Just wanted to start getting my upgrade and then I remembered I have to wait for the 9900KS first. I hope at least that thing is released before September.

It's Monday again and these are the news of these last days. The last "regular" (more or less) week before E3:

SALES & DEALS

GOG has added some Ubisoft games to its Summer Sale. It's another excuse to give the sale another check.

At Steam there are two new daily deals:

• Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is 40% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/731490/Crash_Bandicoot_N_Sane_Trilogy/
• The Early Access title ATLAS is 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/834910/ATLAS/

And at Fanatical, there are new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Injustice 2 - Legendary Edition, 75% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/injustice-2-legendary-edition
• Fanatical now has Square Enix games on its store, and they celebrate it with sales and two bundles:
  • The first bundle is a Tomb Raider bundle with 7 games (the old ones and the reboot) split in 3 tiers of up to 3, up to 6 or the seven games: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/tomb-raider-bundle
  • The Deus Ex bundle contains 4 games and is also split into three tiers: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/deus-ex-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Windows 10 May 2019 Update causes crashes/freezing issues on AMD Ryzen CPUs, bypass/workaround found
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/windows-10-may-2019-update-causes-crashes-freezing-issues-on-amd-ryzen-cpus-bypass-workaround-found/
It appears that the May 2019 Update for Windows 10 is causing some crashing/freezing issues on PC systems that are equipped with AMD’s Ryzen and Threadripper CPUs. According to reports, these freezing issues are due to compatibility issues between the update and RAID drivers.
Going into more details, the May 2019 Update installation freezes on these PC systems with AMD’s aforementioned processors as there’s a compatibility issue between the RAID drivers and the update.
Thankfully, a bypass/workaround has been discovered so we suggesting using it if you own an AMD Ryzen or Threadripper CPU, and want to update to the latest version of Windows 10.
All you have to do is download and install the latest RAID driver from here, version 9.2.0.105, before applying/installing the May 2019 Update.
>> I'm posting this in case someone has found this issue.

Attack from Outer Space is a cute DXR ray tracing playable tech demo that you can download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/attack-from-outer-space-is-a-cute-dxr-ray-tracing-playable-tech-demo-that-you-can-download/
Unreal Engine’s member ‘The_Distiller’ has released a brand new cute DXR real-time ray tracing tech demo. The_Distiller has used the latest version of Unreal Engine 4, version 4.22, in order to create a playable demo that showcases the ray tracing capabilities of Epic’s engine.
For the setting The_Distiller chose a miniature film set, built by an amateur filmmaker in the 70’s, shooting a scene for a vintage sci-fi movie in the vein of “War of the Worlds” and alike.
>> It weights roughly 880MB and you can download it from here.

MODS/EMULATORS

The Playstation 4 emulator, Orbital, supports the DualShock 4 controller, progresses further on Safe Mode
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/the-playstation-4-emulator-orbital-supports-the-dualshock-4-controller-progresses-further-on-safe-mode/
Alexandro Sanchez has shared a new video for the first Playstation 4 emulator that is currently under development, Orbital. While the emulator is nowhere close to playing or running any PS4 game, it now supports the official Sony DualShock 4 controller, and progresses further on the Safe Mode menus.
In case you weren’t aware of, Orbital is the first dedicated Playstaion 4 emulator for Windows and Linux. Advanced users can go ahead and download an old version of Orbital from here. Do note though that there aren’t any binaries, meaning that you must build each of the three components (BIOS, GRUB, QEMU) yourselves. Furthermore, configuring the emulator to do something will be hard, as you will need to dump and decrypt the entire PS4 filesystem and sflash, including the kernel.

Here are Tomb Raider 2 & Jurassic Park Trespasser with Reshade Ray Tracing/Path Tracing
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-tomb-raider-2-jurassic-park-trespasser-with-reshade-ray-tracing-path-tracing/
YouTube’s member ‘EiermannTelevision’ has shared two videos, showcasing Tomb Raider 2 and Jurassic Park Trespasser with the Reshade Ray Tracing/Path Tracing Global Illumination mod. Both of these games use a really old and outdated lighting system so these videos should give us an idea of what we can expect from older games using the new Reshade mod.

