Samsung about to shun AMD
Published in News
Monday, 06 May 2024 11:43

Samsung about to shun AMD


Will return to making its own in-house chip

The Dark Satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn, claiming that Samsung is set to abandon AMD’s RDNA GPU architecture and revert to using its homegrown integrated graphics for its Exynos SoC.

AMD RDNA 4 architecture could feature all new Ray Tracing engine
Published in Graphics


To offer much better performance

According to the latest rumor, AMD might implement a completely new Ray Tracing (RT) engine with its upcoming RDNA 4 architecture GPUs that are expected to debut with the Radeon RX 8000 graphics card series. The new RT engine could give a much higher performance compared to the current RDNA 3-based GPUs.

Scott Herkelman leaves AMD after seven years
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Monday, 25 September 2023 23:10

Scott Herkelman leaves AMD after seven years


Industry veteran to leave at the end of this year

Scott Herkelman, Senior Vice President and General Manager of AMD’s Graphics Business Unit, has announced his departure from AMD at the end of this year, marking the end of an era and leaving us wondering where he is going next. Scott has been at AMD for the last seven years and launched three generations of RDNA graphics architectures.

AMD confirms raytracing and VRS in Samsung Exynos RDNA GPU
Published in Mobiles


Coming to next-generation Samsung flagship Exynos SoC

During its keynote Computex 2021 event, AMD CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, confirmed that the RDNA GPU in the next-generation Exynos SOC will support both raytracing and variable rate shading (VRS).

AMD updates its CPU and GPU roadmaps
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 06 March 2020 00:35

AMD updates its CPU and GPU roadmaps


Zen 3 on track and RDNA 2 comes with NAVI 2X

AMD's CEO and President, Dr. Lisa Su, has kicked off AMD's Financial Analyst Day 2020 talking about the progress AMD made in the last few years as well as what we can expect from the company in future, including an updated CPU and GPU roadmaps with Zen 3, Zen 4, as well as RDNA 2, and RDNA 3.

AMD second-generation RDNA GPU architecture comes in 2020
Published in Graphics


Possible refresh as well

During the Q4 2019 earnings call, AMD's president and CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, confirmed that the 2nd generation RDNA GPU architecture will launch in 2020, as well as hinting at a possible refresh of the existing product lineup in the same year.

Microsoft gives a few more Xbox Series X details
Published in Gaming


Zen 2 CPU and next-gen RDNA GPU

After the initial world premiere of the Xbox Series X, a new console that looks a lot like an SFF PC or an HTPC, Microsoft has released a blog post which talks a bit more about the power and the hardware behind it.

AMD announces Radeon Pro W5700 workstation graphics card
Published in Graphics


Navi goes Radeon Pro

AMD has announced its latest Radeon Pro workstation graphics card, the Radeon Pro W5700 based on 7nm Navi GPU and RDNA architecture.

Rest of AMD RX 5700 specifications revealed
Published in Graphics


Might explain why non-XT is priced higher than expected

AMD has released full specifications of its upcoming Radeon RX 5700 series, which reveal a few more details regarding the actual RDNA architecture behind first 7nm Navi GPUs as well as explains why the RX 5700 (non-XT) is priced a tad bit higher than expected.

AMD displays its Navi-based RX 5700 graphics card series
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Launching July 7th at $449 and $379

At its special Next Horizon Gaming event at the E3 2019 show in Los Angeles, AMD has officially unwrapped its upcoming Radeon RX 5700 series graphics cards which will be based on 7nm Navi architecture.