AMD slips out budget RX 7400 and Pro W7400 cards
Published in Graphics


Navi 33 silicon gets another spin for gamers and workstations

AMD has added two new cards to its line-up, the Radeon RX 7400 for gamers who like to keep their wallets intact, and the Radeon Pro W7400 for the workstation crowd.

Nvidia and AMD hand Trump 15 per cent of China chip revenues
Published in News


Protection money

Nvidia and AMD have agreed to give the Trump administration 15 per cent of revenues from their China chip sales in return for export licences.

G.SKILL hits DDR5-8400 CL38 with 256GB DDR5 R-DIMM kit on Threadripper PRO 9985WX
Published in PC Hardware


Korean overclocker "Phantom" to blame

G.SKILL was keen to brag about a new overclocking record of its DDR5 R-DIMM memory, where a renowned Korean overclocker has managed to hit DDR5-8400 frequency with CL38 timings on a high-capacity 256GB (8x32GB) kit. The overclocking was done on the Asus Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE motherboard and the latest AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9985WX processor.

Raja Koduri resurrects GPU dreams with startup gamble
Published in Graphics


Oxmiq aims to gut the GPU ecosystem and build it back from scratch

Intel's former GPU supreme Dalek, Raja Koduri has popped up at a new startup, Oxmiq Labs, where he plans to reinvent the entire AI GPU market with a so-called “software first” plan that seems hell-bent on killing off CUDA’s stranglehold.

AMD and Microsoft plan one chip to rule them all
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In the darkness bind them

AMD is getting chummy with Microsoft again and is cooking up a custom chip that will run the next-gen Xbox console, and PCs and handhelds. 

AMD’s AI chip hype falls flat
Published in News
Wednesday, 06 August 2025 09:25

AMD’s AI chip hype falls flat


Santa Clara outfit fails to impress investors with sluggish data centre gains

AMD fluffed its lines again in the AI chip race, posting second-quarter data centre revenue that barely moved the needle despite the market frenzy around artificial intelligence.

Lisuan Tech targets high-end GPUs
Published in Graphics
Tuesday, 05 August 2025 09:03

Lisuan Tech targets high-end GPUs


Chinese upstart eyes Nvidia and AMD’s lunch with 24GB card

A Chinese outfit few have heard of is making a bold lunge into the high-end GPU market.

Intel has a bite at the lower-end
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 01 August 2025 11:39

Intel has a bite at the lower-end


Power-efficient Arrow Lake chips arrive on the sly

Troubled Chipzilla has shoved a few more low-end Arrow Lake chips out the door, hoping no one would notice unless they were really paying attention.

ARM wants to build is own silicon
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Friday, 01 August 2025 11:28

ARM wants to build is own silicon


SoftBank-backed firm taking on AMD and Intel

ARM is apparently tired of flogging CPU blueprints and wants to play with the big boys by building its own chips. That means going head-to-head with Troubled Chipzilla and AMD in the high-stakes silicon game.

AMD eyes standalone AI cards for consumer PCs
Published in AI


Discrete NPUs to your desktop

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth rumour claiming that AMD is toying with the idea of a discrete NPU card for consumer PCs.