New trailer released for the Fallout 3 remake mod in Fallout 4, Fallout 4: Capital Wasteland
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-trailer-released-for-the-fallout-3-remake-mod-in-fallout-4-fallout-4-capital-wasteland/
The team behind a really ambitious mod for Fallout 4, Fallout 4: Capital Wasteland, has released a brand new trailer for it. Fallout 4: Capital Wasteland is a total conversion mod that aims to remake Fallout 3 in the Fallout 4 engine.
Fallout 4: Capital Wasteland promises to feature all the quests, dialogues and locations from Fallout 3, and the team will be experimenting with the newest weather options in Fallout 4’s Creation Engine to establish the same grimy and oppressive tone as the original game.

A modder is remaking Arx Fatalis in Unreal Engine 4 and it looks fantastic
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-modder-is-remaking-arx-fatalis-in-unreal-engine-4-and-it-looks-fantastic/
Arx Fatalis was Arkane Studios' first game, and was very much a sign of things to come. It was big, open, ambitious as hell, really good, and a sales flop. It's also very dated now—it was released in 2002—which makes going back to see what you missed something of a tough row to hoe. That may eventually change, though, thanks to the efforts Blackcatgame Studios, a one-man operation that recently teased a work-in-progress remake of the game in Unreal Engine 4.
The summary on ModDB describes the area seen in the videos as being from Level 11, the Human Kingdom village (although I think that's a typo since as far as I know that's on level 1), where players can wander around, talk with NPCs, and fight with guards. Obviously there's a long way to go before the job is done, and given that projects like this are typically both massive and unpaid undertakings, it may not ever be finished. But seeing that dingy settlement remade all shiny and new really kind of gets me right here.

GAMING NEWS

Crumple Zone is a spiritual successor to Destruction Derby and is now available on Steam
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/crumple-zone-is-a-spiritual-successor-to-destruction-derby-and-is-now-available-on-steam/
Arcade racing fans, here is something for you today. OutOfTune has released Crumple Zone; a spiritual successor to Destruction Derby and a tribute to arcade crash racing games of the 90s and 2000s in which you just put the pedal to the metal and smash up some cars.
>> It also has the same graphics, but in HD. Here's the Steam page.

Rebellion will reveal a major unannounced game at E3 2019
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/rebellion-will-reveal-a-major-unannounced-game-at-e3-2019/
Rebellion has announced that it will unveil a new major unannounced game for consoles and PC at E3 2019. As the press release reads, the mystery game will be announced during the PC Gaming Show, which will be streamed live on Twitch starting 10AM PDT, 6PM BST on June 10th.

Team17 will reveal two new unannounced games at E3 2019
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/team17-will-reveal-two-new-unannounced-games-at-e3-2019/
Team17 has also stated that it will reveal two new unannounced games at E3 2019. Although the team did not unveil any additional details, it did release a new trailer for Hell Let Loose.

CD Projekt RED was indeed targeting a 2019 release for Cyberpunk 2077, may release in early 2020
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/cd-projekt-red-was-indeed-targeting-a-2019-release-for-cyberpunk-2077-may-release-in-early-2020/
Back in September 2017, we informed you about a Turkish listing for Cyberpunk 2077 which suggested that this highly anticipated title was scheduled for a 2019 release. And from the looks of it, that listing was legit as according to Kotaku’s Jason Schreier, CD Projekt RED was indeed targeting a 2019 release for Cyberpunk 2077.

Mortal Kombat 11 PC Patch 5 released; AI & character move list improvements, online desync fixes & more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/mortal-kombat-11-pc-patch-5-released-ai-character-move-list-improvements-online-desync-fixes-more/
NetherRealm Studios and QLOC have released the fifth patch for the PC version of Mortal Kombat 11. According to the release notes, Patch 5 features a number of character move list corrections, various improvements to AI logic, fixes several rare online desync issues as well as several Brutalities having incorrect requirements or issues with the description.

Transient is a new Lovecraftian sci-fi game that is coming to the PC in 2020
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/transient-is-a-new-lovecraftian-sci-fi-game-that-is-coming-to-the-pc-in-2020/
Iceberg Interactive and Stormling Studios have announced Transient; a new game that aims to blend together H.P. Lovecraft and Cyberpunk. This game is planned for a 2020 release and the publisher has released its debut trailer that you can find below.

