Dell brings in EPYC
Published in News
Tuesday, 23 June 2020 11:31

Dell brings in EPYC


VxRail systems hit the streets

Tin box shifter Dell has released two new VxRail systems and introduced AMD EPYC processors.

AMD confirms again that Zen 3 is on track
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 18 June 2020 23:14

AMD confirms again that Zen 3 is on track


Coming in 2020

AMD has confirmed that earlier rumors are not true and that Zen 3 is still on track for 2020.

AMD announces new Ryzen 3000 XT CPUs
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 16 June 2020 22:08

AMD announces new Ryzen 3000 XT CPUs


Matisse gets a frequency boost, B550 available, and more coming

In addition to launching its B550 chipset, AMD has officially announced three new Ryzen 3000 XT series CPUs, the 6-core Ryzen 5 3600XT, 8-core Ryzen 3800XT, and the 12-core Ryzen 9 3900XT, all of which will be available on July 7th, at least in some regions.

Some new AMD Ryzen CPUs to come without boxed coolers
Published in PC Hardware


High-end ones come with WOF OPN code

According to leaked information from retail, it appears that some of the upcoming new Ryzen CPUs, namely the 8-core Ryzen 7 3800XT and the 12-core Ryzen 9 3900XT, will be selling without a boxed cooler.

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT, Ryzen 5 3600XT listed by Amazon Italy
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Bit pricey

Over the weekend two 'Matisse Refresh' processors were found listed for pre-order on Amazon Italy.

Jim Keller did his Intel job, moves out
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Four leaders continue his work

A lot of people were surprised to learn that Jim Keller decided to leave Intel for personal reasons. We were less surprised than the rest of his colleagues, just based on Jim’s track record as we believe that Keller went and did what he was hired to do, and left. 

System76 releases Ryzen based laptop
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Friday, 12 June 2020 12:08

System76 releases Ryzen based laptop


First time for Linux maker

Linux computer maker/seller System76 is offering its first AMD-powered laptop.

Microsoft lightweight Windows 10 Surface Ryzen based
Published in PC Hardware


Should be out this year

Microsoft’s Surface team are working with AMD for the lightweight Windows 10 Surface to put the latest Ryzen 5s under the bonnet.

AMD Ryzen 5 4400G Renoir APU spotted in 3DMark database
Published in PC Hardware


6-core/12-thread APU with Radeon Graphics

It appears that AMD's upcoming Ryzen 4000G lineup will include a lot more SKUs than was previously leaked as a 6-core/12-thread Ryzen 5 4400G has been spotted in 3DMark database.

Amazon goes EPYC
Published in Cloud
Monday, 08 June 2020 12:52

Amazon goes EPYC


AMD on its cloud

AMD announced its second generation EPYC  processor is powering Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) C5a and are switched on in the AWS US East, AWS US West, AWS Europe and AWS Asia Pacific regions.