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AMD upends GPU tradition by launching 'Navi' as a lower-end part |
May 01, 2019
Although AMD is readying its new “Navi” GPU architecture for launch later this year, AMD executives revealed a surprise: The company plans to price it below the upcoming Radeon VII GPU.AMD executives revealed their decision during AMD’s first-quarter earnings call. The company missed profit estimates, but surpassed analysts’ revenue forecasts. AMD reported net income of $16 million, down 80 percent year-over-year, on revenue of $1.27 billion, down 23 percent.What this means: We’ve already seen how Intel has weathered a rocky quarter, and how unconfirmed roadmap leaks may signal a rough road ahead, too. The perception was that AMD’s own outlook was relatively rosy, and straightforward. We didn’t expect to hear this positioning, however, and we hope AMD has a chance to explain itself a bit more fully going forward on what its strategy is.To read this article in full, please click here
Link: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3391215/amd-upends-gpu-tradition-by-launching-navi-as-a-lower-end-part.html#tk.rss_all
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