The Division 2 Update 3.1 is now available, fixes numerous bugs & armor exploit, full release notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-division-2-update-3-1-is-now-available-fixes-numerous-bugs-armor-exploit-full-release-notes/
Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft have released a brand new update for Tom Clancy’s The Division 2. According to the release notes, update 3.1 increases tutorial font size on the Mega Map, as well as visibility on Collectibles and Caches in the Open World.

Stunning Control E3 2019 screenshots released
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/stunning-control-e3-2019-screenshots-released/
Remedy has released the E3 2019 screenshots for its upcoming supernatural action-adventure game, Control. Powered by the Remedy’s in-house engine, Northlight Engine, Control looks stunning in these latest screenshots.

Shenmue 3 has been delayed until November 19th, 2019
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/shenmue-3-has-been-delayed-until-november-19th-2019/
Ys Net has announced that Shenmue 3 has been delayed until November 2019. The game was originally meant to come out on August 27th, however the team announced that it needs a bit more time in order to further polish it.
>> At least it's still supposed to launch this year.

Monday news, the it's-so-long-that-I've-been-this-close-to-split-it-in-two-posts part two:

Watch the PC Gaming Show 2019 live here on Monday, June 10
https://www.pcgamer.com/pc-gaming-show-livestream-2019/
The PC Gaming Show is back for E3 2019, and you can watch it live on Monday, June 10 at 10 am Pacific on Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook. (Find your timezone here.)
Hosts Sean "Day[9]" Plott and Frankie Ward are returning for another blast of never-before-seen trailers, announcements, and developer interviews. Here are a few (but not all) of the sponsors and presenters at this year's show
>> 19:00 CEST (Central European Summer Time) for me... I'll probably be able to watch it.

Shadows will kill you in Lightmatter, a first-person puzzler coming this year
https://www.pcgamer.com/shadows-will-kill-you-in-lightmatter-a-first-person-puzzler-coming-this-year/
“Think ‘the floor is lava,’ just with shadows that kill you,” the narrator helpfully explains in the trailer for Lightmatter, a first-person puzzle game in the vein of Antichamber and The Talos Principle.

Fallout Shelter sequel is adding PvP and more exploration, but it will only be available in China
https://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-shelter-sequel-is-adding-pvp-and-more-exploration-but-it-will-only-be-available-in-china/
Bethesda is getting set to launch a sequel to the massively popular Fallout Shelter, but it will start out being exclusively available in China.
Fallout YouTuber JuiceHead has compiled some promotional and early access footage of Fallout Shelter Online, which you can view above. The game looks like it’s taking the core gameplay from the original Fallout Shelter and adding a lot of interesting multiplayer features, such as the ability to battle other players and join guilds. There’s also a big overworld to explore, full of dungeons to send your dwellers out to raid.

Chris Avellone explains Fallout: New Vegas' abrupt ending
https://www.pcgamer.com/chris-avellone-explains-fallout-new-vegas-abrupt-ending/
Fallout: New Vegas is a great RPG with a not-so-great ending. You follow your heart, make your choices, and it all leads up to a grand finale slideshow that tells you how it all worked out. You can't even continue playing the game after the Super Slam at Hoover Dam. It wasn't always supposed to be like that, though: Chris Avellone, one of the writers on New Vegas, told Eurogamer that the original plan was to have post-game content that would give players the ability to explore the world after the credits had rolled.
>> To solve that, at least in part, there's the FPGE – Functional Post Game Ending mod.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will not have Zombies
https://www.pcgamer.com/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-will-not-have-zombies/
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will have grit. It will have ripped headlines. It will have a mustache the size of Belgium. It will have politics. What it will not have, however, is legions of the angry undead. Campaign gameplay director Jacob Minkoff confirmed with PlayStation Lifestyle that the rebooted Modern Warfare will not have a Zombies mode.

Warren Spector says balancing violence in System Shock 3 is 'very hard'
https://www.pcgamer.com/warren-spector-says-balancing-violence-in-system-shock-3-is-very-hard/
In an interview with VGC Spector said that reluctance to embrace violence has carried over into his work on System Shock 3. Assuming it's similar to the first two games, the new System Shock won't be a straight shooter, but there will be shooting, and plenty of evidence of violence—broken bodies, blood on walls, all that kind of good stuff—that's occurred prior to the player's arrival. That's presented something of a challenge for Spector, who joined developer Otherside Entertainment in 2016 to head up development of the game.

