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Moving into the warmer and more picturesque spring season, the weather isn't the only thing hotting up. The CPU market towards the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023 has been topsy-turvy, to say the least, with many viable options available for users to build a new system. Depending on the task at hand, Intel and AMD have strong line-ups with multiple generations of its processors, with both the latest 13th Gen core series (Raptor Lake) and the Ryzen 7000 series (Zen 4/Rapael) leading the charge at the top of the performance charts. Since our previous guide, both Intel and AMD have launched two top-tier processors with exceptional gaming performance to the market, the Intel Core i9-13900KS and, more recently, AMD's gaming-centric Ryzen 9...
AMD Issues Early Q3’22 Financial Results: Misses Guidance By $1B as Client Revenue Craters
Underscoring a difficult second half of the year that seems to be shaping up for the entire tech industry, AMD this afternoon has become the latest tech company to...
33 by Ryan Smith on 10/6/2022AMD Zen 4 Ryzen 9 7950X and Ryzen 5 7600X Review: Retaking The High-End
During AMD’s ‘together we advance_PCs’ event at the end of August, the company unveiled its Ryzen 7000 series of desktop processors, with four SKUs aimed at the mid-range and...
206 by Ryan Smith & Gavin Bonshor on 9/26/2022AMD Launches Mendocino APUs: Zen 2-based Ryzen and Athlon 7020 Series with RDNA 2 Graphics
Even though the main focus this month has been on AMD's upcoming launch of its Ryzen 7000 desktop series processors based on the Zen 4 architecture, AMD is also...
50 by Gavin Bonshor on 9/20/2022ASRock Announces New AM5 BIOS Design, Promises Faster Booting Times
In preparation for AMD's Ryzen 7000 series processors, which will launch on September 27th, ASRock has announced that it has developed a new BIOS for its AM5 motherboards. ASRock...
27 by Gavin Bonshor on 9/9/2022AMD Updates Ryzen Mobile CPU Numbering System Ahead of Mendocino APU Launch
While all eyes are on the impending launch of AMD’s new Ryzen 7000 desktop processors, the chipmaker also has its wheels in motion for the future of its mobile...
28 by Ryan Smith on 9/7/2022AMD EXPO Memory Technology: One Click Overclocking Profiles For Ryzen 7000
During AMD's 'together we advance_PCs event, the company unveiled its latest Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 processors to the world, as well as its AM5 platforms, including X670E, X670, B650E...
34 by Gavin Bonshor on 8/30/2022AMD Announces B650 Extreme Chipset for Ryzen 7000: PCIe 5.0 For Mainstream
Over the last couple of months, the rumor mill surrounding AMD's impending Ryzen 7000 processors for desktops has been in overdrive. Although Lisa Su unveiled Zen 4 back at...
24 by Gavin Bonshor on 8/29/2022AMD Details Ryzen 7000 Launch: Ryzen 7950X and More, Coming Sept. 27th
AMD’s "together we advance_PCs”l ivestream presentation just wrapped up moments ago, where AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su set the stage for the release of the next generation of AMD...
106 by Ryan Smith on 8/29/2022AMD Ryzen 7000 "together we advance_PCs” Live Blog (7pm ET/23:00 UTC)
At long last the date is here. AMD this evening will be broadcasting their "together we advance_PCs” event, which will be focused around the upcoming launch of their next-generation...
45 by Gavin Bonshor on 8/29/2022AMD Announces Ryzen 7000 Reveal Livestream for August 29th
In a brief press release sent out this morning, AMD has announced that they will be delivering their eagerly anticipated Ryzen 7000 unveiling later this month as a live...
52 by Ryan Smith on 8/16/2022ASRock Industrial NUC BOX-1260P and 4X4 BOX-5800U Review: Alder Lake-P and Cezanne UCFF Faceoff
The past few years have seen Intel and AMD delivering new processors in a staggered manner. In the sub-45W category, Intel's incumbency has allowed it to deliver products for...
34 by Ganesh T S on 8/5/2022The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Review: 96 MB of L3 3D V-Cache Designed For Gamers
The level of competition in the desktop CPU market has rarely been as intensive as it has been over the last couple of years. When AMD brought its Ryzen...
125 by Gavin Bonshor on 6/30/2022AMD Updates Ryzen Embedded Series, R2000 Series With up to Four Cores and Eight Threads
One area of AMD's portfolio that perhaps doesn't garner the same levels of attention as its desktop, mobile, and server products is its embedded business. In early 2020, AMD...
20 by Gavin Bonshor on 6/22/2022AMD's Desktop CPU Roadmap: 2024 Brings Zen 5-based "Granite Ridge"
As part of AMD's Financial Analyst Day 2022, it has provided us with a look at the company's desktop client CPU roadmap as we advance towards 2024. As we...
37 by Gavin Bonshor on 6/9/2022AMD Announces Genoa-X: 4th Gen EPYC with Up to 96 Zen 4 Cores and 1GB L3 V-Cache
As AMD makes strides in snatching market share with its high-performance x86 processor designs in the server market, it has announced some of its upcoming 4th generations EPYC families...
12 by Gavin Bonshor on 6/9/2022AMD: Combining CDNA 3 and Zen 4 for MI300 Data Center APU in 2023
Alongside their Zen CPU architecture and RDNA client GPU architecture updates, AMD this afternoon is also updating their roadmap for their CDNA server GPU architecture and related Instinct products...
16 by Ryan Smith on 6/9/2022AMD’s 2022-2024 Client GPU Roadmap: RDNA 3 This Year, RDNA 4 Lands in 2024
Among the slew of announcements from AMD today around their 2022 Financial Analyst Day, the company offering an update to their client GPU (RDNA) roadmap. Like the company’s Zen...
21 by Ryan Smith on 6/9/2022AMD RDNA 3/Navi 3X GPU Update: 50% Better Perf-Per-Watt, Using Chiplets For First Time
Continuing our coverage of AMD's 2022 Financial Analyst day, we have the matter of AMD's forthcoming RDNA 3 GPU architecture and the Navi 3X GPUs that will be built...
11 by Ryan Smith on 6/9/2022AMD Zen Architecture Roadmap: Zen 5 in 2024 With All-New Microarchitecture
Today is AMD’s Financial Analyst Day, the company’s semi-annual, analyst-focused gathering. While the primary purpose of the event is for AMD to reach out to investors, analysts, and others...
159 by Ryan Smith on 6/9/2022AMD Zen 4 Update: 8% to 10% IPC Uplift, 25% More Perf-Per-Watt, V-Cache Chips Coming
As part of today’s AMD’s 2022 Financial Analyst Day, the company is offering a short, high-level update on their forthcoming Zen 4 CPU architecture. This information is being divulged...
10 by Ryan Smith on 6/9/2022