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In recent news AMD is rumored to be entering the smartphone processor market. Many people assume that Samsung and AMD’s partnership is a sign of entering the smartphone processor market. I read in articles that AMD is attempting to incorporate RDNA 2 into smartphone SoCs. These SoCs are for Samsung phones.
First let me explain what RDNA 2 is. It is a gpu chip made for the RX 6000 series of gpu. RDNA 2 was mainly used for gaming. It handles more extreme demand from video game frames. It also tries to be as efficient with power.
Let me give some more details on why these rumors are possible. In recent years AMD has been incorporating RDNA 2 into handheld gaming devices and consoles like the PS5. While making the chip efficient for small devices, they had to make sure the chip was smaller. They also needed to make sure it did not demand as much power from these smaller devices. Normally chip makers would only make their gpu chips for desktops and laptops. Chip manufacturers enabled desktop GPUs to work in a laptop with limited power. They did this by lowering the GPU power draw and reducing the performance by a percent.
While AMD was capable of figuring out how to make RDNA 2 chips within restrictions of laptops. They faced a few difficulties. Nevertheless, they managed to make their RDNA 2 chips suitable for even small devices. Now here is a problem. Unlike handhelds, you only have a limited amount of space available for fitting components in phones. Also, you need to consider that consumers want their cell phone battery to last more than 24 hours. They also do not want the phone to be bulky when using it. Lastly, consumers want their devices to be high quality. They expect better performance. They want the devices to take good photos and record video at an even higher quality than last year’s models.
If AMD can figure out these constraints of making smartphone SoC’s, I hope they create more changes in that market. Imagine not just Apple, Samsung and Qualcomm and more are competing in that highly competitive market. If we want the best products, we need a lot of competition in the market. This competition will constantly improve products. It also protects consumers from companies selling inferior products.
Work Cited:
Thitu, Naftary. “AMD Rumored to Make Entry in the Smartphone Market.” Techweez, 22 Nov. 2024, techweez.com/2024/11/22/amd-rumored-to-make-entry-in-the-smartphone-market/.
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