CPUs
Doing custom x86 CPUs is nothing new: presenting one at Hot Chips is new. Here we have Tsinghua University giving a presentation on Jintide, its custom solution built upon Intel Xeon technology.
Intel’s Xeon Platinum 8284 CPU: When 300 MHz Cost $5,500
Besides Xeon processors that are officially mentioned on its website and price list, Intel has tens of ‘off roadmap’ server CPUs only available to select customers that have special...
82 by Anton Shilov on 7/18/2019
Arm Flexible Access: Design the SoC Before Spending Money
One of the critical ways in which the Arm licensing model works relates to how its customers acquires Arm’s IP, the architecture licenses, or access, along with royalty payments...
26 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 7/16/2019
AMD’s Eight-Core Ryzen 7 2700X Now Available for $200
As a part of Prime Day deals at Amazon, AMD’s eight-core Ryzen 7 2700X processor is now available for $199.99, which is $129 off its original MSRP. This is...
35 by Anton Shilov on 7/15/2019
Next Generation Intel Atom Tremont: Potential L3 Cache
Intel has already disclosed that it will have a next generation Atom core, code named Tremont, which is to appear in products such as the Foveros-based hybrid Lakefield, as...
63 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 7/15/2019
AMD Ryzen 3000 Post-Review BIOS Update Recap: Larger ST Gains, Some Gains, Some Losses
It’s been a long two weeks following our AMD-review-athon weekend, culminating 7/7 with our extensive coverage of the new Ryzen 3000 series CPUs, the new Radeon RX 5700 series...
75 by Andrei Frumusanu on 7/11/2019
ASUS Dominus Extreme BIOS has Cascade Lake Xeon W-3275 & W-3275M Support
ASUS has released a new BIOS version 0601 for its ROG Dominus Extreme motherboard that ‘improves PCIe compatibility’ when using Intel’s latest Xeon W processors based on the Cascade...
1 by Anton Shilov on 7/11/2019
The AMD 3rd Gen Ryzen Deep Dive Review: 3700X and 3900X Raising The Bar
It’s the review we’ve all been waiting for. Since December last year – and particularly since CES – AMD has been teasing us about the new Zen 2 microarchitecture...
458 by Andrei Frumusanu & Gavin Bonshor on 7/7/2019
AMD Launches Xbox Game Pass for PC Bundle for Current Radeon & Ryzen Products
Last month back at the Radeon RX 5700 series reveal, AMD announced that they would be launching a new kind of game bundle with the new video cards. Rather...
24 by Ryan Smith on 7/3/2019
All Ryzen: Q&A with AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su
The biggest news of the annual Computex trade show came from AMD: the company is poised to launch its next generation Zen 2 microarchitecture, along with updates to its...
89 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 6/26/2019
Vulnerability in AMD’s Secure Encrypted Virtualization for EPYC: Update Now to Build 22
One of the key elements of building a processor is that designing a secure product involves reducing the ‘attack surface’ as much as possible: the fewer ways an attack...
35 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 6/26/2019
An Interview with AMD’s Forrest Norrod: Naples, Rome, Milan, & Genoa
There’s no getting away from the fact that AMD’s big revenue potential exists in the server space. While the glitz and the glamor is all about the Ryzen, the...
49 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 6/24/2019
PCI Express Bandwidth to Be Doubled Again: PCIe 6.0 Announced, Spec to Land in 2021
When the PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) first announced PCIe 4.0 a few years back, the group made it clear that they were not just going to make up...
120 by Ryan Smith on 6/18/2019
Fireside Chat with Ian and Wendell: Ryzen 3000, Zen 2, Navi, Xeon W
The last couple of weeks have been a blitz, with the Computex trade show in Taipei almost immediately followed by E3 in Los Angeles. In both instances, AMD...
35 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 6/14/2019
AMD 16-Core Ryzen 9 3950X: Up to 4.7 GHz, 105W, Coming September
One of the questions that was left over from AMD’s Computex reveal of the new Ryzen 3000 family was why a 16-core version of the dual-chiplet Matisse design was...
171 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 6/11/2019
AMD Ryzen 3000 APUs: Up to Vega 11, More MHz, Under $150, Coming July 7th
The integrated graphics ‘APU’ line of processors from AMD is a popular entry point for consumers on a budget based on the good performance from the cores, gaming-capable graphics...
58 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 6/10/2019
AMD Zen 2 Microarchitecture Analysis: Ryzen 3000 and EPYC Rome
We have been teased with AMD’s next generation processor products for over a year. The new chiplet design has been heralded as a significant breakthrough in driving performance and...
218 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 6/10/2019
The AMD Next Horizon Gaming Keynote Live Blog (Starts at 3pm PT/22:00 UTC)
We're here in sunny (and hot) Los Angeles, California for E3, and more specifically, AMD's next big product-focused keynote. Dubbed "Next Horizon Gaming", AMD's crew, including CEO Dr. Lisa...
36 by Ryan Smith on 6/10/2019
Intel Cascade Lake Xeon W-3200 Launched: Server Socket, 64 PCIe 3.0 lanes
One of the quiet announcements that came out of Apple’s new Mac Pro announcement was the launch of Intel’s next generation Xeon W processors. Aside from being completely under...
60 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 6/10/2019
14nm Comet Lake-U Shipping to OEMs in November
If you’re having a tough time following Intel’s new array of code names, don’t worry, you are not alone. The split between mainstream and U-series and Y-series has us...
49 by Ian Cutress on 6/3/2019
Intel Publishes Plans to Wind Down Shipments of 7th Gen Core "Skylake-X" HEDT Processors
With Intel’s announcement this week that they will be releasing a new generation of Core X-series high-end desktop (HEDT) processors this fall, the company has also begun working on...
3 by Anton Shilov on 5/31/2019
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