AMD
AMD is looking to drive the AI PC market with options across multiple product lines, which aren't limited to consumer processors. While primarily designed for the commercial sector, AMD has announced the Ryzen Pro 8000 'Phoenix' series of APUs for desktops, which AMD claims is the first professional-grade CPU to include an NPU designed to provide on-chip AI neural processing capabilities. AMD has also announced the Ryzen Pro 8040 'Hawk Point' series of mobile processors designed for commercial laptops and notebooks. AMD's Ryzen Pro 8000 and Ryzen Pro 8040 series processors come with support from AMD's Pro Manageability and AMD Pro Business Ready suites and are built with AMD's current generation Zen 4 cores. The Ryzen Pro 8000 and Ryzen Pro 8040 series processors are...
The AMD Ryzen 5 2500X and Ryzen 3 2300X CPU Review
Despite AMDs resurgence to kick it with the high end of mainstream processors, the biggest volume sales occur more in the mid-range where the parts are often competitively priced...
66 by Ian Cutress on 2/11/2019
The AMD Radeon VII Review: An Unexpected Shot At The High-End
Following the launch of a late-generation product refresh in November, in the form of the Radeon RX 590, we had expected AMD's consumer side to be done for a...
292 by Nate Oh on 2/7/2019
AMD Earnings Report, Q4 FY 2018: Closing On A Profitable 2018
AMD announced their fourth quarter earnings for their 2018 fiscal year today, and the company has continued its upward trajectory, with revenue gains of 6% year-over-year to $1.42 billion...
16 by Brett Howse on 1/29/2019
AMD Amends Wafer Supply Agreement with GlobalFoundries: 7nm Freed, 12nm+ Targets Set Through 2021
AMD on Tuesday said it had amended its wafer supply agreement with GlobalFoundries. Under the terms of the new deal, the two companies agreed about prices and volumes of...
37 by Anton Shilov on 1/29/2019
CES 2019 Question and Answer Session with AMD CEO, Dr. Lisa Su
One of the major highlights of CES was the reveal of AMD’s next generation Matisse processor. With the cores built on TSMC’s 7nm process, the demonstration of the eight...
60 by Ian Cutress & Gavin Bonshor on 1/29/2019
ASRock Unveils B450 Steel Legend Series: Shiny and Chrome for ATX and microATX
Today ASRock has announced two brand new motherboards based on AMD's B450 chipset. Notably, both the ASRock B450 and B450M Steel Legend feature the company's "Full Spike" ESD protection...
13 by Gavin Bonshor on 1/25/2019
Intel's 10nm Cannon Lake and Core i3-8121U Deep Dive Review
Anyone interested in leading edge semiconductors knows that Intel is late with its newest manufacturing process. The '10nm' node was first announced in 2014, to be released in 2016...
129 by Ian Cutress on 1/25/2019
AMD Pushing the AMD+AMD Strategy with Executive Promotions
Today AMD is announcing some realignment of its executive team along with some promotions. The idea behind the changes boils down to AMD wanting to focus its efforts on...
85 by Ian Cutress on 1/25/2019
BIOSTAR Goes Carrizo: A10N-8800E Mini-ITX Motherboard with Integrated FX-8800P
BIOSTAR has just introduced a mini-ITX motherboard with a built-in mobile processor, called the A10N-8800E. This Carrizo chipset based model uses an AMD FX-8800P quad-core processor, integrated Radeon R7...
14 by Gavin Bonshor on 1/24/2019
The True Shortest AM4 Motherboard: Thin-ITX Comes to AMD
There seems to be a bit of a rush on small motherboards lately for AMD systems. We saw the mini-STX platform that ASRock announced back at CES, which is...
21 by Ian Cutress on 1/22/2019
CES 2019: Origin PC Readies An All Glass Cube Compact PC
Origin PC demonstrated its all-new Cube desktop machine at CES. The fully-upgradeable computer comes in an all-glass compact chassis that can house a standard-length video card, a liquid-cooled factory-overclocked...
14 by Anton Shilov on 1/22/2019
CES 2019: Deepcool Unveils 280W Capacity Assassin III Air Cooler
In a world where closed-loop liquid cooling systems have become a default choice for enthusiast-class PCs, the evolution of air coolers has inevitably slowed down. Nonetheless, there are manufacturers...
38 by Anton Shilov on 1/18/2019
CES 2019: ECS SF110-A320 Ultra-Compact PC using AMD Ryzen
One of the market segments that AMD has not yet established a meaningful presence in with its Ryzen processors is the ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) PC market. AMD's limited progress...
29 by Anton Shilov on 1/17/2019
CES 2019: ASUS ROG Zenith Extreme Alpha X399 Motherboard
At CES 2019, ASUS showed off its new top tier X399 model with support for the 2nd generation Threadripper processors, the ROG Zenith Extreme Alpha. The new model has...
4 by Gavin Bonshor on 1/14/2019
AMD Comments on Threadripper 2 Performance and Windows Scheduler
Users may have been following Wendell from Level1Tech’s battle with researching the reasons behind why some benchmarks have regressed performance on quad-die Threadripper 2 compared to dual-die configurations. Through...
42 by Ian Cutress on 1/14/2019
The $60 CPU Question: AMD Athlon 200GE or Intel Pentium Gold G5400? A Review
In the course of our reviews, when we get a chance to get hands on with random processors, we run our test suite and add the data to our...
95 by Ian Cutress on 1/14/2019
AMD: “No Chiplet APU Variant on Matisse, CPU TDP Range same as Ryzen-2000”
One of the big questions coming out of AMD’s CES announcements was if its new CPU design, codenamed Matisse and which enables two chiplets and an IO die on...
53 by Ian Cutress on 1/11/2019
ASRock at CES 2019: DeskMini A300, World’s First AMD Ryzen Mini STX PC Launched
ASRock has introduced its miniature DeskMini A300-series desktop PC barebones that are powered by AMD AM4 processors with integrated graphics. The world’s first Mini STX platform supporting AMD Ryzen...
8 by Anton Shilov on 1/10/2019
AMD Ryzen 3rd Gen 'Matisse' Coming Mid 2019: Eight Core Zen 2 with PCIe 4.0 on Desktop
Blink and you miss it: AMD's keynote address this year was a whirlwind of primetime announcements for the company. The message is clear: AMD is committing itself to 7nm...
353 by Ian Cutress on 1/9/2019
AMD Reveals Radeon VII: High-End 7nm Vega Video Card Arrives February 7th for $699
As it turns out, the video card wars are going to charge into 2019 quite a bit hotter than any of us were expecting. Moments ago, as part of...
207 by Ryan Smith on 1/9/2019
Facebook
Twitter
RSS
