AMD Says There Will Be No DirectX 12 — Ever

Posted by Soulskill on Friday April 12, 2013 @07:51AM from the pulling-a-reverse-firefox dept.

mikejuk writes "This is a strange story. AMD Vice President of Global Channel Sales Roy Taylor has said there will be no DirectX12 at any time in the future. In an interview with German magazine Heise.de, Taylor discussed the new trend for graphics card manufacturers to release top quality game bundles registered to the serial number of the card. One of the reasons for this, he said, is that the DirectX update cycle is no longer driving the market. 'There will be no DirectX 12. That's it.' (Google translation of German original.) Last January there was another hint that things weren't fine with DirectX when Microsoft sent an email to its MVPs saying, 'DirectX is no longer evolving as a technology.' That statement was quickly corrected, but without mentioning any prospect of DirectX 12. So, is this just another error or rumor? Can we dismiss something AMD is basing its future strategy on?"

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no DirectX 12 by BigMike · 2013-04-12 07:55 · Score: 5, Funny

... it only goes to 11
We did it! by Anonymous Coward · 2013-04-12 07:55 · Score: 5, Funny

We did it everyone! OpenGL won, good job everybody. Highest of fives all 'round.
Let's predict the headlines of the future: by Minwee · 2013-04-12 07:57 · Score: 5, Funny

July, 2013: AMD Says 'Okay, There Will Be A DirectX 12, But We're Not Supporting It'
September, 2013: AMD Says DirectX 12 Support By Next Year
March, 2014: New AMD Cards' Poor DirectX 12 Performance Disappointing
May, 2014: AMD Boss Complains About Being 'Left Out' Of DirectX 12 Development
August, 2014: Struggling AMD Says 'Just Wait For DirectX 13!'