AMD Radeon R9 380X comes in late October
With 256-bit memory interface
AMD's Radeon R9 380X will come in late October and will pack 4GB of GDDR5 memory with 256-bit memory interface.
AMD Radeon R9 380X with Tonga XT GPU spotted
Coming with fully enabled Tonga GPU
We already talked about a possible fully-enabled Tonga GPU back when Radeon R9 285 was launched, and now it appears that AMD has finally decided to launch such GPU which will be a part of Radeon R9 380X graphics card.
Microsoft interested in acquiring AMD
Exclusive: Talks taking place
Our industry sources claim that Microsoft is seriously talking to AMD about buying the chipmaker. The pair have been in talks for a while, but we are unsure if the deal is happening or when something will be announced.
AMD Radeon R9 Nano hits retail/e-tail, gets reviewed
For US $649/€699
Although officially launched in late August, the AMD Fiji GPU-based mini-ITX Radeon R9 Nano has now started to show up in retail/e-tail, priced at US $649 in the US and around €699 in Europe. The first reviews are coming in.
AMD expands FM2+ chip lineup
Three new parts
AMD will expand its socket FM2+ chip lineup with three new parts – the A10-7890K and A8-7690K APUs, and the Athlon X4 880K CPU.
AMD's Raja Koduri promoted to Radeon SVP
Runs all graphics and reports to Lisa
AMD has announced that our old friend Raja Koduri has been promoted to Radeon technologies' Senior Vice president and chief architect.
Private equity to buy 20 per cent of AMD
EXCLUSIVE: Silver Lake also owns a chunk of Dell
Our well informed industry sources have told us that AMD is about to sell 20 percent of its stake to a private equity outfit called Silver Lake.
AMD Athlon X4 880K spec revealed
Kaveri without its GPU
The spec for the AMD Athlon X4 880K has leaked onto the internet. This AMD processor is based on Kaveri, but without a GPU.
"Most DX12 games partnered with AMD" claimed
Trash talk on Rededit
AMD claims that it has the majority of DX12 games signed up in a partnership.
Vevo music poaches top Qualcomm exec
Jon Carvill is now VP of communications
A rock star PR who worked as a Senior Director of communication at Qualcomm has been poached by the music outfit Vevo.