Preliminary support for AMD Zen 6 and other improvements

FinalWire has released the latest version of AIDA64 diagnostic and benchmarking software, AIDA64 v7.70, bringing preliminary support for some upcoming products, improved support for CPUs and GPUs, new benchmarks, and fixes.

Analyst flags inventory worries despite new GPU launches

One Wall Street voice isn’t sold on AMD’s AI GPU push just yet. Trust Securities analyst William Stein has maintained his ‘Hold’ rating on AMD shares, citing a sizeable stockpile of unsold chips.

Tariff fears and supply chain turmoil hit forecasts despite big tech spending spree

AI servers may be the backbone of today’s tech boom, but global shipment growth forecasts are slipping thanks to geopolitical headaches and tariff threats.

US chip curbs and HBM3E delays dent profit forecast

Samsung Electronics stunned markets by forecasting a 56 per cent plunge in second‑quarter operating profit to Won 4.6 trn (€3.3 bn, which is its weakest performance in six quarters.

Hardware tool plays catch-up as GPU and CPU launches pile up

CPU-Z has rolled out version 2.16 of its well-worn hardware tool, and this one lands with support for a host of newly released GPUs and CPUs.

Chipmaker races Trump tariffs as Samsung’s fab stands idle

While Samsung’s much-hyped Texas fab is still sitting around looking pretty, struggling to find buyers, TSMC is bulldozing ahead with its American chip-building binge.

Tiny mini‑pc, massive AI 

Asus is set to unveil its Ascend GX10 mini‑PC powered by Nvidia’s GB10 Grace Blackwell platform on 22 July.

Moore Threads and MetaX want your yuan

Two of China’s homegrown GPU outfits, Moore Threads and MetaX, are apparently getting ready to shake the tin at the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Valve survey shows open-source crowd still keen on Deck-powered setups

Valve's latest Steam survey dropped a bit later than usual, but the Linux numbers are finally in and while there’s a tiny dip in overall share, the AMD crowd has reason to cheer.

Beats Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti by three per cent 

AMD’s driver team has pulled a rabbit out of the hat with Adrenalin 25.6.3, giving the Radeon RX 9070 XT a much-needed shot in the arm.