Now the Divinity studio is teasing us with calamari and kraken
https://www.pcgamer.com/now-the-divinity-studio-is-teasing-us-with-calamari-and-kraken/
Yesterday, Larian's website was plastered with a big number three. That might cause one to assume the Divinity studio is about to announce Divinity: Original Sin 3 (or maybe even Divinity 3), but evidence actually points to something a little different. Poke around in the video file, and you'll find references to Baldur's Gate 3 and Wizards of the Coast. Today, Larian replaced that video with a new one featuring tentacles wrapping around the Roman numeral. Naturally, I immediately downloaded it and opened it in a text editor to hunt for more clues.

John Romero's new Doom episode, Sigil, is out now for free
https://www.pcgamer.com/john-romeros-new-doom-episode-sigil-is-out-now-for-free/
John Romero, one of the creators of Doom, has released his unofficial fifth episode for the shooter, and you can play it now for free.
Sigil comprises nine new, labyrinthine levels for the original Doom. Each contains “more detail” than the levels in episodes 1-4, but Romero says they should feel like they “belong in the original game as if they were a true fifth episode”. They're playable in singleplayer, co-op and deathmatch.
>> Get it from its official website.

Katana Zero adds hard mode, speedrun mode in latest update
https://www.pcgamer.com/katana-zero-adds-hard-mode-speedrun-mode-in-latest-update/
Time-bending 2D slash-em-up Katana Zero, which Lauren was rather taken with in her review, has added two new modes: a hard mode that you can play after you finish the main game and an option-heavy speedrun mode.

Celeste's free ultra-hard DLC will contain more than 100 levels
https://www.pcgamer.com/celestes-free-dlc-will-contain-more-than-100-levels/
Challenging platformer Celeste's upcoming free DLC will be even more generous than I first thought: it will contain more than 100 levels, creator Matt Thorson revealed yesterday, which is more than the dev team initially intended.

Kerbal Space Program's second expansion, Breaking Ground, is out now
https://www.pcgamer.com/kerbal-space-programs-second-expansion-breaking-ground-is-out-now/
Kerbal Space Program, still one of the best games you can play on PC today, has brought out its second-ever expansion, Breaking Ground, which gives you more things to do once you touch down on another planet.

Shoot 'em up Devil Engine hides demo for its upcoming expansion behind a cheat code
https://www.pcgamer.com/shoot-em-up-devil-engine-hides-demo-for-its-upcoming-expansion-behind-a-cheat-code/
Protoculture Games has announced a major expansion for its side-scrolling shmup Devil Engine that will double the size of the game—and you can play a demo for it right now, as long as you put in the right cheat code.

Hitman 2's June roadmap includes the bank level, and more
https://www.pcgamer.com/hitman-2s-june-roadmap-includes-a-bank-level-and-more/
Hitman 2's June roadmap is here.
The bank level, revealed back in April, will be out on June 25 as part of the expansion pass along with two special assignments. As part of the Legacy Pack two of the previous game's elusive targets (the guru and the congressman) will be returning to Sapienza on June 7. Free to everyone will be a new escalation contract called The O'Leary Conflagration that's all about messing with Helen's Muffin Kitchen and will probably involving burning a whole lot of people to death. That's due on June 13, and will be followed on June 20 by another escalation called The Unpalatable Termination and new featured contracts with the theme of "Assassin's Greed". Performing them will unlock the handyman toolbox. June 27 brings yet another escalation, The Aquatic Retribution (a trip to the aquarium, apparently) and finally on June 29 there's another legacy elusive target: Mr. Giggles, the entertainer, will be back in Marrakesh.

Mortal Kombat 11 trailer hints at the Terminator and Ash as playable characters
https://www.pcgamer.com/mortal-kombat-11-trailer-hints-at-the-terminator-and-ash-as-playable-characters/
The trailer for the Mortal Kombat 11 Kombat Pack is mostly focused on showing off Shang Tsung and his ability to shapeshift into a variety of palette-swap ninjas, which actually looks much cooler than I've just made it sound. The trailer also lists several other characters coming as part of the DLC—Sindel, Nightwolf, and comic book antihero Spawn—then mentions "two more guests will be revealed".

