quote:AMD released over 200 Linux patches today for an unannounced graphics card, as reported by Linux news outlet Phoronix. The Radeon graphics card, codename Sienna Cichlid, is presumably the Big Navi that the hardware world has been eagerly anticipating.
Phoronix said that AMD developers have considered using a substitute codename to hide a product's real marketing name before. This makes sense, considering that developers have to release patches in advance, and using a fake name could help hide the product from prying eyes.
The Linux patch, which was signed off by Alex Deucher from AMD, explicitly states that "Sienna Cichlid is a GPU from AMD."
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According to Phoronix, Sienna Cichlid won't be inserted until the Linux 5.9 merge window, which is expected for August. The stable version would consequently land in October.
That time frame suggests Sienna Cichild could be an RDNA 2 graphics card coming later this year. A DigiTimes report last month claimed that AMD Big Navi's release date will be September. The rumored dates line up perfectly.