AMD confirms next-generation RDNA 4 GPUs will launch in early 2025

AMD’s Q3 2024 earnings call today wasn’t bullish about overall gaming revenue, but it did bring up some new hot rumors regarding GPUs, especially the launch of AMD’s next-generation RDNA 4 parts early next year. I confirmed it. “We are on track to launch our first RDNA4 GPUs in early 2025,” said AMD CEO Lisa Su and the company. confirmed in PC world This is the first time such plans have been shared publicly.

“In addition to significant game performance improvements, RDNA 4 delivers significantly higher ray tracing performance and adds new AI capabilities,” Su said on the conference call.

AMD expects gaming revenue to continue to decline this quarter, due in no small part to the aging of its PlayStation 5 and Xbox series consoles, but that hasn’t been the company’s main focus lately anyway. On today’s conference call, Su pointed out that data centers now account for well over half of the company’s business, while gaming only accounts for 2% of the company’s revenue. After spending 10 years turning AMD around, she says her next challenge is to “make AMD an end-to-end AI leader.”