AMD reports good Q3 2018 financials with $1.65B revenue
Gross margin up to 40 percent, but stock drops
AMD has officially announced its Q3 2018 financial report, reporting revenues of $1.65 billion and a gross margin of 40 percent, both up compared to the same quarter last year. Nevertheless, AMD stock took a hit due to weak GPU sales but things are looking good for AMD.
ADATA launches new XPG SX8200 Pro M.2 PCIe SSD
GAMMIX S5 SSD and GAMMIX D30 DDR4 in tow
ADATA has unveiled three new products in its storage and memory lineup, the new XPG SX8200 Pro M.2 SSD, as well as the GAMMIX S5 M.2 SSD and GAMMIX D30 DDR4 memory.
Xiaomi Black Shark Helo gaming smartphone announced
Successor gets 10GB of RAM and AMOLED screen
As teased earlier by Xiaomi, the company has now unveiled the successor, or rather updated version of its Black Shark gaming smartphone, the Black Shark Helo.
AMD has 7nm Navi GPU up and running in its lab
7nm looks better than expected
According to our sources, AMD already has its 7nm Navi-based graphics card up and running in its lab, and the 7nm GPU looks good.
Asus ROG Strix coming back with Radeon RX 590
The brand is coming back
According to rumors floating around, Asus will be returning its ROG Strix brand with the Radeon RX 590 graphics card.
Nvidia RTX 2070 goes for as low as $499.99/€519
While Founders Edition sells for $599/€629
The least expensive Nvidia RTX 2070 has started selling all around the world and can be yours for as low as $499.99 in the US and €519 in Europe.
Gigabyte working on GTX 1060 with GDDR5X memory
Possibly based on a cut-down GP104 GPU
It appears that Gigabyte could be working on a GTX 1060 graphics card that will be equipped with faster GDDR5X memory and a cut down GP104 GPU, and while other specifications are unknown, faster memory could give the GTX 1060 a fighting chance against the upcoming 12nm Polaris-based Radeon RX 590.
AMD releases RX 580 with 2048SPs in China
The RX 570 with higher clocks
AMD has rather silently introduced a new SKU in China, the Radeon RX 580 2048SP, which is pretty much the Radeon RX 570 but with a slightly higher GPU boost clock.
AMD 12nm Polaris refresh could be called Radeon RX 590
Spotted in 3DMark database
As we already told you earlier, AMD is gearing up to launch a 12nm Polaris refresh which should bring around 10 to 15 percent improvement, and now it appears it could be called the Radeon RX 590.
AMD 12nm Polaris coming in November
Bringing 10 to 15 percent improvement
AMD is gearing up for a slight refresh of its graphics card lineup with a 12nm Polaris GPU, which is likely to bring an improvement of around 10 to 15 percent, mostly thanks to higher clocks.