Martin Ashton has joined AMD Radeon

Back in January AMD started to reforge their Radeon Technologies Group (RTG) after the departure of Raja Koduri, placing the division under Mike Rayfield as a senior vice president of AMD and general manager of the RTG. During this time, the former ATI veteran David Wang was also hired as senior vice president of engineering.

We have confirmed that Martin Ashton has joined AMD as Corporate Vice President, reportedly taking a role within Radeon. Martin Ashton was Imagination Technologies’ Executive Vice President of Engineering for 26 years, leaving in late 2016 to work with Intel on their graphics technologies. With experience at both Intel and Imagination Technologies, Ashton is an ideal candidate for a position within Radeon, especially given his experience developing the PowerVR graphics architecture. 

At AMD, Ashton will work under David Wang to develop Radeon’s graphics roadmap and to create a new range of competitive products. Chip development takes a lot of time, so don’t expect Ashton’s addition to AMD to have consequences for Radeon in the near future.