New rumor about ATI Southern Islands

[tajoh111]

is it possible tajoh that the renaming was done because of the introduction of fusion parts ... and now that the ati branding is the start of such thing ... so renaming parts one slot higher would mean a higher end part is comming after the dual gpu top dog .... at least thats my logic here ...

There is so much room for naming. They have room in the 64xx or 63xx. 62xx etc, they don't need to shift anything. Zacate performance being such a lower power part would justify a naming convention probably in the 63xx or 62xx or 61xx range anyways.

In addition, I thought fusion GPU was based on 5xxx, technology and this was confirmed somewhere.

Can you answer this question, which nobody seems to have answered. What looks more attractive to the general public. A 6770 at $249 or a 6870 at $249.

To me this is why they are reshifting the naming scheme, the answer to the above question is obvious to me.

Not being able to use 63xx or 62xx seems like such an esoteric answer, that I don't know why you think fusion introduction needs a new naming scheme since there is so much room for products with AMD current naming setup.