WORLDTECHAMD begins to add GDDR7 support to its Linux GPU drivers
Confirmed by independent reporting: at least two independent news organisations reported this. It has not been officially confirmed by the organisations involved.
What happened
AMD has started to add support for GDDR7 memory and several new graphics IP blocks to its open-source Linux kernel driver, which indicates that software enablement for the company's next-generation standalone GPUs is underway, reports Phoronix . While AMD does not identify the upcoming architecture, the changes are likely tied to its RDNA 5 project, but they don't necessarily herald an imminent launch.
AMD also submitted patches that enable IH 8.0, a new version of its Interrupt Handler IP block, as well as NBIF 7.10, the latest revision of the company's New Bus Interface. These changes follow earlier Linux driver work involving Display Core Next 6 (DCN6) as well as GFX 13.0.x, suggesting that AMD is gradually upstreaming support for multiple components of an upcoming GPU architecture. As revealed in August, 2025 , Laks Pappu, Senior Fellow at AMD, is the lead architect for AMD's next generation datacenter GPU and discrete graphics platforms.
Sources & evidence
- Phoronix Reporting source
AMD Begins Preparing Open-Source Linux Driver For Graphics Cards With GDDR7 ↗
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-Linux-Prep-GDDR7 - Tom's Hardware Reporting source
AMD begins to add GDDR7 support to its Linux GPU drivers ↗
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/amd-begins-to-add-gddr7-support-to-its-linux-gpu-drivers-changes-could-herald-use-of-advanced-memory-standard-with-next-gen-radeon-gpus