AMD
AMD has recently expanded its Ryzen 8000 series by introducing the Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F processors. Initially launched in China, these chips were added to AMD's global website, signaling they are available worldwide, apparently from April 1st. Built from the recent Zen 4-based Phoenix APUs using the TSMC 4nm node as their Zen 4 mobile chips, these new CPUs lack integrated graphics. However, the Ryzen 7 8700F does include the integrated Ryzen AI NPU for added capabilities in a world currently dominated by AI and moving it directly into the PC. The company's decision to announce these chips in China aligns with its strategy to offer Ryzen solutions at every price point in the market. Although AMD didn't initially disclose the full...
ASUS PN50 mini-PC Review: A Zen 2 Business NUC
Ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) machines have been one of the major drivers in the resurgence of the PC market. The trend was kickstarted by Intel's NUCs in the early 2010s...
32 by Ganesh T S on 10/1/2021EVGA Releases the X570 Dark: First Ryzen Motherboard from EVGA, Built for OC
Back in July, we reported that EVGA was teasing its first AMD-based motherboard since the AM2+ days. Fast forward to now, and that dream of an EVGA model for...
24 by Gavin Bonshor on 9/23/2021Does an AMD Chiplet Have a Core Count Limit?
When it was announced that AMD was set to give a presentation at Hot Chips on its newest Zen 3 microarchitecture, I was expecting the usual fare when a...
116 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 9/7/2021Hot Chips 2021 Live Blog: Graphics (Intel, AMD, Google, Xilinx)
Welcome to Hot Chips! This is the annual conference all about the latest, greatest, and upcoming big silicon that gets us all excited. Stay tuned during Monday and Tuesday...
12 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 8/24/2021Hot Chips 2021 Live Blog: CPUs (Alder Lake, Zen3, IBM Z, Sapphire Rapids)
Welcome to Hot Chips! This is the annual conference all about the latest, greatest, and upcoming big silicon that gets us all excited. Stay tuned during Monday and Tuesday...
39 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 8/23/2021MSI Launches MEG X570S Ace Max Motherboard, Max Out Ryzen 5000
On the back of a myriad of new motherboard launches based on AMD's X570 chipset, we have the MSI MEG X570S Ace Max. The new Max motherboard supersedes the...
24 by Gavin Bonshor on 8/18/2021MinisForum Unveils Cezanne EliteMini HX90 and Tiger Lake EliteMini TL50 mini-PCs
MinisForum, a Shenzhen based manufacturer of compact computing platforms, has been steadily bringing both AMD and Intel-based systems into the market. While the mix has mostly involved platforms that...
42 by Ganesh T S on 8/4/2021The AMD Ryzen 7 5700G, Ryzen 5 5600G, and Ryzen 3 5300G Review
Earlier this year, AMD launched its Zen 3 based desktop processor solutions with integrated graphics. Marketed as the Ryzen 5000G family, these processors are the latest offering to combine...
136 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 8/4/2021The GIGABYTE MZ72-HB0 (Rev 3.0) Motherboard Review: Dual Socket 3rd Gen EPYC
Back in March, we reviewed AMD's latest Zen 3 based EPYC 7003 processors, including the 64-core EPYC 7763 and 7713. We've updated the data back in June with a...
29 by Gavin Bonshor on 8/2/2021ASUS Unveils ROG Crosshair VIII Extreme Motherboard: Flagship X570
With prices on AMD's Ryzen 5950X 16-core Zen 3 based processor slowly coming back into the realms of MSRP, ASUS is taking advantage of recent events by announcing its...
16 by Gavin Bonshor on 8/2/2021AMD Announces Radeon RX 6600 XT: Mainstream RDNA2 Lands August 11th For $379
Starting next month, AMD’s Radeon RX 6000 desktop product stack is about to get a little deeper – and a little cheaper – with the addition of the forthcoming...
66 by Ryan Smith on 7/29/2021AMD Reports Q2 2021 Earnings: Company-wide Growth Drives Doubled Revenue
Continuing our Q2 earnings coverage this month, AMD is next out the gate in reporting their earnings. And, has been the story now for most of the last year...
105 by Ryan Smith on 7/27/2021AMD Threadripper Pro Review: An Upgrade Over Regular Threadripper?
Since the launch of AMD’s Threadripper Pro platform, the desire to see what eight channels of memory brings to compute over the regular quad-channel Threadripper has been an intriguing...
98 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 7/14/2021EVGA Teases an AMD X570 Dark Edition: For Ryzen 5000 Enthusiasts
Legendary overclocker Vince "KINGPIN" Lucido, part of EVGA's in-house design team, posted to his Facebook page an image that has caused a bit of a stir. The post is...
11 by Gavin Bonshor on 7/14/2021AMD EPYC Milan Review Part 2: Testing 8 to 64 Cores in a Production Platform
It’s been a few months since AMD first announced their new third generation EPYC Milan server CPU line-up. We had initially reviewed the first SKUS back in March, covering...
58 by Andrei Frumusanu on 6/25/2021AMD Moves GCN 1, 2, & 3-based GPUs and APUs To Legacy; Also Drops Win7 Support
Alongside today’s release of their new Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.6.1 driver – the first to bring support for FidelityFX Super Resolution tech – AMD is also using this opportunity...
59 by Ryan Smith on 6/22/2021An AnandTech Interview with Jim Keller: 'The Laziest Person at Tesla'
I've spoken about Jim Keller many times on AnandTech. In the world of semiconductor design, his name draws attention, simply by the number of large successful projects he has...
81 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 6/17/2021Google Announces AMD Milan-based Cloud Instances - Out with SMT vCPUs?
Today Google is announcing a new Cloud instance based on AMD Milan – but beyond the new hardware, it’s really what’s behind the new performance numbers which is what...
24 by Andrei Frumusanu on 6/17/2021SPEC Updates SERT Suite for ISO-Compliant Server Energy Efficiency Benchmarking
The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation's SPEC SERT Suite has evolved as the industry-standard for measuring the energy efficiency of servers over the last decade. Regulatory authorities such as the...
4 by Ganesh T S on 6/15/2021Razer Unleashes Blade 14 Gaming Laptop: Ryzen 5000 Mobile with GeForce Graphics
During their E3 2021 gaming event this afternoon, Razer has launched the latest variant of its popular Blade 14 gaming laptop. For the first time, Razer is using an...
20 by Gavin Bonshor on 6/14/2021