AMD might call Zen chips "Zeppelin"
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 03 February 2016 14:18

AMD might call Zen chips "Zeppelin"


Nothing to suggest that Zen will crash and burn

Leaks are starting to emerge about an AMD Zen part which has the unfortunate name of Zeppelin.

AMD also announces new Athlon X4 845 US $70 CPU
Published in PC Hardware


Excavator-based quad-core CPU

In addition to the new Kaveri Refresh APUs and new coolers, AMD also launched the new AMD Athlon X4 845 FM2+ CPU, a quad-core CPU based on the new Excavator CPU architecture.

AMD launches two new Kaveri APUs
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 02 February 2016 17:07

AMD launches two new Kaveri APUs


The A10-7860K and the A6-7470K

AMD has updated its Kaveri desktop APU lineup with two new SKUs, the quad-core A10-7860K and the dual-core A6-7470K.

AMD shows off first virtualised GPUs
Published in Graphics
Tuesday, 02 February 2016 10:35

AMD shows off first virtualised GPUs


Turn a dumb computer into a graphics powerhouse

AMD has revealed what it claims are the world's first hardware virtualized GPU products -- AMD FirePro S-Series GPUs with Multiuser GPU (MxGPU) technology.

AMD R9 Fury X2 to have 12 TFLOPS of compute performance
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AMD's Roy Taylor confirms at VRLA 2016

AMD already teased its upcoming dual-GPU Radeon R9 Fury X2 during VRLA 2016 Winter Expo in Los Angeles and it appears that AMD's Roy Taylor revealed a bit more details regarding its performance, including the single-performance compute performance. 

Nvidia Pascal rumoured for April
Published in Graphics
Monday, 01 February 2016 11:34

Nvidia Pascal rumoured for April


New chip soon

The dark satanic rumour mill has been flat out manufacturing hell on earth yarns that Nvidia is about to release a new Pascal GPU soon.

AMD’s Zen man switches to Tesla
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 29 January 2016 11:33

AMD’s Zen man switches to Tesla


Jim Keller finds a new role

The bloke who helped create the chip which will either finish AMD or give it a renaissance has a new role working for Tesla. Ironically it really will involve him working on Nvidia gear.

AMD will not go bust this year
Published in News
Wednesday, 27 January 2016 12:09

AMD will not go bust this year


Waiting for Zen might be cunning

Last year, Kerrisdale Capital Investment warned that AMD would go bankrupt by 2020 and with Zen not appearing until the end of this year we were slightly concerned that the outfit did not have enough to survive what will be a dismal year.

AMD opens up the GPU
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 27 January 2016 10:34

AMD opens up the GPU


Nicolas Thibieroz announces GPUOpen


AMD’s top gaming guy Nicolas Thibieroz is starting to open up GPU technology to make sure the technology evolves.

Asus unveils 970 Pro Gaming/Aura motherboard
Published in Transportation
Tuesday, 26 January 2016 15:50

Asus unveils 970 Pro Gaming/Aura motherboard


AMD 970 chipset motherboard with USB 3.1, M.2 and Aura RGB lighting

Asus has announced the new Asus 970 Pro Gaming/Aura motherboard which is based on AMD's well known 970 chipset but include new connectivity options like USB 3.1 and NVMe M.2 slot as well as feature Asus' recently introduced Aura RGB lighting.