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AMD announces Ryzen and Athlon 7020 C-series processors
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Zen 2 and RDNA 2 for Chromebooks

AMD has announced the new lineup of Ryzen and Athlon 7020 C-series processors aimed at Chromebooks. Based on the 6nm manufacturing process and the last year's Zen 2 CPU and RDNA 2 GPU architectures, these new processors will be coming to new Chromebooks in Q2 2023.

Ryzen 7000X3D could have heating problems
Published in Gaming
Tuesday, 25 April 2023 10:58

Ryzen 7000X3D could have heating problems


Fire caused by abnormal voltage issues

Reddit and YouTube have been posting about problems with AMD's newest Ryzen 7000X3D processors.

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D reviews are out
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 05 April 2023 23:22

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D reviews are out


Roundup: Leading gaming CPU with impressive power draw

Reviews of AMD's third Ryzen 7000X3D SKU, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, are now out, and this 8-core/16-thread CPU with 3D V-Cache, packs some serious gaming power, and doing it at impressively low power draw.

Gigabyte admits Ryzen CPU press release was a mistake
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Not sure how you do that

Gigabyte has admitted that a statement found in a recent press release announcing the launch of a next generation of Ryzen CPU in 2023 was a mistake.

AM5 motherboard adoption slow
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 28 March 2023 12:04

AM5 motherboard adoption slow


AMD promises radical price cuts

Six months after the launch of Ryzen 7000-series processors, AM5 motherboard prices are still too high and AMD has decided to step in and do something about it.

AMD's Ryzen 7 7840U does very well in early benchmarks
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4nm 28W Phoenix beats 45W Ryzen 9 6900HX

AMD's 4nm Phoenix Ryzen 7040U low-power lineup has not been officially announced yet, but it already has been doing quite well in leaked benchmarks, with the Ryzen 7 7480U doing quite well against some previous heavy-hitters like the Ryzen 9 6900HX or Intel's Core i7-12800H.

AMD announce delays and Intel abandons Thunder Bay
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Bad week for dropping the ball

Intel and AMD dropped the ball on some key products. AMD said it was postponing this month's launch of the 7040HS series to April, and Chipzilla abandoned its Thunder Bay niche accelerator.

AMD officially delays Phoenix Ryzen 7040HS series for April
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Only Dragon Range for now

Although originally meant to launch in March, the AMD Ryzen 7040HS Phoenix laptop CPU series has been officially pushed back to April.

AMD Ryzen 7045HX-series Dragon Range laptops now available
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The Ryzen 9 7945HX goes against Core i9-13950HX

AMD has announced the availability of its Ryzen 7045HX-series Dragon Range CPUs for high performance gaming laptops. These Zen 4 Dragon Range 5nm chiplet-design chips, should be enough to get ahead of Intel's 13th gen Raptor Lake counterparts, at least according to AMD.

AMD reveals first Ryzen 7 7800X3D game benchmarks
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Up to 24 percent faster in some scenarios

AMD has now officially released the first official gaming benchmarks for its Ryzen 7 7800X3D SKU that is scheduled to launch on April 9th.