A leaked industry roadmap purportedly originating from a high-level corporate presentation has offered a rare, if controversial, look at the future of the graphics processing market. The document references unannounced hardware including NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 80 series and AMD’s RDNA 7 architecture, suggesting a multi-year trajectory for the semiconductor giants. However, the presence of numerous technical errors and chronological gaps in the material has led analysts to question whether the roadmap represents current development plans or an outdated internal projection.
The document reportedly surfaced following a presentation given by an executive at Broadcom to an audience of several hundred attendees. While the slide deck provides a sweeping overview of the next several years in GPU development, its primary draw is the naming of consumer products that are not expected to reach the market until the late 2020s.
For NVIDIA, the roadmap suggests a surprising shift in branding and architecture. It skip the anticipated RTX 70 series entirely, moving directly from the upcoming Rubin-based RTX 60 series to an RTX 80 series based on the Feynman architecture. While NVIDIA has officially confirmed that Feynman is the codename for its next-generation data center architecture slated for a 2028 debut, the company has never publicly linked the name to consumer GeForce products. The omission of a 70-series designation in the roadmap remains one of the most glaring points of contention for those tracking the leak.
AMD’s portion of the roadmap is equally riddled with potential inaccuracies. It lists RDNA 7 as a future milestone but appears to bypass RDNA 6. Furthermore, the document incorrectly identifies the Radeon RX 9000 series as being powered by RDNA 5 architecture, when it is widely established within the industry that the RX 9000 line will utilize RDNA 4. Despite these discrepancies, the mention of RDNA 7 aligns with previous public comments from AMD executives who have discussed long-term goals for the RDNA 5, 6, and 7 cycles.
The timeline for these releases remains a subject of intense debate among industry insiders. Current projections for NVIDIA’s RTX 6090 and other Rubin-based gaming cards are split between a 2027 release and a more conservative 2028 launch window. Similarly, while some reports suggest AMD’s RDNA 5 could be announced as early as the second half of 2027, other indicators point to a staggered rollout. In that scenario, only specific enthusiast-grade chips like the AT2 might appear in 2027, with the flagship AT0 and other models held back until 2028.
Intel’s presence on the roadmap adds further doubt to the document’s reliability. The slides list the “Celestial” discrete graphics line for a 2025 release, yet no such consumer products have materialized or been formally announced for that timeframe. Additionally, the roadmap still includes Falcon Shores, an accelerator project that has been officially canceled, and mentions the “Druid” architecture, which is reportedly undergoing significant internal adjustments.
These GPU development cycles have significant implications for the next generation of home video game consoles. Sony is reportedly continuing its partnership with AMD under a project codenamed “Amethyst,” which is expected to define the hardware capabilities of future PlayStation systems. Meanwhile, Microsoft’s next Xbox initiative, known as Project Helix, is said to feature a custom AMD System-on-Chip (SoC). Early development hardware for the Microsoft project is reportedly scheduled for delivery to game studios in 2027, targeting a commercial release in late 2028.
Ultimately, industry experts suggest the leaked document may have been originally drafted in 2024 and only partially updated for more recent presentations. The six-year span shown for some projects likely refers to the total product lifecycle rather than the interval between hardware generations. As it stands, the conflicting reports regarding the RTX 60 and RDNA 5 series mean that the even more distant RTX 80 and RDNA 7 projections should be viewed with significant caution.
