Polaris makes its first electric vehicle
Published in Transportation
Monday, 01 March 2021 13:21

Polaris makes its first electric vehicle


Ranger ready by the end of the year

Motorcycle and all-terrain vehicle maker Polaris is to launch its first electric vehicle, with an aim to advance the company’s position in the electric vehicle market.

AMD might release new Polaris based Radeons
Published in Graphics


Radeon RX 640 and Radeon RX 630

AMD might have a surprise release of a new series of Radeon graphics cards based on Polaris in the works.

AMD Polaris 30 GPU made at both GlobalFoundries and Samsung
Published in Graphics


GloFo's 12LP and Samsung's 11LPP

According to details that have surfaced after the launch of the new Radeon RX 590 refresh, it appears that AMD is sourcing the "new" Polaris 30 GPU from both GlobalFoundries and Samsung.

AMD officially releases Radeon RX 590
Published in Graphics
Thursday, 15 November 2018 16:39

AMD officially releases Radeon RX 590


Based on 12nm Polaris GPU

As expected, rumored, and leaked earlier this week, AMD has now officially released its latest mid-range graphics card meant to put a bit more pressure on Nvidia's GTX 1060 during this holiday season, the Radeon RX 590.

Sapphire's Radeon RX 590 Nitro+ spotted online
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 07 November 2018 22:15

Sapphire's Radeon RX 590 Nitro+ spotted online


The same RX 580 Nitro+ Special Edition design

Sapphire's RX 590 Nitro+ Special Edition has been spotted online and comes with the same design as the RX 580 Nitro+ Special Edition - confirming earlier reports that we are looking at just a die shrink of the original Polaris chip.

The box shot confirms 12nm Polaris Radeon RX 590
Published in Graphics


Should be launching this month

A box shot has pretty much confirmed that AMD is likely to soon launch the 12nm Polaris-based Radeon RX 590, which could bring around 10 to 15 percent performance boost compared to the RX 580, at least depending on the actual GPU clock AMD AIB partners hit on their cards.

AMD 12nm Polaris refresh could be called Radeon RX 590
Published in Graphics


Spotted in 3DMark database

As we already told you earlier, AMD is gearing up to launch a 12nm Polaris refresh which should bring around 10 to 15 percent improvement, and now it appears it could be called the Radeon RX 590.

AMD 12nm Polaris coming in November
Published in Graphics
Thursday, 11 October 2018 18:15

AMD 12nm Polaris coming in November


Bringing 10 to 15 percent improvement

AMD is gearing up for a slight refresh of its graphics card lineup with a 12nm Polaris GPU, which is likely to bring an improvement of around 10 to 15 percent, mostly thanks to higher clocks.

AMD has a new Polaris brand
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 16 May 2018 12:07

AMD has a new Polaris brand


MSI MECH is with us

AMD is getting another new brand for its Polaris based GPUs dubbed MSI MECH.

AMD announces Radeon Instinct accelerators
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 21 June 2017 13:20

AMD announces Radeon Instinct accelerators


For Machine and Deep Learning

During its EPYC launch event yesterday, AMD  unveiled a full range of Radeon Instinct accelerators meant for both deep and machine learning, including the MI25 deep learning accelerator, based on Vega GPU and MI8 and MI6 machine learning accelerators, based on Fiji and Polaris GPUs.