Minecraft: Story Mode is being delisted later this month
https://www.pcgamer.com/minecraft-story-mode-is-being-delisted-later-this-month/
This week GOG delisted all Telltale games in light of the publisher's closure last year, and now Microsoft is following suit with Minecraft: Story Mode. Seasons 1 and 2 will no longer be available after June 25—even if you own them, you won't be able to download them after that date.

Auto Chess gets a $1 Custom Pass for cosmetics and extra win bonuses
https://www.pcgamer.com/auto-chess-gets-a-dollar1-custom-pass-for-cosmetics/
The developers of Auto Chess, the brilliant deck-based custom game for Dota 2, have released a $1 Custom Pass that nets you a few cosmetics and extra win bonuses.
If you buy the pass, which lasts 30 days, you'll get a golden border for your avatar, golden paint for your chat messages and a gold effect on your damage projectiles. You'll also get a Baby Roshan courier as your chess player, as well as the right to vote on new chess pieces or pieces that need rebalancing.

Slime Rancher to add new, glitchy world and a chicken cloner in free update this month
https://www.pcgamer.com/slime-rancher-to-add-glitch-slimes-and-a-chicken-cloner-in-free-update-this-month/
Slime Rancher's next major update transports you to a simulated Far, Far Range complete with glitch slimes and new gadgets, and it will be out on June 18 for free, developer Monomi Park has announced.

Riot has a new method for identifying overpowered League of Legends champions
https://www.pcgamer.com/league-of-legends-team-reveals-new-method-to-decide-if-champions-are-overpowered/
Riot's game design manager David Capurro has laid out plans for a more systematic approach to balancing League of Legends' champions that puts more emphasis on the average player.

Bethesda was 'ready for' Fallout 76's rough reception, says Todd Howard
https://www.pcgamer.com/bethesda-were-ready-for-fallout-76s-rough-reception-says-todd-howard/
Bethesda director Todd Howard has said that the studio expected a rough reception for Fallout 76, and that he thinks the online RPG has somewhat damaged the developer's reputation.
>> Well, they knew the POS they had in their hands.

Fable started life as Wishworld, a magic dueling game with fire, lightning and mermen
https://www.pcgamer.com/fable-started-life-as-wishworld-a-magic-dueling-game-with-fire-lightning-and-mermen/
The creators of Fable initially envisaged it as a magic dueling game where you shaped the world around you, creating forests, volcanoes and lakes before slinging spells at your enemy, according to Dene Carter, one of the original developers.

Development of Barkley 2 is in more trouble than anyone knew
https://www.pcgamer.com/development-of-barkley-2-is-in-more-trouble-than-anyone-knew/
Last time we checked in on Barkley 2 about 18 months ago our conclusion was that development was "still slowly grinding forward". It may be doing so even slower than we thought.
(...)
But now a former developer has posted on the Something Awful forums to explain that the project is in more trouble than anyone knew. Posting under the name Horatio, they wrote, "I was asked to join the project 3 years after the KS when the project had little money and was in shambles. I was committed to trying to finish the game but it was consistently set back by horrible management and I ended up quitting. The person who owns ToG and is running it now had nothing to do with Barkley 1 and has zero game dev experience. He is the ToG PR guy."

Sidescroller Seed Hunter pairs a roguelike with Monster Hunter-inspired weapons
https://www.pcgamer.com/sidescroller-seed-hunter-pairs-a-roguelike-with-monster-hunter-inspired-weapons/
Seed Hunter is the kind of game that makes you want to dodge roll a lot, because it feels good to quickly jump behind an enemy and lay into their back with a combo, and because the average boss is probably three times your size and holding an axe that could slice you to mincemeat. But it's also the kind of game that only lets you dodge three times in quick succession before waiting for a stamina meter to refill. Combat's fast, but you can't just mash and dodge your way through. You have to learn how your weapon moves to stay alive for long.

There's a Doom Eternal mural going up on the Hotel Figueroa and it looks dope as hell
https://www.pcgamer.com/theres-a-doom-eternal-mural-going-up-on-the-hotel-figueroa-and-it-looks-dope-as-hell/
It's not uncommon for the Figueroa Hotel to get a makeover in the leadup to E3. In previous years it's been used to advertise Gwent, Grand Theft Auto 5, Star Wars: Battlefront 2 and Skyrim. Last year it was repainted with a Fallout 76 theme, but let's hope that hasn't cursed it or anything because this year it's being repainted in honor of the new Doom game.

