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AMD is looking to drive the AI PC market with options across multiple product lines, which aren't limited to consumer processors. While primarily designed for the commercial sector, AMD has announced the Ryzen Pro 8000 'Phoenix' series of APUs for desktops, which AMD claims is the first professional-grade CPU to include an NPU designed to provide on-chip AI neural processing capabilities. AMD has also announced the Ryzen Pro 8040 'Hawk Point' series of mobile processors designed for commercial laptops and notebooks. AMD's Ryzen Pro 8000 and Ryzen Pro 8040 series processors come with support from AMD's Pro Manageability and AMD Pro Business Ready suites and are built with AMD's current generation Zen 4 cores. The Ryzen Pro 8000 and Ryzen Pro 8040 series processors are...
NVIDIA GeForce R313.95 Beta Drivers Available
It seems ironic that after years of their monthly releases when AMD/ATI has now switched to a "when it's necessary" release schedule--something NVIDIA has been doing via official beta...
2 by Jarred Walton on 1/28/2013
AMD Q4’12 and FY 2012 Earnings: Closing Out a Rough Year, Looking Towards the Next
Continuing the spate of earnings announcements this week we have both AMD’s Q4’12 and fiscal year 2012 earnings. The 4th quarter presents something of a culmination of several events...
34 by Ryan Smith on 1/23/2013
Addendum Regarding AMD’s Mobility Catalyst 13.1 Drivers
Late last week AMD release their first drivers for 2013, the Catalyst 13.1 drivers. The drivers as noted already are available for both desktops and laptops, but I did...
16 by Jarred Walton on 1/22/2013
AMD’s Mobility Catalyst 13.1 Update, Enduro Edition
We posted earlier today about the public availability of AMD’s latest Catalyst 13.1 WHQL drivers, but being available and installing properly and without problems on Enduro laptops are sadly...
20 by Jarred Walton on 1/18/2013
AMD Catalyst 13.1 WHQL Drivers Available
Having refined their 12.11 beta drivers, AMD has recently released their Catalyst Software Suite Version 13.1 update. This WHQL update includes all the performance improvements found in the previous...
43 by Chris Hansen on 1/18/2013
OpenCompute servers and AMD Open 3.0
Remember our review of Facebook's first OpenCompute Server? Facebook designed a server for their own purposes, but quickly released all the specs to the community. The result was a...
10 by Johan De Gelas on 1/16/2013
Vizio's AMD Z60 Hondo-based Windows 8 Tablet PC at CES 2013
Even with the comprehensive overhaul of their notebook lineup, the big news out of Vizio’s CES booth was definitely their new Windows 8 tablet. The Vizio Tablet PC is...
32 by Vivek Gowri on 1/15/2013
Lenovo’s Erazer X700 Gaming Desktop
Continuing our Lenovo coverage, we have another gaming-centric system from Lenovo, and I have to admit I never saw this one coming. The new Lenovo Erazer X700 is a...
2 by Jarred Walton on 1/9/2013
AMD Releases Full Product Specifications For Radeon HD 8000M Series
Along with their announcement of their annual desktop GPU rebadge, AMD has also released the full product specifications for their new Radeon HD 8000M mobile GPUs. These GPUs were...
15 by Ryan Smith on 1/8/2013
AMD’s Annual GPU Rebadge: Radeon HD 8000 Series for OEMs
In an effort to mimic the model year nature of cars and other durable goods, in recent years PC OEMs have increasingly moved to updating their wares both on...
38 by Ryan Smith on 1/7/2013
AMD CES 2013 Press Event Live Blog
We're live at the AMD CES 2013 press event! Keep your browser parked here for live updates!
57 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/7/2013
Asus Announces ROG ARES II Video Card: Dual Radeon HD 7970GE On A Single Card
Dual GPU video cards are nothing new, but there are very few companies that do it with the level of flair (and dare we say overkill) of Asus. Along...
13 by Ryan Smith on 1/7/2013_carousel.jpg)
HP EliteBook 8570w Notebook Review: The Other Side of the Coin
We recently reviewed Dell's top of the line Precision M6700 mobile workstation and found that the overall design left something to be desired compared to HP's high end EliteBooks...
54 by Dustin Sklavos on 12/18/2012
AMD Announces Their First 8000M GPUs
AMD held a press briefing today on their upcoming 8000M graphics chips, which they are calling the "second generation GCN architecture" parts. We’ll have more on that in a...
88 by Jarred Walton on 12/17/2012
AMD's Radeon HD 7970M: Ivy Bridge vs. Trinity Video
In one of the most "interesting" moves I've seen in the mobile market, MSI has equipped their GX60 gaming notebook with an HD 7970M...paired with an AMD A10-4600M APU...
85 by Jarred Walton on 12/14/2012
Holiday 2012 Workstation Buyer's Guide
Though mobile devices continue to consume more computing marketshare at the expense of traditional desktop PCs, phones and tablets, and to an extent even laptops, simply cannot compete with...
49 by Zach Throckmorton on 12/10/2012
Holiday 2012 Small Form Factor Buyer's Guide
There have been many interesting developments in the small form factor market segment since our last SFF buyer's guide. Specifically, current-generation Intel Ivy Bridge CPUs and AMD Trinity APUs...
74 by Zach Throckmorton on 12/5/2012
AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta 11 Drivers Available
Continuing their work on the 12.11 drivers, AMD has recently released their 12.11 beta 11 driver update. This driver fixes several system hangs while including the previous improvements to...
23 by Chris Hansen on 12/4/2012
ASRock FM2A85X Extreme6 Review
The answer to the question ‘What makes a good motherboard?’ can generate an alarming number of responses. When a manufacturer starts with a new chipset, the idealized view...
19 by Ian Cutress on 12/3/2012
Holiday 2012 AMD Trinity Buyer's Guide
While AMD's second generation "Trinity" APUs (Accelerated Processing Units) have been available in pre-built desktops and laptops for many months now, the chips and accompanying motherboards themselves have only...
72 by Zach Throckmorton on 11/29/2012
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