Microsoft blocks Ryzen and Kaby Lake users from updates on Windows 7 and 8.1
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Upgrade or die


Software king of the world Microsoft is locking down system updates for those using AMD’s Ryzen and Intel’s Kaby Lake processors on Windows 7 and 8.1.

Intel underestimated the AMD Zen Ryzen threat
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Sources close to the matter

Ryzen 7 and now Ryzen 5 have launched and they are putting enormous pressure on Intel in the top-level market segment. After a whole decade, price/performance is definitely on AMD's side and even the upcoming Naples 32 core server part will put enormous pressure on  Intel’s cash cow in the server market. 

Gigabyte working on mini-ITX AM4 motherboard
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Based on B350 chipset

While there were plenty of mATX and ATX socket AM4 motherboards, the mini-ITX motherboards for Ryzen CPUs have been pretty rare but it appears that this will change as Gigabyte is also working on such a motherboard based on AMD's B350 chipset.

AMD denies Ryzen Windows 10 problems
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Tuesday, 14 March 2017 11:57

AMD denies Ryzen Windows 10 problems


No need for a patch


AMD has denied that Windows 10's thread scheduler is responsible for lower than expected highly-threaded performance scores on its latest Ryzen processor family.

AMD Ryzen processors flood the market
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Friday, 03 March 2017 22:01

AMD Ryzen processors flood the market


In both the US, the UK and Europe

It seems that AMD's hard launch is paying off as the Ryzen 7 lineup has a "healthy availability" in major markets.

Biostar shows first mini-ITX X370 AM4 mobo
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High end chipset in a small form-factor

Biostar has shown off what appears to be the first socket AM4 motherboard based on the mini-ITX form-factor and the high-end X370 chipset - the Biostar Racing X370-GTN.

G.Skill unveils its AMD Ryzen-ready DDR4 memory
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The Flare X and Fortis series DDR4 memory

Following the launch of AMD's Zen-based Ryzen 7 CPUs, G.Skill has announced two new DDR4 memory series, designed and tested specifically for the  AM4 socket platform, the G.Skill Flare X and Fortis DDR4 memory series.

AMD says that developers need to get a better handle on Ryzen
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Performance differences  are more of a software issue


As the reviews of Ryzen came out, it is pretty clear that there are some test scenarios where Intel chips work slightly better, and AMD claims that is due to coding problems.

AMD Ryzen CPU reviews are in
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Thursday, 02 March 2017 16:43

AMD Ryzen CPU reviews are in


Review roundup: Has it rysen to the occasion?

AMD has officially lifted the NDA veil from its new Zen-based Ryzen CPUs and the first reviews have started to trickle in, giving us a clearer picture regarding real world performance.

AMD debunks Ryzen DDR4 RAM problems
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Tuesday, 28 February 2017 22:28

AMD debunks Ryzen DDR4 RAM problems


Shows Ryzen 7 running with DDR4-3400

There have been plenty of unconfirmed rumors recently saying that AMD's upcoming Ryzen CPUs and AM4 motherboards could have support problems with high-frequency RAM, but the latest screenshot from AMD completely debunks them.