AMD announces Ryzen and Athlon 7020 C-series processors
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Zen 2 and RDNA 2 for Chromebooks

AMD has announced the new lineup of Ryzen and Athlon 7020 C-series processors aimed at Chromebooks. Based on the 6nm manufacturing process and the last year's Zen 2 CPU and RDNA 2 GPU architectures, these new processors will be coming to new Chromebooks in Q2 2023.

AMD Radeon RX 7600 specifications leak ahead of launch
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6nm Navi 33 GPU, 8GB of GDDR6 memory, and 165W TBP

The final specifications of the upcoming Radeon RX 7600 have leaked online, showing all the details of the upcoming AMD Radeon RDNA 3 graphics card that should launch later this month.

AMD seems to think the best way to beat Intel is to copy it
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Increase cores

AMD CTO Mark Papermaster thinks he will level the playing field between AMD and Intel in the CPU market essentially by copying what Chipzilla is doing.

Samsung to benefit from Apple hoarding
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Tuesday, 16 May 2023 11:43

Samsung to benefit from Apple hoarding


3nm processing wars

Samsung’s bottom line might get a boost from the fruity cargo-cult Apple’s decision to stick all its 3nm processing in TMSC’s basket.

Signs of recovery in the CPU market
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 11 May 2023 11:56

Signs of recovery in the CPU market


Things hit rock bottom last quarter

The Mercury Research CPU market has had a look at results for the first quarter and reached the conclusion that we are seeing the green shoots of recovery for CPU sales.

Nvidia could launch RTX 4060 Ti 8GB on May 24th
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AMD Radeon RX 7600 should come a day later, on May 25th

Although there were a couple of rumors regarding both Nvidia's and AMD's upcoming mid-range graphics card launches, the fresh one gives a bit more precise launch dates for all three Nvidia RTX 4060 series graphics cards, as well as AMD's Radeon RX 7600.

AMD schedules data center and AI technology event for June 13th
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New products, and momentum across data center, AI, and HPC

AMD has announced its next in-person and live-streamed event that will focus on data center and AI technology for June 13th.

AMD could be bringing back Ryzen 3000G series
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12nm Zen+ APU revival could be limited to China

AMD is reportedly bringing back the Ryzen 3000G series APUs which are based on 12nm Zen+ architecture. These could be used to satisfy the entry-level market with A320 and B450 motherboards and could be limited to China market only.

Microsoft backs AMD's move into AI
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Friday, 05 May 2023 11:12

Microsoft backs AMD's move into AI


Creating an Athena chip

Software King of the World Microsoft is helping finance AMD's expansion into AI chips. Meanwhile, AMD is working with Microsoft to create an in-house chipset, codenamed Athena, for the software giant's data centres.

AMD confirms mainstream RX 7000 series for Q2 2023
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Might be more than just the RX 7600

During the Q1 2023 earning call, AMD CEO and President, Dr. Lisa Su, confirmed that mainstream Radeon RX 7000 series graphics cards will launch this quarter.