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

AMD’s Q3 2024 earnings name right now wasn’t bullish on gaming income general, nevertheless it did verify a scorching new rumor on GPUs — particularly, the launch of AMD’s next-gen RDNA 4 components early subsequent 12 months. “We’re on observe to launch the primary RDNA4 GPUs in early 2025,” stated AMD CEO Lisa Su, and the corporate confirmed to PCWorld that it’s the primary time it’s shared these plans publicly.

“Along with a powerful enhance in gaming efficiency, RDNA 4 delivers considerably greater ray tracing efficiency and provides new AI capabilities,” Su stated on the decision.

AMD expects its gaming income to proceed to say no this quarter, due in no small half to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection consoles growing old out, and it’s not precisely the corporate’s major focus as of late anyhow. On right now’s name, Su identified how gaming solely accounts for 2 % of the corporate’s income, whereas knowledge heart is now nicely over half of the corporate’s enterprise. She says that after spending 10 years turning AMD round, her subsequent activity is to “make AMD the end-to-end AI chief.”