AMD Graphics comming to Smartphones.....

humbug · 7 May 2020 at 17:13

AMD have been working with Samsung to bring RDNA graphics to smartphones. AMD could learn a lot about managing power from this, as i'm sure Nvidia do from their 'ARM + GeForce' Shield Tablets.

Performance looks very promising, where the CPU is not the bottleneck it looks like AMD Graphics are near 3X faster than current Qualcomm Ardeno Graphics.

At least now AMD have a critical need to bring their power levels right down, which would also benefit high-end Desktop cards.

https://www.hardwaretimes.com/samsung-exynos-1000-to-be-the-first-soc-w-amd-radeon-rdna-graphics/

Wrinkly · 7 May 2020 at 17:38

That was a surprise.

humbug · 7 May 2020 at 17:56

Wrinkly said:
That was a surprise.

Yeah... AMD + Samsung. Didn't see that coming.

pete910 · 7 May 2020 at 18:35

humbug said:
Yeah... AMD + Samsung. Didn't see that coming.

Meaningless without power figures as intended for mobile.

humbug · 7 May 2020 at 18:38

pete910 said:
Meaningless without power figures as intended for mobile.

Yeah, and with that it either works for Samsung or it doesn't, Samsung are not going to put graphics into their devices that drain the battery in an hour or two.

shankly1985 · 7 May 2020 at 18:47

Like I said in another thread RDNA soon AMD will be everywhere.

pete910 · 7 May 2020 at 18:52

humbug said:
Yeah, and with that it either works for Samsung or it doesn't, Samsung are not going to put graphics into their devices that drain the battery in an hour or two.

If it is any good maybe Apple will use it, Might not being Samsung .

LoadsaMoney · 7 May 2020 at 21:05

Wonder when we'll get the first, my phone keeps Black screening, thread.

random_matt · 7 May 2020 at 21:22

Thought Samsung stopped making their exynos stuff. But that phone sounds like winner.

bru · 7 May 2020 at 23:22

LoadsaMoney said:
Wonder when we'll get the first, my phone keeps Black screening, thread.

Now that made me laugh.

humbug · 8 May 2020 at 00:30

LoadsaMoney said:
Wonder when we'll get the first, my phone keeps Black screening, thread.

dragonslayer · 8 May 2020 at 03:03

If AMD keep this up they'll become a household name instead of intel I got a feeling Snapdragon might start struggling soon
Samsung+ AMD making chips
Apple make their own & soon Google will be making their own chips as well and if the Samsung AMD chip does well we might end up seeing them in other brands

willhub · 8 May 2020 at 09:42

Adreno was made by AMD don't forget, I didn't realise Adreno is an anagram of Radeon.

Martini1991 · 8 May 2020 at 12:07

Wasn't this a topic a while ago?
That tidbit from Willhub was also from the same thread about Adreno being AMD.

Freddie1980 · 8 May 2020 at 16:20

Martini1991 said:
Wasn't this a topic a while ago?
That tidbit from Willhub was also from the same thread about Adreno being AMD.

This announcement has been on the cards for while it was last year when AMD announced 'a strategic partnership' with Samsung.

https://www.amd.com/en/press-releas...ce-strategic-partnership-ultra-low-power-high

muon · 8 May 2020 at 17:20

Qualcomm get many challengers and they always seem to come out on top.

AMD are surely getting that performance with a far higher thermal envelope. Maybe targetting portable gaming devices.

Cyber-Mav · 11 May 2020 at 23:39

Still lagging behind tegra x1 those results.

shankly1985 · 12 May 2020 at 00:02

Cyber-Mav said:
Still lagging behind tegra x1 those results.

In a device much, much bigger than a mobile phone. Shock factor!

Like me saying a laptop GPU is faster than a Samsung Galaxy S20! What? They both mobile.

pete910 · 12 May 2020 at 17:21

Cyber-Mav said:
Still lagging behind tegra x1 those results.

Are they used in phones ?

Cyber-Mav · 12 May 2020 at 19:32

still a portable device.