AMDs 7nm APU is Gray Hawk
Four cores with eight threads
A few of you might remember that we exclusively posted the news that AMD is working on a 7nm CPU codenamed Starship. The 7nm APU is codenamed Gray Hawk and it aims to attain lower TDPs.
AMD releases Radeon Software 16.9.2 Hotfix drivers
One to have for Forza Horizon 3 game
AMD has released its latest Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.9.2 Hotfix drivers which bring optimizations for Microsoft's Forza Horizon 3 game and a couple of other fixes and updates.
Navi is 7nm and will appear late 2018 early 2019
Next, next generation
Vega 10 will evolve to Vega 20 in 2017 and 2018 and this will be AMD’s next big thing. It is codenamed Navi and will be a 7nm FinFET GlobalFoundries product that should surface in late 2018 or early 2019.
Vega 20 GPU arrives late 2017
Replaces Vega 10, 32GB HBM 2
Vega 10 is Radeon Technology Group’s first HBM 2 part and should launch in early 2017. AMD – RTG is also planning a successor called Vega 20 that might launch later in the year.
AMD Bristol Ridge A12-9800 APU gets overclocked
Running well on stock AMD Wraith cooler
While we wait for AMD to launch its first Zen-based Summit Ridge CPUs and Excavator-based 7th generation Bristol Ridge APUs, the flagship Bristol Ridge A12-9800 APU has already been overclocked by a Korean user with stock AMD Wraith CPU cooler.
AMD Vega 10 scores 24 TFlops
Slightly faster than P100
Vega 10 is coming next year and it seems that it will be faster than the P100 card. P100 (21.2 TFlops) is a supercomputer part and has much higher theoretical performance than GP102 (10.97 TFlops). According to the raw numbers, AMD Vega 10 with 24Tflops, Vega 10 will significantly outperform Geforce Titan X.
Intel raises forecast
PC market is back from the dead
It is starting to look like the PC market is picking up and Intel has raised its quarterly revenue forecast for the first time in more than two years.
AMD Socket AM4 and Bristol Ridge chip snapped together
Paparazzi leak
Paparazzi have managed to get their zoom lenses focused on the AMD AM4 Socket and Bristol Ridge chip snapped together for the first time.
AMD says Zen will rule PC and servers
Everyone needs a dream
AMD Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster has told the world that AMD will become the top manufacturer when it comes to PCs and servers.
Wall Street analyst says Intel chip better than Zen
Cue the hate
A Wall Street analyst, with no thought to his personal safety, has dared to question what AMD fans have been telling us for ages – Zen will bring about peace on earth, cure cancer and above all give Intel a good kicking.