AMD delays launch of Ryzen 9000 series processors
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First batch does not meet full quality expectations

AMD has released an official statement confirming that its Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000 series processors have been delayed. It is not a major delay, and the official launch is now pushed to August 8th.

AMD President Victor Peng retires
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Tuesday, 23 July 2024 12:29

AMD President Victor Peng retires


Ex-Xilinx CEO gets well-earned retirement

AMD has announced that AMD President Victor Peng is retiring effective August 30th.

AMD wants to catch up on Ray Tracing
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Monday, 22 July 2024 11:12

AMD wants to catch up on Ray Tracing


Coming to RDNA 4 GPUs

Hardware information leaker @Kepler_L2 shared a partially redacted data sheet highlighting the expected ray tracing features coming to RDNA 4 GPUs.

AMD claims its Ryzen AI chips will clean Apple’s clock
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Tame Apple Press is furious

AMD has introduced its latest Ryzen AI chips, built on the new Zen 5 architecture. The company believes these chips outperform Apple's M3 and M3 Pro chips and journalists who defend Apple are angry.

AMD snaps up Finnish AI Startup
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Thursday, 11 July 2024 11:34

AMD snaps up Finnish AI Startup


Silo AI to boost AI chip capabilities

AMD has written a $665 million cheque to buy Finnish artificial intelligence startup Silo AI.

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X might put the fear of God into Intel
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Leaked benchmarks appear to clean Chipzilla’s clock

Leaked benchmarks for the upcoming AMD Ryzen 9 9900X have surfaced, showcasing the Zen 5 CPU’s single and multicore prowess, and it should be something that Chipzilla should be worried about.

AMD engineers show off exascale APU
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Friday, 05 July 2024 11:32

AMD engineers show off exascale APU


MI300A processor gets deep-dive paper

The boffins behind the AMD Instinct MI300A APU have published their research on the future of “exascale heterogeneous processing.”

First AMD Ryzen AI PRO 300 APUs coming in October
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With Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370 and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 SKUs

AMD is gearing up to launch its next-generation Ryzen AI PRO 300 Strix APU lineup in October, and the series will include two SKUs, the Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370 and the Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360.

AMD's Ryzen 8000G desktop APUs get a price drop
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Ryzen 7 8700G drops to $270

AMD's Ryzen 8000G series got a decent price drop recently, making them quite a catch in case you want to stick with a Phoenix-based APU with up to eight Zen 4 cores and 12 RDNA3 Compute Units (CUs). Although it is currently limited to a single retailer/e-tailer, it is possible that the promotion will extend to other stores.

First AMD Ryzen 9000 CPUs listed for pre-order in Europe
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Launch price lower than Ryzen 7000 series 

As we inch closer to the expected August availability date, first retailers/e-tailers have started listing AMD's upcoming Ryzen 9000 series desktop CPUs.