Scott Herkelman Leaves AMD; New Senior VP of Graphics Appointed

Sep. 26, 2023

The tectonic plates of AMD’s management are shifting. Scott Herkelman, who’s been the Senior VP of Graphics at AMD for seven years, has announced that he is officially departing from the company. He recently took center stage to announceAMD’s FSR 3technology, along with a slew of newRadeon RX 7000 Series GPUs. So, let’s find out why Herkelman is leaving aMD and what’s next in store.

Scott Herkelman Leaves AMD After Seven Years

Working with AMD, Scott Herkelman launched three generations of RDNA graphics card architectures. This includes the RX 5000 Series (RDNA 1), RX 6000 series (RDNA 2), and the latest RX 7000 series. TheRX 7700 XT & 7800 XT graphics cardswere announced recently, competing with Nvidia’s GeForceRTX 4070&RTX 4060 Ti. Scott Herkelman says he will miss AMD.

The former VP concludes his post on X (formerly Twitter) by saying the following: “May you continue to punch above your weight class and one day…beat the final boss.”If you’re wondering who the final boss is, Herklemean is probably referring to Nvidia here. Team Green has the largest share in the GPU market, and AMD has fiercely competed against them.

AMD has alreadyannouncedthat Jack Hynh will be the new Senior Vice President and General Manager of AMD Graphics, now replacing the former VP Scott Herkleman. He joined the company back in 1998, serving as a microprocessor design engineer for the company.

Being the new boss, Jack Hynh is responsible for combining AMD’s“high-performance CPUs, GPUs, and software”to create a variety of solutions in gaming, graphics, and for different clients to continue evolving the company’s growth & position in the industry.

So, will you miss Scott Herkleman as the face behind Radeon graphics? The new VP Jack Huynh has been in the company for a long time, and it will be exciting to see new products launched under his leadership. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

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