AMD's major server roadmap, detailing their next generation Vega and Navi GPUs has been leaked by Videocardz. The roadmap that spans up to 2019 shows how AMD will configure their next-gen GPUs into different server segments that include applications like HPC, Deep Learning and Inferencing.

AMD Vega and Navi GPU Roadmap For Servers Leaked - Vega Arrives in 2017, Navi in 2019

The latest roadmap leak comes just a day after major specifications were also revealed by Videocardz. 2016 started off with AMD replacing most of their graphics lineup with Polaris based cards. With the exception of high-end products, the Polaris 10 and Polaris 11 cards based on FinFET architecture delivered good improvements across the board. Whether that be in terms of efficiency or performance but the most stellar selling point for these cards was their competitive pricing.

Moving on, AMD is expected to launch new high-end, enthusiast products in the market. But the products we are looking at today are not aimed at consumers or gaming enthusiasts but rather, the server market. So let's take a look what 2017 and beyond has to offer in terms of server aimed products from AMD.

AMD Radeon Pro Series To Get Radeon Pro S9 Nano

The AMD Radeon Pro series was introduced two months back and featured a range of Polaris 10, Polaris 11 and Fiji based cards. The main attractions were the Radeon Pro WX 7100 and Radeon Pro SSG. The former is the most affordable work-station card while the latter is a heavy-duty, Fiji based card that comes with a on-board SSD solution to deliver immense boost in productivity and performance on workstation suites. More on these two cards here.

AMD plans to introduce a new server-focused card in this lineup too. Based on their Fiji GPU, the card would be known as Radeon Pro S9 Nano. The "WX" stands for workstation while "S" stands for server. The solution is expected to feature the same specifications as the Radeon R9 Nano along with some clock adjustments. The new launch could happen in a matter of weeks as mentioned in the leak. Radeon Pro S9 Nano will aim the inference market and can be sighted as competition against NVIDIA's recently launched Tesla P40 solution for inferencing.

The R9 Nano, although expensive, was an impressive product with insane specs in a SFF solution.

Of course, the Radeon Pro S9 Nano won't be the only inferencing card available. AMD will also launch cheaper cards based on Polaris 10 and Polaris 11 GPUs. These will go in nicely against the Tesla P4 solution with possibly affordable price bracket.

AMD Vega 10, Vega 11, Vega 10 x2 and Vega 20 In 2017 and 2018

In 2017, AMD finally plans to upgrade all of their GPUs to the new FinFET architecture. While Polaris serves the mainstream, Vega will be aiming for the high-end market. The new graphics chip for Deep Learning will be the Vega 10, a very beefy GPU which we detailed yesterday. AMD Vega 10 is expected to launch in first quarter of 2017.

From the leaked details, we now know that Vega 10 can feature up to 4096 stream processors based on a new GCN uARCH (GFX9). The chip has as much as 24 TFLOPs of half-precision and 12 TFLOPs of single precision compute performance. The chip also features up to 16 GB of HBM2 that is clocked to operate at 512 GB/s. The cards based on this chip are rated with 225W TDP.

AMD's Vega lineup will feature immensely powerful cards with HBM2 memory in 2017. Original Image by FallenZeraphine

Now we noticed that Vega 10 isn't aiming the HPC market but instead, focused at the Deep Learning servers. It will have two parts available in 2017, a single chip and dual chip solution. Both feature doubleprecision at 1/16th the rate of FP32. It confirms that Vega 10 is similar to GP102 which cuts down doubleprecision compute from the more beefy GP100 GPU. The details on this will be covered in a more informative article later on.

AMD Vega 20 Will Be Their First FinFET Based HPC Chip - Launching in 2H 2018

This shows that Hawaii will still stand as the HPC muscle up till 2018. A new GPU will be developed by AMD in the meanwhile known as Vega 20 with DP rated at 1/2 of SP. This would be a solution targeted at GP100 or the new GV100 chip based on Volta which is expected to be introduced by then.

The latter is more possible since Vega 20 would not only use a enhanced built design but also come packaged in the new GloFo 7nm FF process. Global Foundries has already announced risk production of 7nm FF in 2018 so we might just get to see Vega 20 in some form in that year. With up to 32 GB of HBM2 memory (1 TB/s) and a fast 64 compute unit design, this chip will have impressive doubleprecision capabilities for HPC platforms.

Also, do you remember that we mentioned a high-performance interconnect being developed by AMD a while ago? Looks like the solution will be known as xGMI. This peer-to-peer solution will be embedded in HPC servers that include Vega 20 and Zen based Naples processors.

AMD Next Generation Vega 10, 11, 20 and Dual GPU Graphics Card Rumored Lineup: