AMD Bristol Ridge A12-9800 APU gets overclocked
Running well on stock AMD Wraith cooler
While we wait for AMD to launch its first Zen-based Summit Ridge CPUs and Excavator-based 7th generation Bristol Ridge APUs, the flagship Bristol Ridge A12-9800 APU has already been overclocked by a Korean user with stock AMD Wraith CPU cooler.
AMD Vega 10 scores 24 TFlops
Slightly faster than P100
Vega 10 is coming next year and it seems that it will be faster than the P100 card. P100 (21.2 TFlops) is a supercomputer part and has much higher theoretical performance than GP102 (10.97 TFlops). According to the raw numbers, AMD Vega 10 with 24Tflops, Vega 10 will significantly outperform Geforce Titan X.
Intel raises forecast
PC market is back from the dead
It is starting to look like the PC market is picking up and Intel has raised its quarterly revenue forecast for the first time in more than two years.
AMD Socket AM4 and Bristol Ridge chip snapped together
Paparazzi leak
Paparazzi have managed to get their zoom lenses focused on the AMD AM4 Socket and Bristol Ridge chip snapped together for the first time.
AMD says Zen will rule PC and servers
Everyone needs a dream
AMD Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster has told the world that AMD will become the top manufacturer when it comes to PCs and servers.
Wall Street analyst says Intel chip better than Zen
Cue the hate
A Wall Street analyst, with no thought to his personal safety, has dared to question what AMD fans have been telling us for ages – Zen will bring about peace on earth, cure cancer and above all give Intel a good kicking.
AMD Zen desktop might slip to Q1 2017
December / CES showcase possible
AMD has never really said that it will ship the Zen this year, the company was always cautious about giving the exact date of the launch. We still believe that the desktop version of Zen will get shown late this year, December or at CES, in the first days of next year. Bench-life thinks that the actual shipping will happen in February.
Radeon RX480 gets you Battlefield 1 cheaper
Deluxe with early access for the price of standard
AMD is moving from the long tradition of bundling the Battlefield games but with the purchase of Radeon RX480 cards or Radeon RX480 based PCs it will get you the deluxe version of the game for the price of the standard version.
Samsung in talks for graphics tech from Nvidia and AMD
Wants a graphics core
AMD and Nvidia are apparently in a scrap to provide Samsung with a graphics core for its custom CPU.
AMD grows market share
Figures from Mercury and JPR
AMD has been on the blower to point out that figures from Mercury and Jon Peddie Research show that it has been growing market share for the fourth consecutive quarter.