AMD details its new Instinct MI430X data-center accelerator
Coming with 432GB of HBM4 memory for 19.6TB/s of bandwidth
AMD has rather silently introduced and detailed the new Instinct MI430X, a data-center accelerator aimed at large-scale AI and high-performance computing (HPC). The new AMD Instinct MI430X will power several AI and HPC systems, including Discovery, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the recently announced Exascale-class system in Europe, Alice Recoque.
RAM crunch threatens to snuff out budget GPUs
Rising costs shove AMD and Nvidia towards culling their cheap cards
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn claiming that AMD and Nvidia are considering winding down production of their budget-oriented GPUs because the bill of materials has ballooned as GDDR prices shoot into the stratosphere.
Intel axes its next mainstream Xeon platform
Diamond Rapids loses its low-end twin as the server world shifts to fatter memory pipes.
Troubled Chipzilla has binned the eight-channel Diamond Rapids design that was supposed to replace today’s Granite Rapids-SP Xeon 6700P and 6500P chips.
Valve announces new Steam Machine
With semi-custom AMD Zen 4 CPU and RDNA 3 GPU
Valve has finally announced its new Steam Hardware, including the Steam Machine, a cool-looking box-like mini PC, based on AMD's semi-custom Zen 4 CPU and RDNA 3 GPU, that will sit under your TV.
AMD officially lists new Ryzen 5 7500X3D CPU
Budget 6-core/12-thread Zen 4 CPU with 64MB of 3D V-Cache for $269
AMD has finally made the new Ryzen 5 7500X3D official by listing its full specifications and its own benchmark results. This budget-oriented Zen 4-based 6-core/12-thread SKU with 64MB of 3D V-Cache will launch at $269.
AMD plots Gorgon and Medusa to turn rivals to stone
Zen 5 refresh in 2026, Zen 6 in 2027, and a mysterious new GPU to bury RDNA
AMD has lifted the kimono on its next-gen client CPUs and GPUs, with new codenames straight out of Greek mythology.
AMD bets big on Zen 6 and MI400 as profits soar
Rides AI boom to record $9.2 billion quarter
AMD has just posted record-breaking results, with third-quarter revenue hitting $9.2 billion, up 36 per cent from the previous year and 20 per cent higher than last quarter.
AMD hit by patent troll over 3d v-cache tech
Adeia dusts off patents to chase a payout on Ryzen X3D chips
Chipmaker AMD has found itself on the receiving end of a lawsuit from Adeia, a company that doesn’t make anything but claims to own the technology behind the firm’s 3D V-Cache hybrid bonding used in Ryzen X3D processors.
Intel and AMD jack up CPU prices
Blame AI
Reports from China suggest that Troubled Chipzilla and AMD have hiked CPU prices across multiple product lines this month, catching retailers and distributors flat-footed.
AMD U-turns on RDNA driver fiasco
Red faces in Radeon land after driver chaos and user revolt
After a torrent of angry users, botched uploads and contradictory statements, AMD has published a full web page promising to keep supporting its older Radeon graphics cards after all.