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Maybe, but this have 2 advantages for AMD specially if 20nm dont come as early some imagine.

- They can release their product early of Nvidia. ( ~ 6 months, maybe less )
- They can die shrink to 20nm the architecture current 2014 then.... With enough possible boost on specifications for compet or try be competitive with whatever will be maxwell gpu's out at this time.

That's a matter of perspective. You could also say they are late. Titan was released in February, GTX 780 in May. With Volcanic Islands@28 nm, this round is concluded. Next round is on 20 nm.

Exactly. One way or another, with product cycles the way they are these days, Volcanic Islands and its eventual 20nm shrink will be AMD's answer to Maxwell, not Kepler.

Hm, no. Hawaii is their answer to GK110 (Kepler). The 20 nm shrink will compete with Maxwell...unless Nvidia really releases Maxwell@28 nm first.