Back in May of this year, AMD representatives made it clear that immersive technologies in the coming years will be among the priorities of the company. The debut of graphics solutions based on the processor with high speed memory Fiji type HBM - is the features of this product.
At The conference Credit Suisse AMD CEO Lisa Su said that virtual reality - is a very interesting segment of the market, but now it is in its infancy. Chapter AMD encouraging awareness of the fact that virtual reality will be that the scope of the company's graphics solutions. Its initiative to develop discrete graphics solutions, taking into account the features of virtual reality AMD is going to develop over the next five years.
CPUs also be used in virtual reality technologies. AMD expects by 2016 some progress in dealing with the technology of virtual reality, but in general, it will be a long-term motivation to improve as the graphics and central processors. Oculus VR, according to Lisa Su, recommends that you use with your helmet Oculus Rift graphics cards worth at least $ 300, and it's a good way to stimulate demand. People are even willing to buy a video card with a "reserve" for speed to provide some foundation for the future while working with virtual reality.