A mere week after AMD unveiled its new Radeon “RDNA” graphics structure at Computex, rebranding the GPU cores previously code-named “Navi,” it’s already increasing past graphics playing cards. On Monday, AMD and Samsung introduced a partnership to deliver Radeon graphics to cell gadgets. Surprise!
Samsung can pay AMD to make use of Radeon RDNA graphics in its cell gadgets, together with smartphones, however presumably manufacture the chips itself within the firm’s cutting-edge foundries. “This strategic partnership will extend the reach of our high-performance Radeon graphics into the mobile market, significantly expanding the Radeon user base and development ecosystem,” AMD CEO Lisa Su mentioned within the press launch.
And Radeon’s continued enlargement past conventional computer systems is certainly the true story right here.
Adam Patrick Murray/IDGThe Radeon RX 5700’s RDNA-based graphics processor.
While Radeon’s market share lags far behind Nvidia’s GeForce graphics playing cards amongst PC players, attaining a mere 14.9 % share within the May 2019 Steam {hardware} survey, AMD however claims to energy over 400 million gaming gadgets due to its aggressive semi-custom enterprise. You’ll discover Radeon contained in the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, and Sony already revealed that the PlayStation 5 will embrace a {custom} AMD processor marrying Ryzen CPU cores and Radeon RDNA graphics cores on a single chip. Last yr, Jon Peddie Research (an analyst agency that makes a speciality of graphics know-how) mentioned that AMD Radeon GPUs are present in 53 % of gaming machines if you take consoles and different gadgets into consideration.
Now AMD’s sinking its enamel right into a probably profitable new class. Samsung instructions over 45 % of all Android market share, per App Brain. In addition to utilizing Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors and Adreno GPUs in U.S. smartphones, Samsung additionally makes its personal Exynos cell chips for a lot of of its abroad handsets. Typically, Samsung’s home-grown chips lag behind the most recent Snapdragon in pace and graphics, however that might change with Radeon inside.
But what precisely is inside AMD’s RDNA graphics structure itself? We’re undecided but. The firm solely teased a Radeon RX 5700 graphics card at Computex, saying it’s going to provide 25 % higher efficiency per clock and 50 % higher efficiency per watt than the present Radeon Vega GPUs. The firm is holding an occasion on the annual E3 gaming present on June 10. Expect to listen to extra particulars about Navi’s client type there.
