AMD Unveils Semi-Custom Gaming SoC Powered by Ryzen CPU and Vega GPU

Aug. 3, 2018

AMD is challenging Intel with its new generation ofRyzenCPUs and is also targeting the gaming, design and research community with the monstrous 32-coreThreadripper 2, which will be available later this year. In a bid to gain more edge over its archrival Intel in the gaming segment, AMD as has announced a semi-custom Zen-and-Vega SoC for gaming PCs and consoles.

In an official blogpost, AMD revealed that the semi-custom gaming-centric SoC combines the power of AMD’s Ryzen CPU and the Radeon Vega GPU to provide the ultimate gaming experience.

AMD is supplying the SoC to a Chinese company Zhongshan Subor, which is aiming to create a new gaming PCs and a console powered by AMD hardware for the Chinese market. The system-on-chip features a quad-core AMD Ryzen 4 CPU running at 3.0 GHz paired with an AMD Radeon Vega Graphics card (24CUs running at 1.3Ghzs), with 8GB of GDDR5 memory for graphics processing.

The new gaming SOC is the latest example of how only AMD can combine high-performance CPU and GPU technologies to give gamers the most immersive experiences possible.

However, the company did not reveal any details whether the semi-custom SoC will make it to other markets outside China.