AMD Forms Radeon Technologies Group To Enhance Focus on Graphics And Immersive Computing Under The Leadership of Raja Koduri

tra­te­gic rea­lignment to streng­then per­for­mance in tra­di­tio­nal gra­phics mar­kets and estab­lish initia­ti­ves for lea­der­ship in emer­ging immersi­ve com­pu­ting oppor­tu­ni­ties in VR and AR

SUNNYVALE, Calif. 9/9/2015

AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announ­ced the pro­mo­ti­on of Raja Kodu­ri (47) to seni­or vice pre­si­dent and chief archi­tect, Rade­on Tech­no­lo­gies Group, report­ing to pre­si­dent and CEO Dr. Lisa Su. In his expan­ded role, Kodu­ri is respon­si­ble for over­see­ing all aspects of gra­phics tech­no­lo­gies used in AMD’s APU, dis­crete GPU, semi-cus­tom, and GPU com­pu­te products.

We are ente­ring an age of immersi­ve com­pu­ting whe­re we will be sur­roun­ded by bil­li­ons of bril­li­ant pixels that enhan­ce our dai­ly lives in ways we have yet to ful­ly com­pre­hend,” said Dr. Su. “AMD is well posi­tio­ned to lead this tran­si­ti­on with gra­phics IP that powers the best gam­ing and visu­al com­pu­ting expe­ri­en­ces today. With the crea­ti­on of the Rade­on Tech­no­lo­gies Group we are put­ting in place a more agi­le, ver­ti­cal­ly-inte­gra­ted gra­phics orga­niza­ti­on focu­sed on soli­di­fy­ing our posi­ti­on as the gra­phics indus­try lea­der, recap­tu­ring pro­fi­ta­ble share across tra­di­tio­nal gra­phics mar­kets, and sta­king lea­der­ship posi­ti­ons in new mar­kets such as vir­tu­al and aug­men­ted reality.”

AMD is one of the few com­pa­nies with the engi­nee­ring talent and IP to make emer­ging immersi­ve com­pu­ting oppor­tu­ni­ties a rea­li­ty,” said Kodu­ri. “Now, with the Rade­on Tech­no­lo­gies Group, we have a dedi­ca­ted team focu­sed on gro­wing our busi­ness as we crea­te a uni­que envi­ron­ment for the best and brigh­test minds in gra­phics to be a part of the team re-defi­ning the industry.”

Kodu­ri has more than 20 years of hands-on expe­ri­ence advan­cing the visu­al com­pu­ting expe­ri­ence on per­so­nal com­pu­ters, from con­tent crea­ti­on to GPU sys­tem archi­tec­tu­re and design. Kodu­ri most recent­ly was respon­si­ble for dri­ving AMD’s visu­al and acce­le­ra­ted com­pu­ting inno­va­tions, inclu­ding the deve­lo­p­ment of the industry’s first gra­phics chip with inte­gra­ted High-Band­width Memo­ry (HBM) to deli­ver new levels of per­for­mance in smal­ler, more power-effi­ci­ent gra­phics cards. Kodu­ri has also been respon­si­ble for lea­ding AMD’s Liquid­VR™ initia­ti­ve to deli­ver the best pos­si­ble vir­tu­al rea­li­ty (VR) expe­ri­en­ces through the deve­lo­p­ment of new tech­no­lo­gies and part­ner­ships desi­gned to make ever­y­thing from gam­ing to VR cine­ma every bit as immersi­ve and inter­ac­ti­ve as the real world. He joi­n­ed AMD from Apple, whe­re he was direc­tor of gra­phics archi­tec­tu­re. Pri­or to joi­ning Apple, Kodu­ri ser­ved in a ran­ge of gra­phics lea­der­ship roles at AMD and ATI. Kodu­ri holds a Mas­ter of Tech­no­lo­gy degree in Elec­tro­nics and Com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons from IIT Kha­rag­pur, India.

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For more than 45 years, AMD has dri­ven inno­va­ti­on in high-per­for­mance com­pu­ting, gra­phics, and visua­liza­ti­on tech­no­lo­gies ― the buil­ding blocks for gam­ing, immersi­ve plat­forms, and the dat­a­cen­ter. Hundreds of mil­li­ons of con­su­mers, lea­ding For­tu­ne 500 busi­nesses, and cut­ting-edge sci­en­ti­fic rese­arch faci­li­ties around the world rely on AMD tech­no­lo­gy dai­ly to impro­ve how they live, work, and play. AMD employees around the world are focu­sed on buil­ding gre­at pro­ducts that push the boun­da­ries of what is pos­si­ble. For more infor­ma­ti­on about how AMD is enab­ling today and inspi­ring tomor­row, visit the AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) web­site, blog, Face­book and Twit­ter pages.