AMD buys more wafers from Gloflo
Buying $1.6 billion worth of chips from old mate
AMD will acquire about $2.1 billion of silicon wafers from GlobalFoundries from 2022 through 2025 in an amended agreement.
AMD could go hybrid
Intel could be onto something
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that AMD could be planning on bringing in hybrid processors – chips that mix different types of cores.
Lenovo accidently leaks entry level RX 6500 XT graphics card
Specs acquired
Lenovo accidentally listed some specifications and confirming the name of AMD’s upcoming entry-level RX 6500 XT graphics card.
AMD jacks up the price for Radeon 6000 PCBs
Well, everyone else is
It appears that AMD has given up trying to be nice during the chip shortage and jacked up the prices of its Radeon 6000 PCBs
AMD working on Radeon RX 6500 XT and RX 6400 graphics cards
Based on Navi 24 GPU
AMD is preparing to unleash a few new graphics cards in the Radeon RX 6000 series, the RX 6500 XT and the RX 6400. Both should be based on the smallest RNDA2 Navi 24 GPU and launch in Q1 2022.
IBM Cloud releases third-generation AMD EPYC servers
128 cores (256 threads) of processing power to play with
IBM Cloud has released Bare Metal Servers using the newly released third-generation AMD EPYC processors.
AMD announces Instinct MI200 series accelerator
AMD's new 29b transistor 6nm CDNA 2 GPU
In addition to the CPU announcements, a big part of AMD's Accelerated Data Center keynote was focused on the new AMD Instinct MI200 series accelerators. Based on the new CDNA 2 GPU architecture, this dual-GPU accelerator claims the world's first exascale-class GPU.
AMD Milan-X EPYC is a beast with 3D V-Cache
804MB of total cache per socket
AMD has unveiled its 3rd gen AMD EPYC Milan-X CPU, a beast with 3D V-Cache, up to 64 Zen 3 cores, and an 804MB of total cache per socket, promising up to 50 percent average uplift across targeted workloads.
AMD talks Zen 4 EPYC at the Accelerated Data Center keynote
Genoa Zen 4 and Bergamo Zen 4c, with up to 96 and 128 cores
During its Accelerated Data Center keynote, AMD has disclosed some impressive details about its upcoming Zen 4-based EPYC lineup, including details about the 4th generation EPYC, and two segments it will cover.
AMD releases Radeon Software 21.11.1 drivers
One to have for Call of Duty: Vanguard and Forza Horizon 5
AMD has released its latest Radeon Software graphics drivers which bring optimizations for Call of Duty: Vanguard and Forza Horizon 5 games.