AMD releases Radeon Software 18.8.1 driver
One to have for Monster Hunter: World and WoW: Battle for Azeroth
AMD has released its latest Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.8.1 driver which brings optimizations for the Monster Hunter: World, World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, and other games, as well as a couple of fixes.
AMD officially announces 2nd gen Ryzen Threadripper CPUs
Four SKUs with some aggressive pricing
AMD has now officially lifted the NDA veil off its new 2nd generation Ryzen Threadripper 2000-series lineup. The lineup has four different SKUs that will be available on different dates, including the workstation-oriented Threadripper 2990WX and the Threadripper 2970WX, as well as consumer/enthusiast-oriented Threadripper 2950X and the Threadripper 2920X.
AMD makes a semi-custom SoC for China market
Updated: Could be perfect for a living room PC
AMD has announced a new semi-custom SoC at ChinaJoy, based on Zen CPU cores and Vega graphics, which was created for ??? Subor company and its new console/PC, expected to launch in late-August.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 packaging smiles for the camera
The flagship Threadripper 2990WX gets unboxed
Just a few days ahead of the official announcement, the packaging for AMD's upcoming 2nd gen Ryzen Threadripper 2000-series CPUs has appeared online alongside the full unboxing of the flagship Threadripper 2990WX.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2 lineup show up on HWBOT
Flagship Threadripper 2990X gets listed in Canada
Since we are drawing closer to the official launch of AMD's 2nd generation Ryzen Threadripper 2000-series CPUs, it comes as no surprise that these are starting to show up online, and currently, HWBOT is listing specification of three 2nd gen Ryzen Threadripper SKUs, while the flagship Ryzen Threadripper 2990X has been spotted in e-tail for around $1850.
AMD has great quarter but margins low
No notebooks and slim EPYC
AMD got mostly positive comments on its financial performance in Q2 18, and it did a great job having the highest quarter in five years. The logic behind this data is that AMD had more than five years of very weak product portfolio to sell especially in desktop/data center and since early 2017 they finally have Ryzen on desktop and EPYC on the data center side.
AMD announces its Q2 2018 financial results
Reports revenue of US $1.76 billion, up by 53 percent Y/Y
AMD has announced its financial report for the second quarter or 2018, and it appears that the company did well, reporting revenues of $1.76 billion, up by 53 percent compared to the same quarter last year.
AMD Picasso APU GPU spotted in benchmark database
Raven Ridge successor shaping up
AMD's Raven Ridge APU successor revealed as the Picasso in AMD's recent slides has now been spotted online in a benchmark database.
AMD Zen 2 rumored to offer 10-15 percent IPC uplift
Might even bring higher core count to AM4
According to recent rumors, AMD's Zen 2 architecture will bring impressive IPC performance boost and could even bring a higher core count, all thanks to the new 7nm manufacturing process.
World of Warcraft gets DirectX 12 support
Kills support for DirectX 9
Blizzard has recently released its latest Battle for Azeroth pre-patch for World of Warcraft, which has both finally added support for DirectX 12 as well as killed support for DirectX 9.