At the same time, not only will the Radeon HD 6950 be cut in terms of volume, but actual shipping time may be slightly delayed, but it will be difficult to say how long it will be delayed.
As for why this happened, AMD adjusted the Radeon HD 6900 graphics card's BIOS at the last minute to better compete with the GeForce GTX 580/570, and it looks like the Radeon HD 6950 needs this. Spend more time.
On the other hand, with the increasing maturity of TSMC's 40nm process, the yield of the Cayman core is also quite satisfactory. In other words, it is guaranteed that all units work properly and the Radeon HD 6970 chip is made even more. In this case, AMD will obviously make a larger proportion of chips into higher-end, more profitable cards without intentionally shielding too many healthy cores from being made into lower-end cards.
Fortunately, the Cayman Radeon HD 6900 core does not have any news on hardware issues, which means that there is nothing to worry about on the product itself. It depends on how AMD actually operates.
AMD adjusts supply: 6950 drops 6970 liters
According to the latest news, AMD is re-adjusting the availability of Radeon HD 6900 series chips, specifically reducing the supply of core Cayman Pro Radeon HD 6950, and adding high-end, complete core Cayman XT Radeon HD 6970.