AMD posts impressive Q4 2020 and FY 2020 financial results
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Steady increase across the board

AMD has posted its fourth quarter and full year financial results, showing a steady growth with a record revenue increase, and, most importantly, a strong increase in profitability.

Powercolor teases upcoming RX 6900XT/6800XT Liquid Devil cards
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Teams up with EKWB for some liquid action

Powercolor has released a teaser showing off its upcoming Radeon RX 6000 series Liquid Devil series graphics cards.

AMD teases new mobile and desktop GPUs
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 13 January 2021 00:35

AMD teases new mobile and desktop GPUs


Radeon RX 6700/RX 6500 and mobile RDNA2 coming in H1 2021

During its CES 2021 keynote, AMD has teased a rather neat slide that shows upcoming mobile and desktop GPUs that will arrive in H1 2021.

AMD launches new Ryzen 5000 Mobile processors
Published in PC Hardware


Zen 3 CPU and Vega GPU architectures for thin and light and high-performance gaming

AMD has kicked off its CES 2021 keynote with CEO and President, Dr. Lisa Su, taking the stage and talking about what AMD has done during the last year. More importantly, AMD has teased some of its upcoming launches, as well as officially launched the new Ryzen 5000 series mobile processors, based on Zen 3 CPU architecture but still retaining Vega-based GPU CUs, just like the Ryzen 4000 series mobile CPUs.

Intel claims its upcoming 8-core Core i9-11900K will beat AMD's 12-core
Published in PC Hardware


Core i9-11900K will beat Ryzen 9 5900X when it launches later in Q1 2021

During its CES 2021 news conference, all about Intel's new 11th gen Core H-series processors, also gave a preview of the upcoming next-generation Alder Lake, and most importantly, its 11th gen Core S-series desktop CPUs, codename Rocket Lake-S, which, according to Intel, will bring significant UPC improvement, as well as reclaim the gaming performance crown.

AMD chip shortage caused by packaging
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 07 January 2021 11:28

AMD chip shortage caused by packaging


Can't get the wood these days

Shortages in packaging material at TSMC could lead to a shortage of Zen 3 notebook chips this year.

AMD Radeon RX 6700 series to launch in March
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 06 January 2021 12:47

AMD Radeon RX 6700 series to launch in March


Based on Navi 22 GPU

According to a fresh report, AMD could launch its Radeon RX 6700 series in March, rather than earlier in the year. Based on Navi 22 GPU, the rumored RX 6700 series specifications suggest we could have great mid-range cards on the market.

Microsoft asks AMD to pull its finger out
Published in Gaming
Tuesday, 05 January 2021 11:24

Microsoft asks AMD to pull its finger out

 
We need more Xboxes

Two months after the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S released, Microsoft is scrambling to meet demand and has asked chipmaker AMD to fast-track production.

AMD patent shows why CPU not for GPUs
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Monday, 04 January 2021 11:28

AMD patent shows why CPU not for GPUs


Chiplet latency

A new AMD patent has hinted why the outfit has taken so long to extend its CPU strategy to GPUs.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600H benchmarked in Geekbench 5
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 25 December 2020 09:54

AMD Ryzen 5 5600H benchmarked in Geekbench 5


Cezanne is much faster than Renoir

As AMD is scheduled to launch its next-generation mobile processors at CES 2021, it does not come as a surprise that Cezanne, based on Zen 3 core, has appeared online and benchmarked in Geekbench 5, showing significant performance improvement over Zen 2-based Renoir.