Why Artifact failed to take off, according to designer Richard Garfield
https://www.pcgamer.com/why-artifact-failed-to-take-off-according-to-designer-richard-garfield/
Artifact and Magic: The Gathering designer Richard Garfield believes the term “pay-to-win” is a “sloppy” way to describe games, particularly Artifact. Garfield and 3 Donkeys design partner Skaff Elias shared some thoughts about Artifact’s design intent and its poor reception in a recent interview with Win.gg.

Stalk a serial killer in a simulated city in the Deus Ex-like Shadows of Doubt
https://www.pcgamer.com/stalk-a-serial-killer-in-a-simulated-city-in-the-deus-ex-like-shadows-of-doubt/
One thing that keeps detective games from feeling authentic is that they tend to have traditional game limitations: there are only so many places you can go, only so many people you can talk to. Shadows of Doubt plans to fix that by building a fully simulated neo-noir city in which to track down a serial killer. Developer Cole Jefferies describes it as "A detective stealth game somewhere between Deus Ex and Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective!".

AMD and Samsung just made a deal public. Samsung may now be leveraging AMD's graphics for it's Exynos chips in the future.

This could get interesting, especially if AMD can adopt some technologies to make it's PC GPU's more efficient... Just like how nVidia took what it learned with Tegra and baked it into Maxwell.

Finally, this means that a modern Android phone will have good graphics drivers! 

As far as making GPUs "more efficient" is concerned, nah Samsung will probably just accept the architecture as is because one of the biggest benefits of AMD hardware is down to how easy it is to make high quality drivers for it and AMD is a testament to this considering their previously spotty track record ... (their GL drivers were unusable pre-GCN)

Samsung will probably just down clock them if they have to get a higher efficiency curve when the other players are a non-starter ... 

Nvidia aren't interested in doing semi-custom plus given their poor history with past customers they must find Nvidia to have very egregious licensing terms. Nobody goes to Qualcomm for their graphics technology so they only exist to prop up their baseband technology such as LTE/5G modems or RF front-end modules and they have tons of anti-trust issues so Samsung probably just wants dump Qualcomm altogether once they roll out their own 5G modems. It's clear that both Nvidia and Qualcomm poses too many conflicts of interests to be of interest to be reliable suppliers for their customers ... 

Similarly, nobody goes to ARM specifically for their GPUs but to license their CPU technology instead and PowerVR is irrelevant in today's world without Apple being their customer. When half (Nvidia/Qualcomm) of the potential suppliers are acting in bad faith and 3 out of 4 of them (ARM/PowerVR/Qualcomm) have bad drivers then an outside alternative (AMD) by comparison are licensing their designs for chum change while providing good drivers as well makes it an easy decision! 

It'll be interesting to see AMD deploying Android graphics drivers and see the quality of their implementation comparison to other godforsaken mobile graphics hardware vendors. Will be extremely curious if AMD will also provide OpenGL ES drivers which are far easier make compared to regular OpenGL or if they'll just use a translation layer in place like ANGLE ... 

The license agreement seems to stipulate that the I.P sharing goes both ways.

In Samsungs case it's probably extremely valuable as it gives access to AMD's entire warchest of graphics I.P that dates back decades.

As for GL drivers and AMD, they have certainly have had rough patches... And certainly trailed nVidia at certain points, but starting with R300, I never had to many issues overall with OpenGL on ATI/AMD Graphics... And once the frame pacing driver came out for Terascale/GCN... AMD's drivers were extremely solid.

We don't know the extent of how Samsung is going to leverage AMD's patents, Samsung has been working on a GPU for Exynos for the good part of 7+ years, whether they threw that design out and adopted AMD's remains to be seen or if Samsung is just licensing AMD's patents to protect themselves, who knows.

End of the day though... If you are in North America, this means little anyway as Samsung generally leverages Snapdragon in that territory anyway.

nVidia doesn't get design wins in mobile phones, they are irrelevant in the mobile phone space.

