Editing AMD (section)

==== Combined GPU and CPU divisions ====
In a 2009 restructuring, AMD merged the CPU and GPU divisions to support the company's APUs, which fused both graphics and general purpose processing.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Duncan |first=Geoff |date=May 7, 2009 |title=AMD RESTRUCTURES TO COMBINE GRAPHICS AND CHIP UNITS |publisher=Digital Trends |url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/amd-restructures-to-combine-graphics-and-chip-units/ |access-date=July 10, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Musil |first=Steven |date=May 7, 2009 |title=AMD reorg merges microprocessor, graphics units |publisher=CNET |url=https://www.cnet.com/au/news/amd-reorg-merges-microprocessor-graphics-units/ |access-date=July 10, 2017}}</ref> In 2011, AMD released the successor to TeraScale, [[Graphics Core Next]] (GCN).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Ryan |date=December 21, 2011 |title=AMD's Graphics Core Next Preview |publisher=Anandtech |url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/4455/amds-graphics-core-next-preview-amd-architects-for-compute |access-date=July 11, 2017}}</ref> This new microarchitecture emphasized [[GPGPU]] compute capability in addition to graphics processing, with a particular aim of supporting heterogeneous computing on AMD's APUs. GCN's [[reduced instruction set computer|reduced instruction set]] [[Instruction set architecture|ISA]] allowed for significantly increased compute capability over TeraScale's [[very long instruction word]] ISA. Since GCN's introduction with the [[Radeon HD 7000 series|HD 7970]], five generations of the GCN architecture have been produced from 2011 through at least 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Ryan |date=December 22, 2011 |title=AMD Radeon HD 7970 Review |publisher=Anandtech |url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/5261/amd-radeon-hd-7970-review |access-date=July 11, 2017}}</ref>