Graphics Industry Leaders Mike Rayfield and David Wang Join AMD

[LoadsaMoney]

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 23, 2018 — AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) today announced the appointment of Mike Rayfield as senior vice president and general manager of AMD Radeon Technologies Group (RTG), and David Wang as senior vice president of engineering for RTG. Both will report to President and CEO Dr. Lisa Su. Rayfield will be responsible for all aspects of strategy and business management for AMD’s graphics business including consumer graphics, professional graphics, and semi-custom products. Wang will be responsible for all aspects of graphics engineering, including the technical strategy, architecture, hardware, and software for AMD graphics products and technologies.

https://videocardz.com/press-release/graphics-industry-leaders-mike-rayfield-and-david-wang-join-amd

Former Nvidia Exec (Rayfield).

 

[opethdisciple]

Maybe this should go in the Football January transfer thread.

 

[DELETED_195422]

Wang looks like an evil genius.

 

[hyperseven]

How are those two graphics industry leaders?

 

[Freddie1980]

I heard that these guys are on LoadsaMoney

 

[pete910]

I heard that these guys are on @LoadsaMoney

Hope they're wearing protection

 

[JediFragger]

Former Nvidia Exec (Rayfield).

Yup, nVidia really struggle keeping hold of their best people

/s

 

[shankly1985]

Yup, nVidia really struggle keeping hold of their best people

/s

They hardly ever do any new GPU innervation. Plus the added Mind share Nvidia Tech guys have a much easier life than AMD. Its not hard to rinse and repeat and milk the cow

 

[Ayahuasca]

They hardly ever do any new GPU innervation. Plus the added Mind share Nvidia Tech guys have a much easier life than AMD. Its not hard to rinse and repeat and milk the cow

innervation in·ner·va·tion (ĭn'ər-vā'shən) n. The arrangement or distribution of nerves to an organ or body part. The amount or degree of stimulation of a muscle or organ by nerves.

Yeah nVidia certainly stimulate a few members organs on these forums

 

[LoadsaMoney]

I heard that these guys are on LoadsaMoney

Hope they're wearing protection

Yup, nVidia really struggle keeping hold of their best people

/s

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

In the AT article about this,it seems semi-custom is now part of RTG and RTG will also get more funding too:

https://www.anandtech.com/show/12363/amd-reassembles-rtg-hires-new-leadership

 

[4K8KW10]

In the AT article about this,it seems semi-custom is now part of RTG and RTG will also get more funding too:

https://www.anandtech.com/show/12363/amd-reassembles-rtg-hires-new-leadership

Good, but for this additional funding to have a real and visible influence, leading to better results, several years will pass.

Will AMD ever regain the performance crown over something like Titan V?

 

[Kaapstad]

Will AMD ever regain the performance crown over something like Titan V?

Yes

For a next gen card the Titan V performance is very average even though it is faster than any Pascal card.

If NVidia launched a Pascal card with 5120 SP cores it would perform almost exactly the same as the Titan V.

 

[chaparral]

Wang looks like an evil genius.

Yes he looks like a man that going get every single penny you have out of you...

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Good, but for this additional funding to have a real and visible influence, leading to better results, several years will pass.

Will AMD ever regain the performance crown over something like Titan V?

Well AMD has start somewhere!!

 

[nashathedog]

Wang looks like an evil genius.

I think it's the fella from the Transformers movie. I'd steer clear of him if I was you or you'll get Wang'd.

 

[nashathedog]

Yes

For a next gen card the Titan V performance is very average even though it is faster than any Pascal card.

If NVidia launched a Pascal card with 5120 SP cores it would perform almost exactly the same as the Titan V.

AMD's yet to catch up with big Pascal so I won't hold my breath.

 

[JediFragger]

AMD's yet to catch up with big Pascal so I won't hold my breath.

Considering Vega had roughly a fifth of the R&D that Pascal had I think AMD are playing it smart!! If they got more dev support it would def kick more ass as per Wolfenstein

They need to get away from GCN after Navi, but unfortunately this is gonna take a LOT of investment! Will they put it in? Unknown atm...

 

[nashathedog]

Considering Vega had roughly a fifth of the R&D that Pascal had I think AMD are playing it smart!! If they got more dev support it would def kick more ass as per Wolfenstein

They need to get away from GCN after Navi, but unfortunately this is gonna take a LOT of investment! Will they put it in? Unknown atm...

They ought to as they're a one of a kind company with both cpu & gpu capabilities so the stronger the graphics division the better the APU's they can offer Sony and Microsoft to retain future console contracts which I think are going to continue to be vital for AMD.

 

[Rroff]

Yes

For a next gen card the Titan V performance is very average even though it is faster than any Pascal card.

If NVidia launched a Pascal card with 5120 SP cores it would perform almost exactly the same as the Titan V.

I'm pretty sure the way memory access and queues are handled, etc. in Volta are optimised for data/compute throughput and not optimal for gaming - this might also be why certain titles see a much bigger boost than others where the type of processing they do fits better.

IIRC Volta also scales pretty well in games when you overclock the memory which IMO also tends to indicate towards that as well.