[ad_1] The company claimed that it “diligently and proactively” told the Commerce and Defense Departments (plus other agencies) about the Sugon deal, and that there were “no objections whatsoever” to either the joint ventures or the technology handover. AMD further argued that the report left out vital details, such as the “significant protections” put in […]
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Watch AMD’s E3 keynote in just 15 minutes
[ad_1] If you want to get up to speed with AMD’s announcements at this year’s E3 but don’t have time to sit through the entire presentation, step this way. We’ve edited out all the fluff to give you the main highlights and talking points, all packaged neatly into a 15 minute video. You’ll get the […]
AMD’s $749 Ryzen 9 3950X is the ‘world’s first’ 16-core gaming CPU
[ad_1] Today during its E3 2019 press conference, AMD announced it’s pushing gaming beyond 8- or 12-cores, with a new “best of the best” CPU. The “World’s first 16-core gaming CPU” is the Ryzen 9 3950X, which will be available in September for $749. Outdoing Intel’s 8-core gaming CPU, CEO Dr. Lisa Su said this […]
Watch AMD’s Computex 2019 event in nine minutes!
[ad_1] Computex has kicked off in Taipei today, so probably before you were even awake, AMD revealed its ambitious new CPU and GPU hardware additions. It’s going after NVIDIA’s middle-weight RTX 2070 graphics with the Radeon RX 5700. Not only will it be the first 7nm consumer video cards out there, the series will also […]
AMD isn’t ruling out ray tracing for its new Radeon RX 5000 GPUs
[ad_1] Back at CES, AMD CEO Lisa Su mentioned that they were working on ray tracing from a hardware and software end. When today’s announcement came and went without any mention of the technology, I started to worry that it wouldn’t make it into this generation of cards. But based on discussions with CEO Lisa […]
AMD’s third-gen Ryzen 9 CPU is a 12-core powerhouse for $499
[ad_1] All of AMD’s 3rd-gen Ryzen chips will feature its new Zen 2 architecture, a chiplet-based design that’ll offer a 15 percent performance improvement across every application. They’ll also have double the floating point performance and double the cache over its last CPUs. The 3900X features a base/boost speed of 3.68GHz/4.6GHz and 70MB of total […]
AMD’s first Navi GPUs are the Radeon RX 5000-series
[ad_1] Unfortunately, AMD is waiting until E3 to divulge specifics on these next-generation RDNA cards. For now, the company says we can expect 25 percent better performance-per-clock and 50 percent faster performance per watt with the new architecture, compared to its older Graphics Core Next technology. In addition to being the first 7nm consumer video […]
AMD partner leaks two mid-range Navi GPUs
[ad_1] NVIDIA’s RTX 2070 and RTX 2060 cost the same $499 and $399, respectively, but have ray-tracing capability that AMD’s cards will apparently lack. Given the more advanced 7-nanometer tech, AMD could nip NVIDIA when it comes to power efficiency. However, at this point, AMD’s pricing seems a bit high. If NVIDIA decided to drop […]
Acer’s Nitro 5 and Swift 3 laptops pack the latest AMD Ryzen processors
[ad_1] The PCs aren’t radically different beyond the CPU changes, although that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The Nitro 5 still boasts a 1080p display, CoolBoost to prevent overheating in gaming sessions and a reasonably slim (if slightly flashy) body. The Swift 3, meanwhile, has a 180-degree folding display and shouldn’t burden you between its […]
AMD says its chips are immune to crippling new vulnerabilities
[ad_1] Continuing with the bad news for Intel, Linux-specialist site Phoronix ran tests showing that the patches can significantly impact performance. Intel machines ran 16 percent slower on average with the new updates installed and hyper-threading enabled, compared to a 3 percent hit on AMD chips. To make matters worse, Apple and Google have advised […]