Sales of AMD's Radeon graphics processors dropped sharply in the third quarter compared to the same period a year ago as the company prepared to introduce its next-generation products several months down the road, AMD's chief executive Lisa Su announced on Tuesday. The first products based on the all-new RDNA 4 architecture — which could become some of the best graphics cards — are set to be released in early 2025.
"Graphics, revenue declined year over year as we prepare for transition to our next generation Radeon GPUs based on our RDNA 4 architecture," Su said at the company's conference call with analysts and investors. "In addition to a strong increase in gaming performance, RDNA 4 delivers significantly higher ray tracing performance, and adds new AI capabilities. We are on track to launch the first RDNA 4 GPUs in early 2025."
