During the earnings call for its record Q2 2022 financials, AMD CEO Lisa Su confirmed the launch of Ryzen 7000 CPUs, RDNA 3 GPUs, and EPYC Genoa chips in the coming months of 2022.
AMD confirms Ryzen 7000 with Zen 4 cores for Q3 2022, high-end RDNA 3 GPUs and EPYC Genoa CPUs to arrive later this year
AMD published a record quarter just a few hours ago with a 70% increase in revenue year over year and data center revenue alone was $1.5 billion in Q2 2022.
AMD Ryzen 7000 “Raphael” CPU Launching This Quarter
So, first of all, let’s get the big fish out of the way. AMD CEO Lisa Su confirmed that the red team will launch its Ryzen 7000 desktop CPU, codenamed Raphael, and based on the core Zen 4 architecture to stock shelves this quarter. While the exact date hasn’t been mentioned, it looks like the leaked September release could be becoming a reality. The launch will not only include the CPU lineup but will also come with new 600 series motherboards such as X670E and X670 which are supposed to be part of the first wave along with four chips that will presumably make up the initial “X” series lineup.
Looking ahead, we are on track to launch our new 5nm Ryzen 7000 desktop processors and AM5 platforms later this quarter, with leading performance in gaming and content creation.
Lisa Su, CEO of AMD (2nd quarter 2022 earnings call)
AMD Radeon RX 7000 “RDNA 3” GPUs will be released in late 2022
AMD also reaffirmed that the company would launch its “high-end” RDNA 3 GPUs later this year. This resembles the release of Zen 3 and RDNA 2, which were released just a few months apart. It looks like we may get a sneak peek at the RDNA 3 Radeon RX 7000 GPUs during the Ryzen 7000 launch, but the official launch will take place in October or November. Focusing on the high-end first means AMD will have its High-end solutions compete directly against High-end Ada Lovelace graphics cards from NVIDIA.
While we expect the gaming graphics market to decline in Q3, we remain focused on executing on our GPU roadmap, including launching our three high-end RDNA GPUs later this year.
Lisa Su, CEO of AMD (2nd quarter 2022 earnings call)
AMD EPYC 9000 “Genoa” CPUs are on track for 2022 release
Finally, we have AMD confirming that its EPYC 9000 “Genoa” CPUs are on track for release later this year. The company is already experiencing high demand from Genoa and is also working to launch Bergamo “Zen 4C” early next year alongside 3D V-cache powered Genoa-X chips in 2022.
Looking ahead, customer attraction to our next generation 5nm mainstream server CPU is very strong. We are on track to launch and scale production of the Genoa as the industry’s highest performing general purpose server CPU later this year, positioning our data center business for continued growth and share gains.
In addition to Genoa, we have our Bergamo, which is also a cloud-optimized capacity that will be online early next year. So there are a lot of new products that support our growth ambitions.
From what we see today, again, there is a strong attraction of clients in Genoa.
Lisa Su, CEO of AMD (2nd quarter 2022 earnings call)
Overall, AMD appears poised to capture significant market share in the server and client PC segment with upcoming Ryzen, Radeon, and EPYC products. We can’t wait to see what AMD comes out with in the coming months.
