AMD 2nd gen Threadripper could launch in mid-August
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The 32-core/64-thread beast incoming

According to the latest reports, AMD could be launching its 2nd Generation Threadripper SKUs on August 13th and it could cost a pretty penny.

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X spotted in benchmarks
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Tuesday, 03 July 2018 16:21

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X spotted in benchmarks


Little quad-core is quite an overclocker

AMD has enjoyed the praise its Ryzen 2nd Generation CPUs have been getting from both the press and consumers but now it appears that the entry-level market will be getting the same taste with Ryzen 3 2300X, which happens to be quite an overclocker, at least judging from these first leaks.

AMD ups the CPU wars, raining on Intel's 28-core parade with something better
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12nm Zen+ cores and on track for launch in Q3 2018

As expected, AMD has announced its upcoming 2nd generation Ryzen Threadripper HEDT CPUs at the Computex 2018 press conference, putting more pressure on Intel and its earlier announced, and unnamed, 28-core HEDT CPU.

Mystery high end Ryzen 7 2800H APU spotted
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Quad-core CPU with Radeon RX Vega 11 GPU

A mystery high end Ryzen 7 2800H APU has been spotted online, featuring four Zen+ CPU cores and Radeon RX Vega 11 GPU.

AMD talks about XFR2 and Precision Boost 2 technology
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Precision Boost 2 works on X370 boards

AMD has released a video which talks about its latest technologies introduced with the recently launched Ryzen 2000 series CPUs, the eXtended Frequency Range 2 (XFR2) and the Precision Boost 2 technologies.

AMD's Ryzen 2000 series CPU gets delidded
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Tuesday, 24 April 2018 20:38

AMD's Ryzen 2000 series CPU gets delidded


Not worth doing

One of AMD's recently released Ryzen 2000 series CPUs, codename Pinnacle Ridge, has had its top taken off by Der8auer showing that these are still soldered to the IHS and that such a process is simply not worth doing due to small temperature differences.

Fresh AMD CPU roadmap with new codenames leaks online
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AMD will keep AM4 and TR4 sockets

A fresh leak of AMD's CPU roadmap has leaked online confirming some of the previous rumors and codenames as well as giving a glimpse of new HEDT, CPU and APU codenames that will come in 2020.

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 spotted in Geekbench database
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Tuesday, 20 February 2018 13:26

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 spotted in Geekbench database


200MHz higher clock on engineering sample

Although AMD's next-generation 12nm Ryzen 2000 series desktop CPUs won't be coming before April, it does not mean that there won't be a few leaks and the latest one reveals a few more details regarding the Ryzen 5 2600 CPU which was spotted in the Geekbench database.

AMD Zen 2 design is finished
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Wednesday, 24 January 2018 15:00

AMD Zen 2 design is finished


CTO confirmed                           

We wanted to address something that might not get enough coverage as it deserves. A few weeks, back AMD’s CTO Mark Papermaster confirmed that that the Zen 2 design has been finished

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 spotted in SiSoft Sandra database
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Running on Asus Crosshair VII Hero motherboard

A new and upcoming Ryzen 2000 series CPU, the Ryzen 5 2600 was seen in SiSoft Sandra database, rocking a 3.4GHz base clock on those 12nm Zen+ cores, and running on yet to be announced Asus Crosshair VII Hero motherboards.