AMD releases Radeon Software 18.1.1 update
Published in Graphics
Friday, 19 January 2018 16:41

AMD releases Radeon Software 18.1.1 update


Official one for DirectX 9 game issues

AMD has now officially released its newest Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.1.1 update which fixes issues seen in some DirectX 9 API games, as well as a couple of other minor fixes.

Dell's XPS 15 2-in-1 with RX Vega M GL GPU tested
Published in AI


Pushes 35fps in Rise of the Tomb Raider at 1080p

Select members of the press at CES 2018 show had a chance to spend some time with Dell's latest XPS 15 2-in-1 convertible laptop which was running on Intel's 8th generation Kaby Lake CPU with Radeon RX Vega M graphics and while some were quite keen to check out the cooling, some had a chance to run Rise of the Tomb Raider game.

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 spotted in SiSoft Sandra database
Published in PC Hardware


Running on Asus Crosshair VII Hero motherboard

A new and upcoming Ryzen 2000 series CPU, the Ryzen 5 2600 was seen in SiSoft Sandra database, rocking a 3.4GHz base clock on those 12nm Zen+ cores, and running on yet to be announced Asus Crosshair VII Hero motherboards.

John Byrne is now a president at Dell
Published in News
Wednesday, 17 January 2018 09:19

John Byrne is now a president at Dell


Takes care of North America commercial sales

Some of you might remember the name, as John Byrne is an old friend of Fudzilla. He made a great career at AMD and, since July 2015, has worked at several senior positions at Dell. The recent promotion got him to a President.

AMD admits it is vulnerable to both versions of Spectre
Published in PC Hardware


So much for saying that the second one was low risk

After days of saying that there was a "near zero" chance of its chips being hit by the two Spectre bugs, AMD has finally admitted it's vulnerable to both of them.

Gigabyte's X470 motherboard spotted on CES floor
Published in PC Hardware


Better VRM, two M.2 slots and more

Although it is scheduled to launch in April, together with the second generation Ryzen desktop CPUs,  AMD's upcoming X470 chipset motherboard has already been seen at the CES 2018 show in Las Vegas.

AMD announces Ryzen desktop CPU with Radeon Vega graphics
Published in PC Hardware


Two desktop APUs launching on February 12th

AMD took the CES 2018 show by storm, revealing a lot of information regarding its GPU and CPU futures as well as some of the upcoming new products, including its  desktop APUs.

AMD 2nd generation Ryzen comes in April 2018
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 09 January 2018 14:51

AMD 2nd generation Ryzen comes in April 2018


Based on Zen+ architecture

In addition to revealing a few more plans about its GPU side of things, AMD has announced its 2nd generation Ryzen CPUs is likely to launch in April this year.

AMD cuts Ryzen prices
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 09 January 2018 04:57

AMD cuts Ryzen prices


By up to 30 percent

AMD has implemented a price cut for some of its Ryzen and Threadripper CPUs, ranging anywhere from eight to 30 percent.

AMD announces 7nm Vega
Published in Graphics
Monday, 08 January 2018 20:21

AMD announces 7nm Vega


Instinct, artificial intelligence first

Lisa Su has announced Vega 7nm as a machine learning "instinct part" first. AMD is quite clear that this is for machine learning first and don’t want to comment on our curiosity whether Vega 7nm can make it to the market as a gaming product soon.