In saying that... Qualcomm leverages Radeon technology anyway... Samsung+Qualcomm means that AMD will have the bulk of the high-end/mid-range smartphone locked up using their graphics technology... Granted Adreno has deviated from more modern AMD architectures, there is still some fundamental similarities at various levels. Remember... Re-arrange the letters of Adreno and it spells out Radeon.

Allwinner and Mediatek tend to have the low-end locked up, they tend to opt for PowerVR and Mali, seems that PowerVR has been getting the preference over Mali these days though.
Maybe ARM might reduce their emphasis on developing their own graphics I.P?

I think it is to soon to jump the gun and assume AMD will be building drivers for Android. They may leave that up to Samsung.

It seems to be Samsung paying up AMD for their GPU designs ... 

AMD's GL drivers are straight up ugly from the pre-GCN days so that's why AMD were the biggest lobbyists for pushing the industry towards DX12/Vulkan ... 

Samsung's GPU designs aren't coming to fruition and likely never will because they have too many damn things going on. They already design their own custom ARM cores but they also deal with logic, DRAM, NAND fabrication and they produce OLED displays as well so there's no point in them trying to chase another market to be self sufficient when they face fierce competition from Apple, Intel, TSMC, SK Hynix, Micron, LG and more to come like BOE or YMTC ... 

There comes a certain point where businesses will scale down their efficiency as they become too big so there has to be a limit where Samsung cannot expand anymore because it's not safe to rapidly expand your business like Intel has because otherwise you're going to have failures start piling on even within their core competencies like we see with Intel's 10nm logic fabrication technology since there has to cuts in resources in other segments to keep up ... 

The world as we know it not becoming more generalized but it's becoming more specialized! It's naive on Samsung's part to continue expanding ... 

Samsung has to use Snapdragon in North America because of Qualcomm's heavy handed licensing terms which involved CDMA technology. US carriers such as Verizon and Sprint are still operating networks which use CDMA technology so mobile device manufacturers have no choice but to accept Qualcomm's modems if they want their phones to be able to work on all North American carriers ... 

Sprint isn't going to shutdown their CDMA based networks up until the end of 2022 ... (hopefully, mobile chipset designers won't have to pander to patent encumbered technology like CDMA)

The rest of them still have really bad graphics drivers including Qualcomm because they're all too damn focused on other things to care about graphics technology ... 

Every graphics tech enthusiast out there know that Adreno is an anagram for Radeon and by this point Qualcomm's graphics architecture are vastly different to AMD's. Qualcomm is still probably on scalar/vec4 while AMD is scalar/SIMD ... 

Nah, they still want a complete package so that mobile device manufacturers don't take their business to Qualcomm ... 

Well they basically have to since their drivers even take responsibility for some Intel parts using Vega ... 

AMD are going to have to make drivers for Android if Samsung integrates their designs into the SoCs since AMD could provide better driver support than anyone other big player in the Android world would but hopefully there'll be enough funds from Samsung to provide the drivers ... 

I just don't see the issues you have with OpenGL and Radeon pre-GCN. I have been using ATI/AMD for decades and it's always been usable... Sure performance wasn't as great as nVidia, but overall AMD's GPU's still did well.

Yeah. I wouldn't discount Samsung out until they actually make an official announcement... Nor would I be willing to engage in hypothetical's/conspiracy theories on whether Samsung is abandoning their own GPU efforts or not.

Hence my previous statement of Adreno deviating from the current Radeon paradigm, but retaining some core similarities.

In saying that, there are only so many ways you can skin a cat, so even when comparing AMD and nVidia graphics there are some common (Aka smart) design philosophies... Which isn't inherently a bad thing.

I am not saying that ARM is going to abandon their GPU efforts, just not invest as much time and resources into developing their graphics solutions.

Well no. They don't have to do anything.  They may leave that responsibility to Samsung.

So, we all knew that, one day, Apple would lose its mind, but I didn't expect it to be so much and with something so obvious: during their conference they've announced their new 6K monitor, that comes without a stand, and then they've revealed their optional (it's VESA) stand made of aluminium, that's nothing else than a simple stand... and they've priced it at $999.

That's having no shame nor any kind of respect for its potential customers.

But the worst part is that there's going to be morons that will buy it.

I wondered what the problem was, then I realised the $999 was for the stand not the monitor.

$4999 monitor
$199 Vesa Adapter
$999 Stand

Can't get much more apple then that.