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China has initiated a policy shift to eliminate American processors from government computers and servers, reports Financial Times. The decision is aimed to gradually eliminate processors from AMD and Intel from system used by China's government agencies, which will mean lower sales for U.S.-based chipmakers and higher sales of China's own CPUs. The new procurement guidelines, introduced quietly at the end of 2023, mandates government entities to prioritize 'safe and reliable' processors and operating systems in their purchases. This directive is part of a concerted effort to bolster domestic technology and parallels a similar push within state-owned enterprises to embrace technology designed in China. The list of approved processors and operating systems, published by China's Information Technology Security Evaluation Center, exclusively features Chinese companies. There are...
Samsung Updates on GDDR6 Portfolio: 8 Gb and 16 Gb at Multiple Speeds
Samsung has issued an update to the GDDR6 announcement earlier this month. The company’s GDDR6 lineup will include chips featuring 8 Gb and 16 Gb capacities as well as...
19 by Anton Shilov on 1/25/2018Getting Radeon Vega Everywhere: An Exclusive Media Interview at AMD Tech Day, with CEO Dr. Lisa Su
In what is becoming an annual tradition, during AMD’s Tech Day here at CES we were given the opportunity to spend some time with Dr. Lisa Su, AMD’s CEO...
65 by Ian Cutress on 1/24/2018AMD Reassembles the Radeon Technologies Group: New Leadership Hired & Semi-Custom Folded Into RTG
Ever since Raja Koduri abdicated his leadership post at AMD’s Radeon Technologies Group in favor of a similar post at Intel, the big question on everyone’s mind has been...
50 by Ryan Smith on 1/23/2018AMD Releases Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.1.1
Opening up the new year, this week AMD released the bugfix-heavy Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.1.1, succeeding the 18.1.1 alpha addressing crashing in certain DX9 games. The instability was...
96 by Nate Oh on 1/22/2018The AnandTech Podcast, Episode 43: CES 2018 Headlines and Highlights
The annual CES show is biggest of AnandTech’s main six shows of the year, and with it comes a wall-to-wall meeting schedule with press events starting two days before...
10 by Ian Cutress on 1/19/2018Samsung Starts Mass Production of 16Gb GDDR6 Memory ICs with 18 Gbps I/O Speed
This week, Samsung has announced that it has started mass production of its GDDR6 memory chips for next-generation graphics cards and other applications. The new chips will be available...
27 by Anton Shilov on 1/18/2018ZOTAC at CES 2018: AMD Raven Ridge APU in a ZBOX MA551 Mini-PC
LAS VEGAS, NV — ZOTAC is preparing a small form-factor PC based on an AMD’s Ryzen processor with integrated Vega graphics. The ZOTAC ZBOX MA551 will be among the...
36 by Anton Shilov on 1/16/2018ASRock at CES 2018: Hands-On with the ASRock X399M Taichi
LAS VEGAS, NV – While smaller motherboards are fun to look at, and an engineering challenge, they still represent a small part of the market. The main benefit for...
6 by Ian Cutress on 1/16/2018GIGABYTE at CES 2018: A First Look at X470
LAS VEGAS, NV – One of the announcements from AMD’s Tech Day prior to CES was that of a new chipset coming to the Ryzen market. The purpose of...
14 by Ian Cutress on 1/16/2018Samsung Starts Production of HBM2 “Aquabolt” Memory: 8 GB, 2.4 Gbps
Samsung this week announced that it had started mass production of its second-generation HBM2 memory code-named “Aquabolt”. The new memory devices have 8 GB capacity and operate at 2.4...
17 by Anton Shilov on 1/11/2018Acer Unveils Nitro 5: 15.6-inch Gaming Laptop with AMD Ryzen Mobile & Radeon RX560
LAS VEGAS, NV — Acer this week announced its first modern laptop that uses an AMD processor and an AMD Radeon discrete graphics chip. The Nitro 5 is a...
19 by Anton Shilov on 1/10/2018ASRock Unveil Their New microATX Threadripper Motherboard, The X399M Taichi
LAS VEGAS, NV — It is no secret that AMD's Threadripper multi-core processor is a beast goes without saying and 16c/32t of computing power is nothing short of impressive...
18 by Gavin Bonshor on 1/9/2018AMD Updates Ryzen SKU Pricing To Counter Intel
LAS VEGAS, NV — 2017 was by many measures a breakout year for AMD and some of the first news out at the beginning of 2018 is its plans...
32 by Gavin Bonshor on 1/8/2018ORIGIN PC Intros Next-Gen Customizable Desktops: Genesis, Millenium, and L-Class
LAS VEGAS, NV — Custom desktop maker ORIGIN PC has announced chassis updates to its existing Genesis (full tower) and Millennium (super tower) gaming desktops, as well as updates...
7 by Joe Shields on 1/8/2018HP at CES 2018: HP Spectre x360 using Intel with Radeon RX Vega M, $1370
LAS VEGAS, NV — On the back of Intel's announcement for its new product line, Intel with Radeon RX Vega M Graphics, two OEMs have come forward as launch...
8 by Joe Shields on 1/8/2018Intel Core with Radeon RX Vega M Graphics Launched: HP, Dell, and Intel NUC
Intel’s Performance Numbers *Disclaimer: All performance numbers in this section are from Intel and have not been independently verified On the face of it, this new product is a 7th Generation...
66 by Ian Cutress on 1/7/2018MSI Releases The Mini-ITX B350I PRO AC AM4 Motherboard
MSI has now released the B350I PRO AC, a mini-ITX option for those looking to build a small form factor system featuring AMD’s Ryzen processors or a 7th generation...
19 by Gavin Bonshor on 1/6/2018Understanding Meltdown & Spectre: What To Know About New Exploits That Affect Virtually All CPUs
It seems only fitting that one of the two hardware based exploits to rock the CPU world this week was named Meltdown. Because for the last 24 hours or...
210 by Ryan Smith on 1/4/2018Intel with Radeon RX Vega Graphics: Core i7-8809G with 3.1 GHz Base, 100W Target TDP, Overclockable
To begin the year, Intel’s Indian website has published a small number of details regarding Intel’s first ‘Intel with Radeon RX Vega Graphics’ processor. Within the table of overclockable...
83 by Ian Cutress on 1/1/2018ZOTAC Unveils AMP Box and AMP Box Mini eGFX TB3 Chassis
ZOTAC has been working on its external chassis for graphics cards with a Thunderbolt 3 interconnection for well over a year now. Apparently, according to ZOTAC, the time it...
13 by Anton Shilov on 12/22/2017