AMD
AMD has recently expanded its Ryzen 8000 series by introducing the Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F processors. Initially launched in China, these chips were added to AMD's global website, signaling they are available worldwide, apparently from April 1st. Built from the recent Zen 4-based Phoenix APUs using the TSMC 4nm node as their Zen 4 mobile chips, these new CPUs lack integrated graphics. However, the Ryzen 7 8700F does include the integrated Ryzen AI NPU for added capabilities in a world currently dominated by AI and moving it directly into the PC. The company's decision to announce these chips in China aligns with its strategy to offer Ryzen solutions at every price point in the market. Although AMD didn't initially disclose the full...
Facebook's "Open Compute" Server tested
Facebook had 22 Million active users in the middle of 2007; fast forward to 2011 and the site now has 800 Million active users, with 400 million of them...
68 by Johan De Gelas on 11/3/2011
AMD Announces Turks Based FirePro V4900
For the last couple of years AMD has been pretty consistent about cascading their GPUs through their entire product line. Nowhere is this more evident than their professional graphics...
7 by Ryan Smith on 11/1/2011
AMD Releases Catalyst 11.10 Driver Package
AMD today released the final version of the Catalyst 11.10 driver package for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7, Windows Vista desktops and laptops and Windows XP desktops. In addition to...
18 by Andrew Cunningham on 10/31/2011
Bulldozer Breaks Frequency Record Again: Overclocked to 8.46GHz
Just before the launch of Bulldozer, AMD demonstrated it at 8.43GHz, which was the world record back then. Now an overclocker named Andre Yang has achieved an overclock of...
60 by Kristian Vättö on 10/29/2011AMD Q3 2011 Results: $97mil Profit On Strong Llano Sales
AMD held their Q3 2011 conference call this afternoon to announce their financial results for the quarter. Previously, AMD had issued a warning for this quarter based on production...
23 by Ryan Smith on 10/27/2011
Details on Trinity - AMD's Next Gen APU
DonahimHaber has leaked a slide concerning AMD's next generation APU, called Trinity. The slide does not reveal any detailed specifications, it's merely an overview of Trinity. Lets begin with...
44 by Kristian Vättö on 10/25/2011
AMD Working on Bulldozer B3 Stepping
AMD released their highly anticipated Bulldozer CPUs last week (our review). The reception was not very warm, and a common thought was that Bulldozer didn't perform as well as...
60 by Kristian Vättö on 10/20/2011
Rage Against the (Benchmark) Machine
Rage came out a little over a week ago, and in the aftermath we’ve discovered some interesting pieces of information. We thought we’d chime in with some thoughts on...
81 by Jarred Walton on 10/14/2011
Alienware's M18x, Part 2: AMD's Radeon HD 6990M in CrossFire
In our first run with the Alienware M18x, we sat down and took a look at the notebook itself along with NVIDIA's current top shelf mobile graphics part, the...
25 by Dustin Sklavos on 10/14/2011
The Bulldozer Review: AMD FX-8150 Tested
AMD has been trailing Intel in the x86 performance space for years now. Ever since the introduction of the first Core 2 processors in 2006, AMD hasn't been able...
430 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/12/2011
AMD Demos 28nm GPU Again, No Update on Availability
In order to address concerns of a difficult transition to 28nm, AMD demonstrated its next-generation 28nm GPU at IDF last month. The demo system featured a mobile variant of...
24 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/5/2011Update: AMD Re-Releases Catalyst Preview Driver For Rage
With the release of id Software's Rage this morning, AMD has pushed out a new preview driver specifically for the game. Unlike last week's 11.10 preview driver, AMD has...
10 by Ryan Smith on 10/4/2011
AVADirect Compact Gaming PC: Small Case, Big System
It's easy to build a powerful desktop if you take a big, beefy enclosure like SilverStone's FT-02 or the Thermaltake Level 10 GT and just fill it with the...
17 by Dustin Sklavos on 10/4/2011
Rendering and HPC Benchmark Session Using Our Best Servers
Each time we publish a new server platform review, several of our readers inquire about HPC and rendering benchmarks. We're always willing to accommodate reasonable requests, so we're going...
52 by Johan De Gelas on 9/30/2011
AMD Releases Catalyst 11.9 Drivers
Following up yesterday's release of the Catalyst 11.10 beta package, AMD has made the final version of the Catalyst 11.9 package available for users of 32-bit and 64-bit Windows...
16 by Andrew Cunningham on 9/29/2011
Rick Bergman Resurfaces...as the CEO of Synaptics
Last week I regrettably posted that AMD's Products Group GP, Rick Bergman, had left the company for unknown reasons. Tonight I got an email from Synaptics telling me that...
4 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/28/2011
AMD Confirms 32nm Yield Issues at Global Foundries
AMD just announced revised revenue projections for Q3. Revenue is up compared to Q2 by 4 - 6%, but AMD had originally expected an increase of 10%. The reason...
38 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/28/2011AMD Releases Catalyst 11.10 Preview for Battlefield 3
With today's launch of the Battlefield 3 early beta, AMD has released a preview build of their Catalyst 11.10 drivers specifically for Battlefield 3. The Catalyst 11.10 Preview driver...
8 by Ryan Smith on 9/27/2011
AMD Announces Next Financial Analyst Day: February 2012
For the past three years AMD has held an annual Financial Analyst Day at its HQ in Sunnyvale, CA in November. That was the case for 2008, 2009 and...
17 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/22/2011
Products Group GM Rick Bergman Leaves AMD
For the first time in years AMD is set to really start executing on the CPU side. Although Bulldozer has faced significant delays, Brazos and Llano were both warmly...
11 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/22/2011
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