AMD Reviving “Project Quantum,” Its Prototype Radeon Gaming PC?

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Back in 2015, AMD showed off a beautiful, futuristic-looking SFF (small form factor) PC called “Project Quantum.” The secretive project never led to a commercial release, but _rogame has spotted a new patent filing that suggests AMD may be revisiting the concept following its innovations in the CPU and GPU space.



The filing includes multiple drawings that line up with AMD’s abandoned project, which was advertised as a new PC form factor. Resembling a futuristic gaming console, Project Quantum boasted an innovative split design that comprised a liquid-cooling system at the top and powerful (for the time, at least) hardware at the bottom: two Radeon R9 “Fiji” GPUs for around 17 TFLOPS of processing power, an Intel Core i7-4790K “Devil’s...

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