Forgive me if something has already been posted, but while trying to unearth some info about the R600 I am eagerly awaiting, I turned up this (quoted verbatim):
Radeon R700
The Radeon R700 is a future Graphics Processing Unit to be manufactured by ATI, set to be the second series of Radeon GPU that supports DirectX 10 specifications.
Rumours
A cluster of smaller GPUs will be replacing the current large single GPU design used in current high-end graphics cards.
The cluster of GPUs will be comprising of modular designed units and connected through an interconnect, such as HyperTransport or a FSB.
More modular, more scalable than previous GPUs.
Although less concrete, ATI's major competitor, NVIDIA's G90 GPU, may also take the same modular and clustering of smaller GPUs route.
Info from the inquirer admittedly, so probably conjecture ....
Back to the more immediate future, does anyone have any knowledge of R600 different to what I found below:
R600:
Core 700 MHz to 800 MHz.
64 unified shader pipelines (complex 4-way SIMD units), 32 TMUs, and 16 ROPs.
1024 bit internal bi-directional Ring Bus.
GDDR4 memory interface with a 512 bit bus and 1024 MB RAM
Power consumption range from 130W to 225W. This increase in power consumption will make for higher-wattage Power Supply Units and/or the addition of internal, secondary PSUs solely for powering the GPUs.
Eek ... glad I bought the Enermax 1000W now
Radeon R700
The Radeon R700 is a future Graphics Processing Unit to be manufactured by ATI, set to be the second series of Radeon GPU that supports DirectX 10 specifications.
Rumours
A cluster of smaller GPUs will be replacing the current large single GPU design used in current high-end graphics cards.
The cluster of GPUs will be comprising of modular designed units and connected through an interconnect, such as HyperTransport or a FSB.
More modular, more scalable than previous GPUs.
Although less concrete, ATI's major competitor, NVIDIA's G90 GPU, may also take the same modular and clustering of smaller GPUs route.
Info from the inquirer admittedly, so probably conjecture ....
Back to the more immediate future, does anyone have any knowledge of R600 different to what I found below:
R600:
Core 700 MHz to 800 MHz.
64 unified shader pipelines (complex 4-way SIMD units), 32 TMUs, and 16 ROPs.
1024 bit internal bi-directional Ring Bus.
GDDR4 memory interface with a 512 bit bus and 1024 MB RAM
Power consumption range from 130W to 225W. This increase in power consumption will make for higher-wattage Power Supply Units and/or the addition of internal, secondary PSUs solely for powering the GPUs.
Eek ... glad I bought the Enermax 1000W now
by the time the r600 arrives and prices are realistic/stablised/leveled off I would have had it 4months 
