The reason why AMD's Vega power was high
Power optimization engineers went to EPYC
It is no big secret that Vega 64 and 56 had quite high thermals and didn’t actually meet some of its performance targets. Some key power optimization engineers were pulled from the Vega team to the more important goal. The Naples server chip had a higher priority.
Samsung still building a GPU
As Fudzilla reported in 2014
It takes a long time to make a GPU. As Fudzilla reported in late 2014, Samsung has been working for its own in-house GPU and it is getting closer to the finishing line.
Intel Gaming offers @AMDRyzen an 8086K CPU
Twitter wars
Intel found its sense of humor and offered to send @AMDRyzen twitter account, a brand-new Core i7 8086K.
Xilinx helped AMD with HBM 2
High bandwidth is the key
There is an interesting story that's very little known about the public cooperation that has happened between AMD and Xilinx about HBM memory.
Tesla to enable full self-driving
Elon said August
Elon Musk likes Twitter communication just as much as the current US president and he used the 140-character medium to reveal its Autopilot self-driving update.
NXP deal still pending in China
Yet to be confirmed
A report that officially Beijing greenlighted the NXP deal has been questioned by Reuters which dismisses the confirmation and backs its up with multiple sources.
IBM steps up AI efforts
Digital brains boom coming
IBM is focusing its efforts on developing AI and cloud application solutions, seeking to explore immense application opportunities ranging from manufacturing, transportation, smart cities and healthcare.
Intel discrete graphics to arrive in 2020
SVP Raja Koduri confirms
Intel’s chief architect, senior vice president of the newly formed Core and Visual Computing Group, ex. Radeon Technology guru Raja Koduri has confirmed on Twitter that its discrete graphics will come in 2020.
Big Navi 20 to arrive 2020 or later
Vega 64 real replacement
As Fudzilla reported a few times, Navi 10, the small Navi, manufactured on 7nm, is set to arrive at some point in 2019. There will be a big gaming GPU called Navi 20, but this one won’t come until 2020.
IBM expands its cloud capabilities
New availability zones
Big Blue has announced that it is expanding its cloud capabilities with plans to launch 18 new availability zones across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.