MosaicML has a look under the bonnet of both

Artificial intelligence chips from AMD are about 80 per cent as fast as those from Nvidia but the way its chips are designed means that it is going to match its performance soon.

6-core/12-thread SKU with X3D cache for $229

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D has been already leaked earlier, but now it appears it will be launched as an exclusive SKU for Micro Center retailer in the US, priced at $229. This means it will not be coming to other regions.

Putting some pressure on Nvidia's RTX 4060 launch

AMD's Radeon RX 7600 graphics card price has decreased to $249.99. This puts it at $20 below MSRP and should put some pressure on Nvidia's upcoming Geforce RTX 4060 graphics card.

Money spent in Ireland

AMD plans to invest $135 million in strategic research and development projects in Ireland over the next four years.

Come back might have been Xilinx purchase 

It is starting to look like AMD's Xilinx purchase might have been part of a cunning plan to claw its way back into AI.

With up to AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

Simply NUC has released a new Simply NUC designed and branded mini PC product called the Moonstone, which is based on the latest AMD Ryzen 7000 processors in a compact 4x4 design. Starting at $699, and packing up to AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, up to 64GB of DDR5-4800 memory, and up to 16TB of storage, this compact mini PC will certainly pack a punch.

Lowers temperatures by 1-3°C

Noctua has now officially launched the new offset mounting system for installing Noctua CPU coolers on AMD AM5 processors. These were quite popular at the Computex 2023 show where Noctua had officially showcased that mounting system, as it came as a surprise that offsetting the base of the cooler by 7mm to the south side can lower the temperature by 1-3°C.

Same SP5 socket, and around 35 percent smaller core

AMD unveiled plenty of new products during its Data Center and AI Technology Premiere event in San Francisco, including some details about its 5nm EPYC Bergamo processors for cloud native applications. Shipping now, these EPYC CPUs pack 82b transistors, up to 128 Zen 4c cores, and promise both "the greatest vCPU density and the best energy efficiency.

Damn those Visigoths

AMD's latest processor revision guide for the EPYC 7002 'Rome' server chips reveals a bug that can cause a core on the chip to hang after 1,044 days of uptime (2.93 years), after which you'll have to reset the server for the chip to run correctly.

One to have for The Lord of the Rings: Gollum

AMD has released its latest Software Adrenalin 23.5.1 WHQL driver which, surprisingly, does not feature support for the Radeon RX 7600 graphics card. On the other hand it fixes several issues and brings day one support for The Lord of the Rings: Gollum game.