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Coming out of the dark times that preceded the launch of AMD's Zen CPU architecture in 2017, to say that AMD has turned things around on the back of Zen would be an understatement. Ever since AMD launched its first Zen-based Ryzen and EPYC processors for client and server computers, it has been consistently gaining x86 market share, growing from a bit player to a respectable rival to Intel (and all at Intel's expense). The first quarter of this year was no exception, according to Mercury Research, as the company achieved record high unit shares on x86 desktop and x86 server CPU markets due to success of its Ryzen 8000-series client products and 4th Generation EPYC processors. "Mercury noted in their first quarter report that...
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
GIGABYTE Adds Support for 128 GB of Memory to Z390 & C246 Motherboards
GIGABYTE has released UEFI BIOS updates for its motherboards based on Intel’s C246 and Z390 chipsets that enable support for 32 GB unbuffered memory modules from Samsung. This enables...
28 by Anton Shilov on 1/24/2019
Xeon W-3175X Roundup: Intel’s 28-Core at CES 2019
Last year Intel unveiled a ’28-core’ processor aimed more towards enthusiasts and professionals rather than for servers. Despite the initial demo having a tenuous overclock and setup, we were...
31 by Ian Cutress on 1/22/2019
Intel Discontinues Quark SoCs and Microcontrollers
Intel has announced that it will discontinue all of its Quark-series SoCs microcontrollers. Intel’s partners will have to make their final orders for the chips this summer, whereas the...
27 by Anton Shilov on 1/22/2019
ASUS Z390 Platforms Now Support 128 GB of Memory
ASUS has released a new UEFI BIOS version for its ROG Maximus XI Hero motherboard that enables support of up to 128 GB of DDR4 memory platform using 32...
8 by Anton Shilov on 1/22/2019
Intel’s Graphics-Free Chips Are Also Savings-Free: Same Price, Fewer Features
We recently reported on the fact that a range of new mainstream Intel desktop processors are coming onto the market without the integrated graphics enabled. This processors, indicated by...
96 by Ian Cutress on 1/16/2019
Intel Core i9-9990XE : Up to 5.0 GHz, Auction Only
AnandTech has seen documents and supporting information from multiple sources that show that Intel is planning to release a new high-end desktop processor, the Core i9-9990XE. These documents show...
66 by Ian Cutress 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
Intel’s Core i5-9400F Hits Amazon
Amazon has started to list Intel’s six-core Core i5-9400F desktop processor that lacks integrated graphics, belongs to the Coffee Lake Refresh family, and is produced using the company’s 14...
4 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
The AMD Keynote at CES 2019: Looking Ahead
AMD has one of the prized spots on the CES Keynote register. The company gets an highlighted hour at one of the shows prized ballroom setups to offer something...
61 by Ian Cutress on 1/9/2019
More Intel 9th Gen Desktop CPUs: Core i7-9700, Core i3-9100, Pentium Gold G5420, and a new Core i3-8100F ?
After yesterday when Intel casually mentioned that it was announcing six new processors in its 9th Generation desktop line, without providing any specifications through the usual channels, it turns...
4 by Ian Cutress on 1/8/2019
Intel’s New 9th Gen Desktop CPUs: i3-9350KF, i5-9400F, i5-9400, i5-9600KF, i7-9700KF, i9-9900KF
At Intel’s keynote presentation today, the company announced that it would be expanding its current line of 9th Generation desktop processors, to include new models from Core i3 up...
25 by Ian Cutress on 1/7/2019
CES 2019 Quick Bytes: Consumer 10nm is Coming with Intel’s Ice Lake
We’ve been on Intel's case for years to tell us when its 10nm parts are coming to the mass market. Technically Intel already shipped its first 10nm processor, Cannon...
3 by Ian Cutress on 1/7/2019
CES 2019 Quick Bytes: Intel’s 10nm Hybrid x86 Foveros Chip is Called Lakefield
At Intel’s Architecture Day, the company showed off a new stacking technology called ‘Foveros’, which is designed to allows the company to make smaller chips. The idea behind Foveros...
10 by Ian Cutress on 1/7/2019
Intel’s Keynote at CES 2019: 10nm, Ice Lake, Lakefield, Snow Ridge, Cascade Lake
This year it seems that Intel is finally ready to talk about 10nm. After next-to-nothing on the subject at CES 2018, Intel is now talking about three new processor...
61 by Ian Cutress on 1/7/2019
Intel CES 2019 Keynote: A Live Blog (4pm PT, Midnight UTC)
We're here at Intel, ready for their keynote presentation. Gregory Bryant and Nevin Shenoy are presenting. Starts at 4pm local time.
5 by Ian Cutress on 1/7/2019
The Price of Intel’s Unlocked 28-Core Xeon W-3175X: OEM Tells us ‘around $8k’
In perhaps a very unexpected turn of events, one of our first meetings at CES has heralded an important nugget of information.
29 by Ian Cutress on 1/6/2019
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