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AMD sets the stage for its groundbreaking Ryzen processors and Vega graphics chips

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Advanced Micro Devices is riding high on the pending introduction of its most competitive processors and graphics chips in years. This week, AMD is launching its Ryzen desktop processors for gamers, and it is unveiling its Vega-based graphics chips in the first half of this year.

To make sure those technologies have the proper impact, Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD made a number of other announcements in its Capsaicin webcast during the 2017 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.