AMD Delays ROCm Support for Radeon RX 9070 Until After Launch
Late last year, AMD updated its ROCm software stack, mentioning next-generation Radeon graphics cards for the first time and confirming they would feature GPUs built on the new Navi 4x architecture. Prior to this year's launch, AMD changed the model numbers, with the 8800/8600 becoming the 9070/9060. Notably, references to Navi 4x had appeared in ROCm as early as May 2024.
According to Phoronix, although AMD added information about the new graphics cards to the ROCm software stack some time ago, the company provided no definitive answer regarding support during the Q&A session at the Radeon RX 9070 series launch event. After multiple communications, AMD stated that ROCm support for the new RDNA 4 architecture cards would come "after product release," without specifying a timeline.
ROCm is an open software platform designed for high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) workloads. Built for flexibility and performance, it supports accelerated computing across multiple programming languages, enabling developers in machine learning and high-performance computing to accelerate code development using various open-source computing languages, compilers, libraries, and redesigned tools. In 2022, AMD introduced ROC to Windows operating systems and expanded support for consumer-grade Radeon graphics cards.
With the rise of artificial intelligence, AMD has intensified its ecosystem development efforts, particularly regarding software stacks, in an attempt to catch up with NVIDIA's CUDA ecosystem. However, AMD's response has disappointed many developers, especially considering that work on ROCm support for the new graphics cards began nearly a year in advance yet still failed to be ready for launch.
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