Samsung partners with AMD for mobile graphics technologies

In a statement, Samsung revealed that the company has forged a multi-year partnership with AMD.

Samsung AMD partnership announced

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The partnership is in relation with ultra low power, high performance mobile graphics IP based on AMD Radeon graphics technologies.

Samsung will license AMD graphics IP as a part of the partnership. The South Korean tech giant also revealed that it will focus on advanced graphics technologies and solutions that are critical for enhancing innovation across mobile applications, including smartphones.

Key terms of the partnership include:

• AMD will license custom graphics IP based on the recently announced, highly-scalable RDNA graphics architecture to Samsung for use in mobile devices, including smartphones, and other products that complement AMD product offerings.
• Samsung will pay AMD technology license fees and royalties.

As we prepare for disruptive changes in technology and discover new opportunities, our partnership with AMD will allow us to bring groundbreaking graphics products and solutions to market for tomorrow’s mobile applications, said Inyup Kang, president of Samsung Electronics' S.LSI Business. We look forward to working with AMD to accelerate innovations in mobile graphics technologies that will help take future mobile computing to the next level.

Adoption of our Radeon graphics technologies across the PC, game console, cloud and HPC markets has grown significantly and we are thrilled to now partner with industry leader Samsung to accelerate graphics innovation in the mobile market, said Dr. Lisa Su, AMD president and CEO. This strategic partnership will extend the reach of our high-performance Radeon graphics into the mobile market, significantly expanding the Radeon user base and development ecosystem.

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Source: Samsung