US Navy shoots down ICBM headed towards Hawaii
Published in News


It was about as easy as a nuclear war

In a historic test, a US Navy guided missile destroyer shot down an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) warhead aimed at a patch of ocean off the Hawaiian Islands.

Chris Hook leaves AMD
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 11 April 2018 17:35

Chris Hook leaves AMD


After 17 years

One of the most prominent names in AMD’s RTG, Chris Hook, has left AMD. He walked away after seventeen years of ATI and AMD combined with his last job as Sr. Director, Global Product Marketing at AMD.

AMD claims its R390 series is a new chip -- but it's not
Published in Graphics


It looks the same

We don’t know what do you need to do to call a chip a new architecture but are suspicious about some comments about the R390 series

AMD officially launches the new Radeon R9 390 series
Published in Graphics


Hawaii GPU becomes Grenada with a slight overclock

In addition to the Radeon R7 300 graphics card which should hold the entry-level fort, the Radeon R9 380 for the mid-range market segment and the flagship Fury lineup, AMD's higher-end lineup will be represented by rebranded Radeon R9 290 series, which got a slightly higher clocks and more memory.

AMD R9 R380 and R390 have respun chips
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 10 June 2015 10:41

AMD R9 R380 and R390 have respun chips


Improved Hawaii and Tonga launch on the 18th

Many things are well known about the AMD Fiji XT HBM card, but we recently learned one interesting fact.

AMD R9 390X might have US $389 price tag
Published in Graphics
Tuesday, 09 June 2015 17:17

AMD R9 390X might have US $389 price tag


A bit higher than custom R9 290X 8GB

It appears that AMD might place a US $389 MSRP on the upcoming Radeon R9 390X graphics card, at least according to latest rumors.

Most AMD Radeon 300 series based on older GCN architecture
Published in Graphics


Only Fiji is an all-new chip

While we are getting close to the launch of AMD's new Radeon 300-series lineup, a new report suggest that most of the upcoming Radeon 300 series will be based on older GCN 1.1 and GCN 1.2 architecture while Fiji GPU will actuallly be the only new chip.

AMD putting finishing touches on Radeon R9 300 series
Published in Graphics


AMD confirms on Facebook

While there have been plenty of rumors regarding AMD's upcoming Radeon R9 300 series graphics cards, including details on the Fiji XT GPU and High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM), AMD has now officially confirmed that it is putting the finishing touches on the new Radeon R9 300 series.

Monday, 17 November 2014 08:40

AMD to launch faster Hawaii iteration

Early 2015

But the numbers speak for themselves