AMD preps RDNA 4 for pro cards with rumoured Navi 48 XTW
Published in Graphics


Radeon PRO W9000 series may feature 32 GB workstation

AMD might have ghosted the high-end gaming crowd with its RDNA 4 consumer GPUs, but workstation users could be getting something meatier.

Intel’s Arc B580 budget GPU has a big old problem
Published in Graphics


Performs well on new chips, tanks on older ones

The Arc B580 might be Chipzilla’s best foot forward in the GPU value game, with Tom’s Hardware calling it the $249 champ, but budget gamers hoping to slot it into their ageing rigs might be in for a nasty surprise.

Chipzilla eyes GDDR7 for future Arc GPUs
Published in News
Monday, 21 April 2025 10:47

Chipzilla eyes GDDR7 for future Arc GPUs


Intel’s desktop GPU comeback might finally be serious

Just when it looked like Chipzilla was having a snooze in the graphics race a job posting has revealed it is installing  GDDR7 memory for its upcoming Arc GPUs.

AMD’s RX 9070 XT clobbers RTX 5080 in sales
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RDNA 4 continues steamrolling as NVIDIA struggles with stock, pricing

AMD's RDNA 4 cards are on an absolute tear, with the Radeon RX 9070 XT outselling NVIDIA’s RTX 5080 by a staggering ten to one margin at MindFactory — one of the EU’s biggest component retailers.

Intel sells 51 percent of Altera
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 15 April 2025 17:04

Intel sells 51 percent of Altera


Tan's first big move

Intel Corporation's new CEO Lip-Bu Tan's first big move was to sell 51 percent of Altera to SilverLake at an $8.75 billion valuation. The company still retains 49 percent. Intel acquired Altera in 2015 for approximately $16.7 billion.

AMD Venice 2nm TSMC taped out
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 15 April 2025 16:57

AMD Venice 2nm TSMC taped out


EPYC 5th Gen 3nm manufacturing in TSMC Arizona

AMD has made an important announcement regarding its EPYC data center CPUs. The company confirmed the successful tape-out of its CPU codenamed "Venice," which is part of the EPYC line.

AMD bags new supercomputing record
Published in News
Monday, 14 April 2025 10:45

AMD bags new supercomputing record


Frontier supercomputer flexes Instinct MI250X muscle

AMD ran a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation using its Instinct MI250X accelerators and EPYC processors on the Frontier supercomputer, slicing runtimes from nearly 40 hours to just 90 minutes -- more than 25 times faster.

AMD's Ryzen 8000HX series is just a reheated Dragon Range
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Barely boosted Zen 4 chips stumble into RTX 50-powered gaming laptops

As next-gen graphics cards crash into the gaming world with all the subtlety of a wrecking ball, AMD’s CPU follow-up is more of a polite cough. The new Ryzen 8000HX series—officially part of the so-called "Dragon Range Refresh"—has landed, and it's hard not to feel a sense of déjà vu.

Google Cloud dives deeper into AMD
Published in Cloud
Friday, 11 April 2025 11:39

Google Cloud dives deeper into AMD


Zen 5 power lands in C4D and H4D machines for HPC and AI

Google Cloud has thrown its lot further in with AMD, unveiling C4D and H4D virtual machines packed with 5th Gen EPYC silicon aimed at boosting performance across cloud workloads.

AMD admits Ryzen 9800X3D meltdown mess
Published in News
Friday, 11 April 2025 09:45

AMD admits Ryzen 9800X3D meltdown mess


Sounds of PR silence

After more than 100 Ryzen 7 9800X3D processors keeled over, mostly while paired with ASRock boards, AMD has finally broken its vow of silence—only to point fingers at “memory compatibility.”