AMD Radeon Graphics Coming to New Samsung Flagship Exynos SoC 611a10 Next-Gen Tesla Cars: Computex 2021

The partnerships extend AMD's graphics ecosystem which already includes the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S 1k5h24

By Jamshed Avari | Updated: 1 June 2021 10:11 IST

AMD Radeon Graphics Coming to New Samsung Flagship Exynos SoC, Next-Gen Tesla Cars: Computex 2021

AMD CEO Dr Lisa Su talks about the next Samsung Exynos with AMD graphics IP at Computex 2021 112x1z

Highlights

The partnership with Samsung was first announced in 2019
Exact details of Samsung products using the new Exynos SoC are unknown
Tesla is expected to begin selling its cars in India in the near future

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In addition to lots of news about products at its virtual Computex 2021 keynote, AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su also confirmed two rumours that have been circulating for a while regarding partnerships with Samsung and Tesla. AMD's RDNA 2 graphics architecture will be used in the next flagship Exynos SoC from Samsung, and its Ryzen APUs as well as Radeon GPUs will power the infotainment systems of the next Tesla Model S and Model X revisions. No in-depth details of either of these partnerships were disclosed, as the respective companies will make their own product announcements soon.

released as soon as 2021, and it appears that the partnership is more or less on target.

On stage at the virtual Qualcomm's Snapdragon chips for the same model in different parts of the world, so it will be interesting to see which models will be getting the high-end integrated graphics capabilities.

AMD Ryzen 5000 APUs, Radeon RX 6000M GPUs, More Announced: Computex 2021

It is also possible that the Exynos SoC will be used for products other than smartphones. While tablets would be the obvious other market, it has been rumoured that Samsung intends to launch laptops running Windows on Arm. This could put it in competition with Apple, which has begun its transition to in-house Arm-based processors with its own graphics IP.

The redesigned Tesla Model S interior, showing front and rear screens with games running
Photo Credit: Tesla Inc

The partnership with Tesla has also been rumoured ever since the American electric car manufacturer announced its redesigned Model S and Model X earlier this year, teasing enough graphics horsepower for high-end gaming in-car. An embedded Ryzen APU powers the in-dash infotainment system of the new luxury Tesla cars, and an additional discrete RDNA 2-based GPU will allow s to run AAA games.

Both models feature large dashboard touchscreens as well as rear enger screens, and Tesla has stated that compatibility with wireless controllers will allow gaming from any seat. A mockup image shows cover art for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted at the time that Cyberpunk 2077 can run on the system as well. It isn't yet clear which game developers will this new platform, or even what software the platform runs on.

Su noted during her keynote that the GPU can deliver up to 10 Teraflops of graphics throughput, which is roughly on par with the Microsoft for past and current generations of their PlayStation and Xbox game consoles.

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