AMD Buys PC Gaming Software Firm

by Dylan McGrath, EEtimes, SAN FRANCISCO, Jun. 29, 2016 – 

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) said Wednesday (June 29) it acquired HiAlgo Inc., a developer of PC gaming technology. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

AMD (Sunnyvale, Calif.) said HiAlgo's software is designed to work with AMD's Radeon RX Series GPUs, increasing GPU efficiency and improving the overall consistency of gaming experiences. The company added that the acquisition lays the groundwork for gaming innovation in Radeon software for GPUs.

"Software is an integral part of advancing the science of graphics, enabling us to best harness the silicon of the GPU to maximize performance and deliver outstanding experiences in games and applications," said Raja Koduri, senior vice president and chief architect at AMD's Radeon Technologies Group, in a statement.

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