HP outs AMD R9 380
Published in Graphics
Monday, 04 May 2015 15:37

HP outs AMD R9 380


Envy Phoenix desktops will have them

HP says its upcoming Envy Phoenix desktops will feature none other than "AMD R9 380" graphics, even if AMD still hasn't publicly confirmed the existence of its GeForce "killers."

AMD silently cuts Radeon R9 285 price
Published in Graphics
Monday, 04 May 2015 10:08

AMD silently cuts Radeon R9 285 price


Going for under €180 in Europe

As you probably already know, AMD is preparing to launch its new Radeon Rx 300 graphics card series and has now silently cut the price of the Radeon R9 285 in order to clear stock, pushing it down under €180 in Europe.

AMD mobile APUs bets on 14nm in 2016
Published in Graphics
Thursday, 30 April 2015 10:38

AMD mobile APUs bets on 14nm in 2016


20nm Amur Cortex A57 this year

AMD is betting a lot at the new Carrizo APU and the company will offer it in mobile and desktop variants. 

AMD has three new desktop 14nm parts in 2016
Published in PC Hardware


After 28/32nm comes 14nm Zen line

AMD has an update for investors and this information was supposed to get to them at the financial conference call scheduled for May. It got out a bit earlier than that and gave us some insight into AMD's plans for 2016.

First Zen Chips will be Quad Core
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 29 April 2015 12:02

First Zen Chips will be Quad Core


What is the sound of four cores clapping?

Some of AMD's first Zen based CPUs and APUs will be quad-core.

Globalfoundries 14nm process has volume production levels
Published in PC Hardware


Licenced by Samsung

Globalfoundries is now getting volume production from the 14nm FinFET technology it licensed from Samsung.

New leaked AMD Zen slide
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 28 April 2015 12:33

New leaked AMD Zen slide


High performance monster

The block diagram of the new AMD Zen core has found its way onto the Planet 3 news group.

AMD Godaveri - Kaveri refresh comes at Computex
Published in PC Hardware


Summit Ridge Zen 14nm in 2016

AMD is gearing up to refresh its notebook and desktop APU line-up and to launch a refreshed version of Kaveri.

BenQ XL2730Z AMD FreeSync monitor available in Europe
Published in Graphics


Selling in the US for over a month

BenQ's XL2730Z 27-inch 2560x1440 AMD FreeSync monitor is now finally showing up on European retail/e-tail shelves.

AMD x86 16-core ZEN APU to fight Core i7
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 22 April 2015 11:05

AMD x86 16-core ZEN APU to fight Core i7


Greenland APU gives it the necessary firepower

AMD mini cores and modular designs backed by HBM graphics and the upcoming Greenland GPU core might be a winning combination for AMD.