AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT render leaks online
Published in Graphics
Thursday, 01 July 2021 15:14

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT render leaks online


Single-fan and 8-pin power connector

A rendering of what appears to be the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT has leaked online, showing a dual-slot graphics card with a single center-placed fan and a single 8-pin PCIe power connector.

Chipmakers attract Wall Street interest
Published in News
Thursday, 01 July 2021 12:12

Chipmakers attract Wall Street interest


Micron and AMD doing well

Chipmakers and AMD are attracting the interest of Wall Street with Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets forum becoming obsessed with the pair.

AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution coming to Xbox
Published in Gaming


Valve also adds it to DOTA 2

It appears that AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) will be coming to Xbox consoles as it is has already been made available to preview in Xbox GDK.

AMD officially brings FidelityFX Super Resolution
Published in Graphics


Starting with 7 games at launch, more coming soon

AMD has launched its FidelityFX Super Resolution upscaling technology, which will be available in seven games at launch with additional titles coming soon.

ECS announces LIVA Q3 mini PC
Published in News
Wednesday, 23 June 2021 13:54

ECS announces LIVA Q3 mini PC


Powered by AMD Ryzen V1605B/R1505G embedded APU

ECS has announced a rather interesting new mini PC, the LIVA Q3 Plus, powered by AMD Ryzen V1605B/R1505G embedded APU.

Radeon driver moves Windows 7 to legacy support
Published in Graphics


Windows 7 goes the way of the Dodo 

HEXUS has been digging around the Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.5.2 small print and discovered a few things that the driver cannot be bothered supporting any more.

Samsung Exynos SoC with AMD RNDA2 GPU to be announced next month
Published in Mobiles


Rumored to bring impressive performance

It appears that the earlier reports from Korea were spot on as the latest rumor suggests that the Samsung Exynos SoC with AMD RDNA2 GPU could be launching in July. A different report also suggests it could be packing quite a punch, despite being limited in order to fit the power envelope.

Google moves to AMD on cloud
Published in News
Friday, 18 June 2021 11:24

Google moves to AMD on cloud


Cloud’s not too sexy for Milan

Google will offer cloud computing services based on AMD's newest data centre chip, Milan in a move likely to intensify AMD's push to grab market share from rival Intel.

AMD liquid-cooled RX 6900 XT LC is limited to system integrators
Published in Graphics


Not coming to retail/e-tail

The recently spotted reference Radeon RX 6900 XT LC (Liquid Cooled) graphics card is apparently exclusive to System Integrators (SIs), according to AMD.

AMD patents new microarchitecture
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 15 June 2021 11:53

AMD patents new microarchitecture


Similar to ARM's big.LITTLE

AMD has patented a different method of moving threads between different types of cores in a heterogeneous processor which is similar to ARM's big.LITTLE design.