Back in 2021, AMD and Samsung co-developed an RDNA2-based GPU for Exynos chipsets, which debuted with the Exynos 2200, the chip that powered the Galaxy S22 series. Unfortunately, the chip didn’t quite live up to expectations. In fact, it was pretty underwhelming compared to its rival TSMC’s 5nm-class nodes. Despite this, AMD and Samsung have now announced that the two companies are renewing their GPU architecture licensing agreement for the Korean company’s Exynos SoCs.
Samsung previously made it clear that it will stick with AMD for mobile GPUs. And now, the South Korean company has signed a multi-year deal with AMD to continue licensing AMD’s Radeon graphics architectures for use in its Arm-based Exynos SoCs. The extension of the licensing agreement comes 4 years after Samsung and AMD announced their initial licensing agreement in June 2019.
“Together with AMD, Samsung has been revolutionizing mobile graphics, including our recent collaboration that brought ray tracing capability to mobile processors for the first time in the industry,” said Seogjun Lee, executive vice president of Application Processor (AP) Development at Samsung Electronics. “Drawing on our technological know-how in designing ultra-low-power solutions, we will continue to drive ongoing innovation in the mobile graphics space.”
“We are excited Samsung selected multiple generations of our leadership high-performance Radeon graphics to advance the next generation of Samsung Exynos solutions,” said David Wang, senior vice president of the Radeon Technologies Group at AMD. “The extension of our work with Samsung is a testament to our strong technology partnership and commitment to bring the best experiences possible to mobile users.”
The agreement suggests AMD will play a role in the development of the rumored Samsung Exynos 2400 SoC, which should have Xclipse X940 GPU. Furthermore, this recent announcement serves as proof that AMD is committed to continuing its GPU IP licensing business. It’s clear that they have no plans of slowing down in this regard.
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