Monday, August 18th 2014
AMD to Celebrate 30 Years of Graphics and Gaming
AMD announced that it will webcast its 30 Years of Graphics and Gaming commemoration, hosted by AMD's Chief Gaming Scientist, Richard Huddy on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014 at 10:00 AM EDT (9:00 AM CDT/7:00 AM PDT). A real-time video webcast of the showcase will be accessible on the Investor Relations home page: ir.amd.com. A replay of the webcast can be accessed approximately four hours after the conclusion of the live event and will be available for one year after the event. Additionally, viewers will also be able to access the live broadcast on the AMD Twitch channel. A replay of the webcast will be accessible on the AMD YouTube channel.
27 Comments on AMD to Celebrate 30 Years of Graphics and Gaming
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Maybe some weird averaging out. ATI started out in 1985, and Tseng Labs (which ATI bought out in 1997) was founded in 1983.
I think these events are nice. Just like last year and what they did in Hawaii (9/25/13), it seems like a presser open to everyone on the net...only this time they seemed to let the press have the same experience as everyone else. It gives them an opportunity to also get first-hand coverage for tech unique to them, which helps them control what and how information is conveyed; it also may help it get it off the ground better than being conveyed through the press. Last year it was Hawaii (and 2xx product line), true audio, and Mantle. This year will probably be at least Tonga and 'Freesync.'
While no one has said anything to that effect, it would also be cool if a certain red leather Monroeesque mascot would make an appearance, but granted it might be a little early to trot that out again. That said, if we're talking 30 years of celebrating ATi, it's hard to argue that wouldn't be pretty high up on the nostalgia list.
I hope they show the next high-end chip as well (I want at least one to match a 4k tv), but it's really a toss-up and hard to predict it 'will' happen. Sure, we expect it around the end of the year or so (if it exists and those Synapse slides indeed point to it) , and that is roughly when Hawaii launched, but this is also a month earlier. I think it could go either way...they may spread it out and do another one, who knows. While of course rumors, it seems in the wind that chip will not support HBM/HMC (and personally I think something like 1ghz 3840sp/7ghz mem is more likely), but Huddy does like to talk about that tech coming. Again, totally agree, but it could go either way. The prospect of those things are certainly the most exciting, and why I'll tune in, but given how close this is to Tonga/new freesync-enabled monitors sampling...I just wouldn't expect more than that...maybe 295x (1100/5500 or something?) to compete with 880?
Seriously though, you shouldn't believe everything your mum tells you.
AMD also produced it's first graphics chip in 1987, the Am95C60 QPDMwhich became somewhat famous along with AMD's Hard Disc Controller for being turned down by Intel as makeweights in the revised cross-license agreement in 1984. AMD to licence the 80186 and 80286 and subsidize royalties with the HDC and QPDM. Intel of course wanted the agreement to fall apart since they'd been strong-armed into it by IBM in February '82 and thought that AMD having to pay full royalties would be a means to an end.
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