In brief: AMD and Samsung's collaboration on bringing RDNA 2 graphics to mobile has notwithstanding to materialize into an actual product, but the commencement wave of phones to feature the new graphics engine could land every bit soon as early next yr. You read that correct -- Samsung may bring RDNA 2 graphics to phones other than the Galaxy S and Galaxy Z lineups, but likewise to upcoming mid-range A-series phones.

AMD and Samsung have both confirmed they've been working on bringing RDNA 2 graphics applied science to loftier-end smartphones, and if everything goes well and Samsung does finalize the Exynos 2200 SoC design, we may be able to encounter information technology in bodily devices early on next year.

The mysterious AMD mobile GPU carries the "Voyager" codename, suggesting the company believes information technology will slowly, but surely brand its way to the superlative of the operation chart. This volition no doubt arrive into devices like the Galaxy Southward serial and foldables from the Milky way Z family unit, and AMD says the new chip volition come up with variable rate shading and ray tracing capabilities, then nosotros're in for a care for.

However, the Voyager projection may non be well-nigh a singular mRDNA GPU, but rather two like the interstellar probes, or three if the rumor mill is to be believed. According to a new leak corroborated by @FronTron, Samsung plans to likewise equip its mid-range A-series phones with an mRDNA function, admitting a cut-down version of what volition exist integrated into the Exynos 2200 chipset.

This means that phones like the upcoming Milky way A73 and Galaxy A53 will go a Voyager GPU with four compute units that can boost to around 1 GHz, while flagship phones will take a GPU with six compute units clocked at around 1.three GHz. Lower-terminate A-series phones are expected to get a configuration with only ii compute units, which should still be faster than the Adreno and Republic of mali GPUs integrated into existing devices from that range.

Every bit for which regions volition go to see phones equipped with an mRDNA graphics engine, a terminal decision has not been made but there are some hints that suggest people in Europe and South America volition exist able to purchase Exynos 2200-powered handsets, while most Asian countries including South Korea will likely merely have access to Samsung phones equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 898 Mobile Platform.

In the meantime, Samsung is negotiating sectional contracts with China Telecom in China and Verizon in the U.s.a., but so far at that place'southward been no word on whether the companies accept made any progress in those discussions.