Lisa Su, CEO of AMD, at the company's press and analyst day.
Lisa Su, CEO of AMD, at the company's press and analyst day.
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What AMD’s shipment schedule says about next-generation console timing

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Advanced Micro Devices revealed its expected schedule for shipping “semi-custom” chips for game consoles and other devices in 2020, and the results tell us some basic facts about the timing of the next-generation consoles.

CEO Lisa Su said in a conference call today that the semi-custom chip (which includes game console chips and other chips that AMD customizes for its partners) shipments for the consoles will begin in the second quarter and would build up during the second half.

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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.