As told to NATHAN REIFF First appeared in print on May 19, 2022 AMD, short for Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., is a company that designs and manufactures semiconductors and computer processors. In the second half of 2022, AMD plans to release GPUs based on the new RDNA 3 architecture. The company’s popular RDNA 2-based GPUs, optimized for efficient, high-performance gaming and similar applications, will be succeeded by RDNA 3-based products.