Samsung’s Xclipse 920 integrated graphics unit, based on AMD’s RDNA 2 architecture, fell short of expectations and caused frustration. However, the South Korean company, one of the pioneers of consumer electronics, recently announced that they will continue to use AMD’s RDNA architectures in their future GPUs.
Samsung intends to continue its close cooperation with AMD. Sungboem Park, vice president of GPU development, states that mobile graphics technologies are generally about five years behind consoles, adding, “Thanks to our collaboration with AMD, we quickly incorporated the latest console technologies into the Exynos 2200 mobile processor.”
RDNA-based Exynos chip developments will continue
Although the RDNA 2 architecture is one of AMD’s most successful designs in recent years, it is hard to say for the Xclipse 920 GPU in the Exynos 2200, which is based on the same architecture. Because the Exynos 2200 caused reactions by lagging behind its rival Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. That’s why Samsung signed an agreement with Qualcomm to use Snapdragon chips in future Galaxy S series phones. This agreement was announced by Qualcomm CEO during the meeting where the company announced its 3rd quarter financial results.
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Although AMD’s RDNA architectures offer wide scaling due to their features, achieving this in practice depends on many factors. Different factors such as experienced engineering team, design decisions, cost, lithography and more must be considered in order to make a successful GPU. So yes, Samsung may produce a competitive RDNA-based integrated GPU in the future, but that is unlikely in the short term.
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