AMD confirms Zen 3 and RDNA 2 are on track
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 29 April 2020 14:59

AMD confirms Zen 3 and RDNA 2 are on track


Late-2020 launch

During its Q1 2020 financial call, AMD's CEO Dr. Lisa Su, has confirmed that both Zen 3 CPU architecture and RDNA 2 GPU architecture are on track, and should launch in late 2020.

AMD sees profit slump
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 29 April 2020 12:33

AMD sees profit slump


Supply chains and China to blame

AMD posted its Q1 2020 financial results, and quarter to quarter revenue is down by 16 percent. Its quarterly operating income also took a dive, as revenue slowed and R&D costs went up.

AMD is beating Chipzilla
Published in News
Monday, 27 April 2020 11:46

AMD is beating Chipzilla


Cheaper and better performance

It is getting harder to justify Intel inside your PC according to Tom's Hardware which has been doing some testing.

AMD Ryzen 3 numbers looking good
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 24 April 2020 11:11

AMD Ryzen 3 numbers looking good


Leaked numbers suggest it will be the budget chip of choice

Performance numbers have been leaked for AMD's Ryzen 3 3300X, which the company announced yesterday and is set to cost just $129, as well as Intel's Core i3-10300, which are expected to do battle for the sub $140 crown.

AMD Ryzen 4000 desktop CPUs might support AM4 motherboards
Published in PC Hardware


Makes life a lot easier

Laptop maker XMG claims that AMD’s Ryzen 4000 ‘Vermeer’ desktop processors will be compatible with existing AM4 motherboards.

AMD laptops with Ryzen 4000 mobile chips start to appear
Published in Mobiles


Acer has a nice Swift 3 laptop but Intel wins the numbers battle

It appears that Acer is working on a rather neat new 14-inch Swift 3 laptop which could come with an 8-core Ryzen 4000 series CPU that could pack quite a punch, but Intel has a lot to offer in that price range and there are 30 Intel 10th gen laptops on every AMD Ryzen 4000-based one.

AMD fights against stolen Navi and Arden code
Published in Graphics


You shall not stand against our mighty briefs

AMD is fighting against the hacker who stole and posted Navi and Arden source code using DMCA notices. AMD has filed at least two DMCA notices against Github repos that carried "stolen" source code relating to AMD's Navi and Arden GPUs, the latter being the processor for the upcoming Xbox Series X.

Intel and AMD say they are going strong
Published in News
Tuesday, 24 March 2020 14:00

Intel and AMD say they are going strong


No dry cough yet

Intel and AMD say they are geared to meet the increasing processing power needs triggered by the pandemic.

AMD brings its own new Radeon Software graphics driver
Published in Graphics


Game optimizations, new Vulkan API extensions and more

AMD has released its newest Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.3.1 graphics driver which brings support for some new and upcoming games like DOOM Eternal, adds new Vulkan API extensions, as well as fixing several bugs seen with earlier driver releases.

DFI puts Ryzen Embedded R1000 Zen CPU on GHF51 board
Published in PC Hardware


84x55mm motherboard with Zen CPU and Vega GPU

DFI has managed to squeeze in AMD's Ryzen Embedded R1000 series processor with Zen CPU and Vega GPU on a Raspberry Pi-sized motherboard, the DFI GHF51.