AMD claws back half the server CPU market while Intel stumbles
Epyc chips fuel AMD’s stunning datacenter comeback
AMD has pulled off a massive comeback in the server CPU market, snatching half the pie from Intel in just a few quarters.
TSMC's US fabs cost Big Tech more
AMD and Nvida forced to swallow higher prices
Getting cutting-edge chips out of TSMC’s US fabs is proving far pricier than sticking with its tried-and-tested Taiwan plants, but big tech doesn’t have much choice right now.
AMD's triple-slot RX 7000 cooler leaks
Three 8-pins, three slots, and three years too late
Sometimes cancelled products often reveal more than those that launch. A leaked Radeon RX 7000-series cooler, unknowingly bought on a Chinese marketplace, has dwarfed an RX 7900 XTX when compared.
AMD’s RDNA 5 “UDNA” takes on the high-end again
Navi 5X aims to undo the damage RDNA 4 did to AMD’s reputation
It looks like AMD has remembered it used to compete in the high-end GPU space and will reintroduce a proper halo-tier card after RDNA 4 meekly surrendered the enthusiast market to Nvidia.
Sixunited gives AMD’s Strix Halo ‘Ryzen AI MAX’ to DIY PC builders
Thin Mini-ITX MoDT board crams in a laptop-class monster APU
Chinese PC maker Sixunited has just released a new toy for tinkerers. It is a Thin Mini-ITX motherboard packed with AMD’s Strix Halo “Ryzen AI MAX” APU, a chip previously only found in laptops and mini PCs.
AMD rolls out bargain-basement Ryzen AI chip
Entry-level CPU with copilot+ pc support
AMD has lobbed another Ryzen AI 300-series processor into the mix, and this one is squarely aimed at the budget-conscious.
Intel slashes prices on Core ultra 5 CPUs
Arrow Lake chips get cheaper
Troubled Chipzilla is knocking down prices on its budget-tier Core Ultra 5 processors, with the Ultra 5 225 and Ultra 5 225F seeing hefty discounts across US and EU retailers.
Intel's 18A process creeps forward
Rumoured to be 55 per cent
Analysts at KeyBanc reckon Intel’s 18A yields have inched up to 55 per cent which is a modest five per cent improvement quarter-on-quarter.
AMD sneaks out ultra-low-power Zen 5 chip for entry-level laptops
Release the krackan Point 2
AMD has launched the Ryzen AI 5 330, the first chip in its new Krackan Point 2 family, aimed at ultra-efficient entry-level laptops and mini PCs.
Intel prepares Nova Lake AX Halo-class chips to take on AMD
Enthusiast class SoCs with massive iGPUs and cache
Troubled Chipzilla appears to be gearing up for a proper enthusiast class punch with Nova Lake AX, a new SoC designed to tackle AMD’s Halo APUs head on.
