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AMD Confirms High-Severity TPM Vulnerabilities Affecting Ryzen Processors
AMD has shared an official security bulletin confirming two high-severity security flaws in its TPM 2.0 implementation. The vulnerabilities have CVSS scores of 8.5 and 8.3 and affect a wide range of AMD processors, covering desktop CPUs from the Ryzen 3000 series to the Ryzen 9000 series, as well as…
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AMD Officially Raises Radeon RX 9000 Prices by Up to 20%
More bad news for the graphics card market. After weeks of rumors and gradual price increases caused by the shortage of VRAM memory, AMD has officially changed the suggested prices of its entire Radeon RX 9000 lineup based on the RDNA 4 architecture. The increases for the third quarter of…
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AMD AM4 Still Dominates CPU Sales as AM5 and DDR5 Costs Remain High
Despite being on the market for several years and the arrival of the Zen 5 architecture, AMD‘s older AM4 platform continues to show surprising longevity. The latest sales data from retailers such as Mindfactory in Germany and Amazon in the United States shows that AM4 is seeing a comeback as…
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Radeon RX 9070 GRE Drops to $479 as Graphics Card Prices Continue to Rise
The PC hardware market is going through a difficult period. After a large wave of price increases caused by memory shortages and higher memory costs, both AMD and Nvidia have raised the prices of their latest graphics cards. However, one model is going against this trend: the Radeon RX 9070…
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AMD FSR 4.1 Improves Image Quality on RDNA 3, But Reduces Performance by Up to 10%
The latest tests published by ComputerBase show that using AMD FSR 4.1 on graphics cards with the RDNA 3 architecture comes with a measurable performance cost compared to FSR 3.1. Frame rates are lower in several situations, but in return, image sharpness is improved. In tests with the Radeon RX…
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CXMT Breaks the DDR5-8800 Barrier on AMD’s X870E Platform
Chinese manufacturer CXMT (ChangXin Memory Technologies) has made a major step in the DRAM memory industry, with its memory reaching speeds beyond the DDR5-8800 barrier. During a recent overclocking showcase held by Colorful, memory modules using CXMT chips managed to break the DDR5-8800 barrier on AMD’s X870E platform. During the…
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ASUS and Gigabyte Reportedly Raise GPU Channel Prices by Up to 20% in China
Distribution prices in China continued to rise in August, affecting both Nvidia GeForce and AMD Radeon graphics cards from ASUS and Gigabyte, including entry-level products and models from previous generations. China’s PC hardware market is facing another wave of graphics card price increases. According to reports from Board Channels (thanks…
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AMD Reports Record $11.5 Billion Revenue in Q2 2026, Driven by Data Center Growth
AMD has released its financial results for the second quarter of 2026, reporting record revenue of $11.5 billion. This represents a 50% increase compared to the same period last year. The company also posted net income of $2.3 billion, with a 54% gross margin under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).…
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Gigabyte Increases the Price of Its Graphics Cards in Japan by Up to 40% and Warns of Possible Cancellations
The PC component market in Asia is facing another round of price increases. After the recent price hikes reported in South Korea, the impact has now officially reached Japan. According to a notice published by distributor CFD Sales through its wholesale platform CFD-BIZ, Gigabyte graphics cards will see price increases…
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AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 “Gorgon Halo” Appears in Geekbench 7
AMD‘s upcoming Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495, also known by the codename Gorgon Halo, has appeared in the Geekbench 7 database, giving an early look at the company’s next high-performance processor for mobile workstations. The benchmark was run on a 16-inch HP ZBook Ultra G3a mobile workstation equipped with 96…
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AMD Begins RDNA 5 Linux Support With New Driver Updates
AMD has started releasing new patches for its Linux graphics drivers, revealing the first details about the upcoming RDNA 5 graphics architecture, which is internally known as GFX13. The changes made to the AMDGPU driver source code confirm the arrival of the DCN6 (Display Core Next 6) display engine. It…
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First Radeon RX 9050 Reviews Show Performance Well Behind the RTX 5050
AMD only revealed this week that it was working on the Radeon RX 9050, but few expected the graphics card to arrive so soon. Early reviews have now appeared, giving the first look at how the entry-level GPU performs against NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5050. AMD has taken an unusual approach…
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Radeon RX 9050 Debuts for $279 in Asia, Japan and Latin America
The Radeon RX 9050 was officially introduced yesterday in an unusual way through ASRock. The graphics card maker revealed that the GPU will be available in two versions: one with 4 GB of VRAM and another with 8 GB. While the full specifications were already known, its retail price had…
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AMD Introduces Radeon RX 9050 in 4 GB and 8 GB Configurations
ASRock has published the product page for the Radeon RX 9050, a low-end graphics card designed for the OEM market. The GPU has already appeared in several iBuyPower desktop PCs priced between $890 and $1,000. The Radeon RX 9050 comes in two different versions based on memory capacity. Both models…
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AMD Zen 7 Expected to Be the Final CPU Generation for the AM5 Socket
AMD has confirmed that it will continue supporting the AM5 platform until 2029, showing its commitment to keeping the socket alive for many years. However, the company’s roadmap already points to the end of the platform. Current information suggests that Ryzen processors based on the Zen 7 architecture will be…
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