Sony reveals Playstation 5 hardware specifications
With 8-core Zen 2 CPU, 36 CU RDNA 2 GPU, and impressive storage SSD
While Microsoft jumped the gun with its Xbox Series X, Sony has now also unveiled some hardware details about its upcoming Playstation 5, showing specifications similar to the Xbox Series X, including an 8-core Zen 2 CPU, 36 CU RDNA 2 GPU, ultra-fast SSD storage, and more.
AMD sprucing up its Linux driver
Advertising for new lead Linux Kernel Developer
AMD has plans to improve its Linux AMDGPU driver and is advertising for a new lead Linux kernel developer.
Ryzen 4000 mobile turning up in product listings
Should be here soon
AMD's 7nm mobile Ryzen 4000 mobile processors are showing up in product listings on Amazon for multiple Asus gaming laptops in China and Canada.
AMD confirms there won't be anymore reference blower fans
At least not on consumer/gamer graphics cards
AMD has now confirmed that it has finally said goodbye to reference blower-style fans for consumer/gamer Radeon graphics cards, and has even teased a possible future design during its recent Financial Analyst Day 2020.
Boffins find that AMD processors leak a bit
Happens when you get older
A new paper released by the Graz University of Technology details two new "Take A Way" attacks, Collide+Probe and Load+Reload, that can leak secret data from AMD processors by manipulating the L1D cache predictor.
AMD talks about Big Navi’s roadmap
Sorry we are not supposed to call it that
AMD told the assembled throngs at its Financial Analyst Day more details about Big Navi, but please never call it that again.
AMD updates its CPU and GPU roadmaps
Zen 3 on track and RDNA 2 comes with NAVI 2X
AMD's CEO and President, Dr. Lisa Su, has kicked off AMD's Financial Analyst Day 2020 talking about the progress AMD made in the last few years as well as what we can expect from the company in future, including an updated CPU and GPU roadmaps with Zen 3, Zen 4, as well as RDNA 2, and RDNA 3.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory gets 2 exaflop performance
AMD EPYC and HPE looking after US nukes
AMD and HPE have announced with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) that El Capitan, the upcoming exascale-class supercomputer, will have more than 2 exaflops of double precision performance powered by next generation AMD EPYC CPUs and Radeon Instinct GPUs.
Intel says it will catch up with AMD
Promises Full Memory Encryption in upcoming CPUs
Chipzilla says it is planning to bring full memory encryption to future CPUs, something which indicates that it has decided to play catch-up with AMD.
Microsoft shares more Xbox Series X console details
12 TFLOPs from AMD RDNA 2 GPU and custom AMD Zen 2-based CPU
Microsoft has revealed a few more details about its new Xbox Series X gaming console, including details about the GPU, CPU, new features, and backward compatibility.