Samsung expects to release socs with AMD GPU in two years

Samsung expects that the cooperation with AMD in the field of GPUs will become concrete in two years. From then on, the technology would end up in socs for smartphones and in other products.

When discussing Samsung’s quarterly figures, an analyst asked which Samsung socs will receive an AMD GPU and when they will be released. Those specific questions were not answered, but the South Korean electronics giant did indicate that it is common for such technology to take several years to integrate. Samsung said it expects that the new GPU technology can be used roughly in two years. A transcript of the call is available at Seeking Alpha.

Samsung also emphasized that the collaboration with AMD will not only affect socs for smartphones, but also for other applications. It is not yet known in which ways and in which products Samsung wants to use the AMD GPU technology.

In June, AMD and Samsung announced that they would work together on efficient GPUs for smartphones. Part of that collaboration is that Samsung is purchasing a license to use AMD’s RDNA architecture for GPUs. AMD presented that architecture this year, the first Navi video cards also use it. According to AMD, the architecture is highly scalable and suitable for all kinds of applications.