Tag: AMD

Processor ARM race heats up as Nvidia could soon challenge Intel, AMD and Apple with its N1X laptop CPU

Laptops packing Nvidia's N1X are set to arrive in Q1 2026, rumor claimsThat means these notebooks should...

The two things AMD subtly revealed at CES that actually excite me

As we predicted, the world's biggest consumer electronics show was a bit of a bust for gamers...

AMD CPU users beware – this security flaw could spill all your secrets

CISPA researchers uncover AMD CPU flaw “StackWarp” breaking confidential VM protectionsVulnerability enables RCE, privilege escalation, and theft...

This chip maker mounted a challenge to Intel’s Pentium range – so AMD bought it

AMD needed a solution to product failuresNexGen produced some powerful equipmentThe company used a unique x86 architectureNexGen...

Rumor claims Nvidia has ‘essentially killed off’ the RTX 5070 Ti and 5060 Ti 16GB – possibly leaving AMD free to dominate mid-range GPUs

Nvidia's RTX 5070 Ti has been "essentially killed off" according to a YouTube channelThe same is true...

“2026 is the year we expect to see the AI PC crossover” – AMD head tells us why this will be the year of...

With AI PCs continuing to grow in popularity, AMD has said this is the year it expects...

AMD’s FSR Redstone Frame Generation tested: image quality gets a boost, but there’s one deal-breaking catch

Nvidia and AMD have gone head-to-head again with DLSS 4.5 and FSR Redstone, respectively, and so far,...

Plucky startup Bolt Graphics still wants to use RISC-V to compete with Nvidia, AMD in AI and beyond — and given CUDA’s port on...

Bolt Graphics is building a RISC-V based GPU to challenge NvidiaCUDA support on RISC-V could lower software...

Broadcom reinvents AMD’s APU moniker as it launches Wi-Fi 8 chip — this accelerated processing unit doesn’t include a GPU but has 10GbE connectivity

Broadcom repurposes the APU label for networking silicon rather than graphics integrationThe BCM4918 shifts packet handling away...

GMKTec EVO-T2 has more AI firepower than Ryzen AI Max+ 395 mini PC — Core Ultra X9 388H delivers 180TOPS, 50% more than its...

GMKtec launches EVO-T2 mini PC with Intel Core Ultra X9 388H processorEVO-T2 offers expanded memory, fast storage...

‘I’m not going to say prices across all these components will remain flat’: AMD exec suggests price rises for Radeon GPUs are coming

AMD's David McAfee was interviewed at CES 2026The exec said that the RAM crisis won't affect stock...

Odinn Omnia is the fastest portable PC you’ll see in 2026 — it weighs 37kg, but hey, it has 4 Nvidia GPUs, 2 AMD...

Odinn Omnia weighs 37kg and packs four Nvidia GPUs insideDual AMD EPYC processors deliver a combined 384...

AMD will launch its first PC in 2026, and it will compete with a very familiar brand — Ryzen AI Halo will go head-to-head...

AMD Ryzen AI Halo delivers 16 CPU cores and 32 threads for AI workloadsIntegrates an NPU alongside...

Razer joins AI bandwagon with external AI accelerator backed by iconic AMD chip architect

Razer introduces local AI hardware focused on developers and on premise workTenstorrent accelerator adds portable AI compute...

AMD says its Instinct MI500 AI Accelerator will come in 2027 — but is it too late with Nvidia set to introduce Vera-Rubin in...

AMD targets MI500 launch in 2027 as Nvidia prepares Vera-Rubin a year earlierCES 2026 shows growing gap...

AMD CEO welcomes us to the “YottaScale era” – Lisa Su says AI will need YottaFLOPS of compute power soon

AMD CEO Dr Lisa Su kicks off CES 2026 with her keynoteSu says AI will soon need...

AMD’s new Ryzen 7 9850X3D makes the best gaming CPU even faster

AMD is introducing an improved version of its popular Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor today at CES. The...

AMD heard you like powerful gaming portables — so here are new Strix Halo chips

The GPD Win 5. AMD's Strix Halo, aka "Ryzen AI Max," is a hugely expensive chip that includes...

AMD Ryzen AI 400 official: Will these laptop chips maintain AMD’s lead?

We were rightly skeptical of AMD's Ryzen AI 300 "Strix Point" laptop chips in 2024. Now they're...

AMD’s Ryzen AI 400 chips are a big boost for laptops and desktops alike

The whole AI PC trend didn't exactly set the world on fire last year, but, like clockwork,...

AMD’s new Ryzen AI Max+ chips and Ryzen 7 9850X3D court desktop enthusiasts at CES 2026

While it's nice to see desktop support in AMD's new Ryzen AI 400 chips, demanding gamers and...

The AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D is only one of the chips Team Red announced at CES 2026—and the others might have Intel sweating

AMD’s next-generation desktop processors still don’t have a confirmed launch date, but Team Red isn’t done with...

Intel beats AMD on sheer value as it ranks 7 CPUs in PassMark’s top 10 Price Performance leaderboard — AMD gets number 1 but...

Intel places seven CPUs in PassMark's top ten price performance rankingsAMD leads only through discounted Ryzen 5...

The Core 9 Ultra 285K is Intel’s fastest CPU and costs under $500 – so why is it so much cheaper compared to AMD...

Intel’s flagship undercuts AMD while delivering similar overall desktop performanceAMD charges much more for only modest gains...

How to watch the AMD CES 2026 keynote live

AMD is kicking off CES 2026 on Monday, where it'll cover its latest AI developments and perhaps...

AMD is slowly turning into Intel of yesteryear as $501 32-thread Ryzen 9 7950X is just enough to beat 20-thread $270 Core Ultra 7...

Intel’s cheaper CPUs now challenge AMD’s high end pricing logicPerformance gaps shrink as AMD charges more for...

Windows on Arm had another good year

In 2024, Qualcomm's Snapdragon X chips finally made Arm-based Windows laptops viable. Unlike previous Arm laptops that...

Engineers, AMD has a Christmas gift for you: Extensive benchmarking puts much cheaper Radeon Pro ahead of Nvidia’s finest in key engineering software packages

Radeon Pro GPUs outperform Nvidia’s top cards in critical SOLIDWORKS workloadsMidrange Radeon Pro GPUs match high-end Nvidia...

Intel sells the fastest sub-$200 CPUs that you can buy right now and AMD can barely keep up, even with a Ryzen 9 5900XT...

Intel’s sub-$200 CPUs now deliver performance once reserved for far pricier processorsCore Ultra 5 chips pressure AMD...

Nab this superb RTX 5060 Ti gaming PC for under $900 — complete with 32GB DDR5 RAM and an AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

With Christmas almost upon us, this iBuyPower Element SE desktop is a great choice for 2026 if...

This superfast 32-core AMD CPU costs under $140 with a 5-year warranty — but there’s a big catch

If you’re shopping for a high-end desktop CPU and don’t want to spend over the odds, this...

The Chuwi CoreBook X 7430U is a cheap but useful Windows AMD laptop – but my tests prove you’ll want to upgrade it for...

Chuwi CoreBook X 7430U: 30-second reviewBack in February 2025, I said in my review of the Chuwi...