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AMD’s New Model Numbers for 2023 and Later Mobile Processors

Sebastian Peak — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 16:20:04 +0000

AMD, in a move that reminds this editor of Intel's mobile naming scheme, has decided to adopt a new naming system to make identifying the processor easier. It may look complicated…

AMD Shares Ryzen PRO 6000 Series Mobile Processor Details

Sebastian Peak — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 22:58:10 +0000

AMD now has a full lineup of Ryzen PRO 6000 Series processors to compliment their consumer laptop offerings, and these feature the same Zen 3+ processor architecture and RDNA2 graphics that…

Intel’s 7nm Process Delayed 12 Months, First Product Could Launch In 2023

Sebastian Peak — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 14:59:48 +0000

It will be another year before we will see 7 nm Intel processors, with late 2022/early 2023 now the target for Intel’s first product on that node. This news comes after Intel’s…

CES 2020: 64-Core Threadripper 3990X Arriving February at $3,990

Jim Tanous — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 23:17:06 +0000

To cap off its CES 2020 Keynote, AMD expanded its third-generation Threadripper lineup with the announcement of the 64-core Ryzen Threadripper 3990X. AMD previously launched the 24-core Threadripper 3960X and 32-core Threadripper…

Intel Officially Reveals 10th Gen Core X-Series Processor SKUs, Pricing, and Availability

Sebastian Peak — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 23:10:07 +0000

After details of upcoming Cascade Lake-X processors leaked as reported by VideoCardz.com, Intel has now officially shared details of these upcoming products. And yes, those aggressive prices in the leak…

Rumored Intel Price Cut Will Slash Desktop CPU Prices Up to 15% In Response to Ryzen 3000

Jim Tanous — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 13:54:45 +0000

When AMD announced its upcoming Ryzen 3000-series desktop lineup at Computex (followed by the surprise reveal of the 16-core 3950X at E3), the company touted superior core counts than competing Intel processors…

One-Click Overclocking With The Intel Performance Maximizer

Jim Tanous — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 13:00:45 +0000

Intel today is launching the Intel Performance Maximizer (IPM), a new utility that gives users one-click overclocking of their recent high-end processors. The Intel Performance Maximizer is targeted at new and…

Intel Processors Affected by Newly Discovered Speculative Execution Flaws

Sebastian Peak — Wed, 15 May 2019 15:13:39 +0000

Intel has been in the news in the past 24 hours thanks to the latest CPU exploit discovery called ZombieLoad, though patches have already been released by Microsoft as well…

AMD Announces 2nd Gen Ryzen PRO and Athlon PRO Mobile Processors

Sebastian Peak — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 18:28:43 +0000

AMD has announced new 2nd-gen Ryzen PRO 3000-series mobile processors and a new Athlon PRO model, all of which feature RX Vega graphics and range up to a 4 core/8-thread offering with…

AMD Lists Radeon RX 490 Graphics Card, New APUs in Gaming Promo

Sebastian Peak — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 15:27:51 +0000

AMD's current "We're in the Game" promotion offers a glimpse at upcoming product names, including the Radeon RX 490 graphics card, and the new Bristol Ridge APUs. Visit AMD's gaming promo page…

GLOBALFOUNDRIES Achieves 14nm FinFET – Coming to New AMD Products

Sebastian Peak — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 20:09:31 +0000

GlobalFoundries has today officially announced their success with sample 14 nm FinFET production for upcoming AMD products. (Image credit: KitGuru) GlobalFoundries licensed 14 nm LPE and LPP technology from Samsung in 2014, and…

Report: AMD Godavari CPU Lineup Leaked – New APUs and Athlon X4 Processors

Sebastian Peak — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 20:41:18 +0000

VR-Zone has published a report with a detailed slide showing upcoming AMD Godavari processors, and the updated lineup includes 12 new models. Image credit: VR-Zone The release schedule indicates a spring availability…

Anandtech Teaches Some Physics

Scott Michaud — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 07:57:27 +0000

Ah, Solid State Physics. Semiconductors are heavily based on this branch, because it explains the physical (mechanical, electrical, thermal, etc.) properties of solids based on how their atoms are organized. These properties…

AMD Announces It Will Build 64-bit ARM Processors for Server Markets

Ryan Shrout — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:53:30 +0000

On a not very technically reliable webcast today, AMD has announced that it will produce 64-bit processors based on the ARM architecture and combine them with the "Freedom Fabric" they acquired with…

Intel Launching Pilot Overclocking Protection Plan

Tim Verry — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:08:37 +0000

Intel relatively recently started producing unlocked "K" series processors that enabled easy overclocking by way of increasing the multiplier. This is a feature that was traditionally reserved for the thousand dollar Extreme…

AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Review: Last of the Breed

Josh Walrath — Tue, 03 May 2011 10:15:22 +0000

Phenom II End of Line AMD releases seemingly the final clockspeed bump for the aging Phenom II X4 line. It was January, 2009 when AMD released their first 45 nm product to…