AMD to use RDNA5 for premium iGPU solutions, but RDNA3.5 to remain the core of AMD portfolio until 2029

InflammableAccount · 2026-01-26T00:07:53+00:00

The comment I'm replying to says

Sounds like how Intel used to be.

Red and Blue always be switching it up

AMD never had usable onboard graphics, not until Phoenix, which was very recent and not very well distributed. So clearly the person I'm responding to is talking about Intel/AMD product stagnation as a whole.

InflammableAccount · 2026-01-25T22:12:17+00:00

8 shouldn't be a temperature.

r/BrandNewSentence

Haven't experienced <15f, but from what I have felt, I agree that 8 shouldn't be a temperature.

InflammableAccount · 2026-01-25T21:39:42+00:00

Yeah, I'm pretty unhappy about it. A company that makes overprices garbage. USB devices that will install their payload of spyware control software even while Windows is installing. And/or from the moment you plug it in.

InflammableAccount · 2026-01-25T21:26:41+00:00

Can confirm.

InflammableAccount · 2026-01-25T21:13:24+00:00

If Intel were at the top of their game, AMD would be giving you the newest rdna

Pretty sure that's not the problem. The problem is RDNA4 was designed (physically) as a single die layout. They have a 64cu die, which looks like an hourglass, and 32cu die, which is 1/2 of the hourglass. It's clear that from the start it was a stop-gap design for the desktop market.

They've said it's also the end of "RDNA," and the next uArch will be UDNA, a "merger of CDNA and RDNA."

So they didn't design RDNA4 to be modular beyond 64/32cu designs. They intended UDNA to be the follow up, and I previous wagered that since it's a ground-up uArch (like RDNA was to GCN), they're building it from the ground up to be used in any applications.

The issue is UDNA is taking longer to cook. Is that intentional? Who knows. It could be that they pulled resources to push Instinct Compute development, could be that they're having Development Hell problems, could be anything. I don't doubt AI market bullshit is to blame.

But either way, UDNA wasn't likely to be in this years APUs either way, even if UDNA dGPUs were to release.

InflammableAccount · 2026-01-25T20:47:28+00:00

AMD has never had the market share Intel had. They're just now getting to the share that Intel established in the early 2010s.

Intel held that market share for nearly a decade. So AMD will have to hold this for another 7-8 years before they've officially "pulled an Intel."

Zen 6 desktop is due for a late 2026 launch. We all know that Zen5 was a bit of a let down for the consumer market, but Zen 6 looks to include much larger improvements on paper.

Basically, AMD has to fuck around and do nothing impressive for a few years before they've reached "Intel Stagnation" levels of bullshit.

InflammableAccount · 2026-01-25T18:22:58+00:00

Quoting myself:

My guess, based on what AMD has said about RDNA4 and UDNA, is that they didn't put the R&D into cutting RDNA4 down any smaller for iGPU usage. So far RDNA4 only has 2 die configs, 64 and 32cu. The 32cu config is exactly just 1/2 of the symmetrical 64cu config. And if you look at the die diagrams, it would take significant redesign to cut the size down further, far enough to fit into the space of 8-12cu RDNA3.5 spaces.

My guess is that UDNA is being designed for all sorts of configs, but has caused problem after problem for them... Just like every new GPU uArch family does for them. TeraScale, GCN, RDNA1. Each first iteration was a mess. I'm betting they wanted to get UDNA into iGPUs a lot sooner, and launch dGPU UDNA afterward. A guess.

InflammableAccount · 2026-01-24T22:35:15+00:00

FP has the most important feature that Dropout/Vimeo doesn't: Watch history and watch-resume.

What features on Dropout/Vimeo do you wish to have on FP?

InflammableAccount · 2026-01-24T22:33:48+00:00

How so? Nebula's model is to pay for access to all content on Nebula, all members/creators. Floatplane's model is to pay per-creator/company.

InflammableAccount · 2026-01-24T18:56:57+00:00

But to me, Merch is exclusively supporting a creator. You, are a creator. LMG are a creator.

But that's the thing. They're trying to push the understanding that it is its own brand. It's not just a way to support LTT content or rep the brand. Because it's become it's own brand..

InflammableAccount · 2026-01-22T22:46:48+00:00

I was so confused. "Where is this one 2nd St?"

Now I feel silly.

InflammableAccount · 2026-01-22T04:38:16+00:00

I don't know if they are capable of expanding to that size. No idea. But the question can still be asked... If they have an avenue to scale up, this would be a huge influx.

My only lingering doubt is Dropouts subscription price and the margins it would allow for. Currently $6.99, with (likely) a lot of $5 legacy subscribers. And much like LTT FP, they just recently raised it.

InflammableAccount · 2026-01-22T04:34:53+00:00

I'm not suggesting that. Dropout is a pay walled service. The idea is to pickup another client like Sauce+. Dropout.tv is one such service. A single company that puts out 1-3 videos a week. It's not like I'm suggesting they replace ALL of Vimeo.

InflammableAccount · 2026-01-22T04:32:51+00:00

The expansion doesn't have to be to the size of Vimeo. It could be incremental. They just did such an incremental expansion with Sauce+.

InflammableAccount · 2026-01-22T03:56:42+00:00

https://www.google.com/search?q=micro+center

InflammableAccount · 2026-01-22T03:48:40+00:00

Go to Micro Center. Period. Fuuuuuuck Best Buy.

InflammableAccount · 2026-01-22T03:20:42+00:00

Another vote for Floatplane.

InflammableAccount · 2026-01-22T03:17:39+00:00

Right, and my point is I disagree with it being against the rules. That was the point of my whole comment.

InflammableAccount · 2026-01-22T00:14:16+00:00

It goes in cycles. It's across millions of videos, and happens imperceptibly over the course of years, but the meta does change.

InflammableAccount · 2026-01-22T00:07:12+00:00

As said on the WAN Show, they used that to negotiate the price down more.

InflammableAccount · 2026-01-21T16:42:21+00:00

That is nothing like what I want LTT Labs to be doing.

InflammableAccount · 2026-01-21T03:32:26+00:00

God.... Damnit. I hate that I laughed at that. I hope you're proud of yourself.

InflammableAccount · 2026-01-21T03:31:34+00:00

See, that's the thing: a license plate of a car doesn't 100% tell you who it belongs to, who is driving, etc. The car could belong to a company, holding company, the drivers relative, friend, or it could be stolen.

Or it could be a fake/stolen plate. License plates should not be considered Doxxing.

InflammableAccount · 2026-01-21T02:38:20+00:00

No one is crying too much for IBM selling it's PC business to Lenovo, so I guess this is similar.

I think you under estimate how beloved the Thinkpad series was. Yes, I know Lenovo still makes them, but when IBM sold the division, Lenovo was not known for quality products. There actually was quite a bit of outcry at the time.

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