AMD ROCm CES 2026 press Q&A roundtable transcript — ‘ROCm from 2023 is completely unrecognizable to ROCm today’ company details, as it seeks to break down barriers to AI development

We had the opportunity to sit down with AMD at CES 2026 for a press roundtable discussion, where we discussed ROCm and other AMD software, as captured in this transcript of AMD’s Q&A session.

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