With the release of AMD’s upcoming Zen architecture upon us, it seems motherboard manufacturers are attempting to maximize sales from the current AM3+ and FM2+ platforms ...
February 4, 2016 at 9:42 pm by John Williamson
Despite being stuck on the 28nm node for the past while, AMD has been working to bring more CPUs to consumers with better binning and performance as the process and ...
February 4, 2016 at 3:41 pm by Samuel Wan
In the days before AMD launched their APUs, all of their consumer CPUs largely used the socket across their lineup. When AMD launched their Llano series of APUs in 2011, they ...
January 9, 2016 at 1:00 pm by Samuel Wan
Ever since Llano launched back in 2011, AMD has been pushing their APUs as being the next big thing. Combining a powerful CPU and GPU on one die, the APU allows even budget ...
January 2, 2016 at 5:00 pm by Samuel Wan
AMD’s new line of CPUs and APUs are hotly awaited amongst hardware enthusiasts and long-time fans of the company. These new chips, set to make use of AMD’s ...
December 19, 2015 at 1:18 pm by Alexander Neil
Documents have surfaced, via Benchlife.info, that suggest AMD is starting its transition from Excavator architecture to Zen architecture, with the company’s new Socket AM4 ...
December 10, 2015 at 4:00 pm by Ashley Allen
GlobalFoundaries has proudly revealed that it has built its first AMD chips on its advanced 14nm FinFET process, involving LPP silicon, with AMD planning to integrate the ...
November 6, 2015 at 5:00 pm by Ashley Allen
Having moved from PowerPC to Intel’s x86 a little under a decade ago, it looks like Apple may be considering a CPU switch again. This time around, the rumours point o a ...
October 21, 2015 at 9:00 pm by Samuel Wan
AMD have just announced that they are now on a joint venture with electronics giant, Fujitsu. The two companies will be pairing together to provide factories in Penang ...
October 15, 2015 at 11:06 pm by Robert Ainsworth
AMD introduced its most powerful line of AMD PRO A-Series mobile and desktop processors to date, formerly codenamed Carrizo PRO and Godavari PRO. Along with the new APUs, AMD ...
October 1, 2015 at 12:00 pm by Bohs Hansen
Earlier this year, AMD launched the A-series APUs under the “Carrizo” codename which strive for energy efficiency and lower wattage demands. In 2014, AMD outlined ...
September 18, 2015 at 10:21 am by John Williamson
AMD has announced that it is spinning off its Radeon graphics card brand as a separate division. Raja Koduri has been appointed as the Head of the division, dubbed the Radeon ...
September 12, 2015 at 9:00 am by Ashley Allen
Ever since AMD launched the much maligned Bulldozer CPUs, fans have been waiting for chips that would be competitive performance wise with Intel. Next year, however, that is ...
September 11, 2015 at 9:30 am by Samuel Wan
When a company is in trouble, one of the many steps it can take is to reorganize for better efficiency. For the much-besieged AMD, siloing the relatively more successful GPU ...
September 10, 2015 at 9:00 am by Samuel Wan
AMD’s strategy regarding APUs is to update the range with small boosts on a regular basis. The new flagship A10-7890K features an increased frequency of 4.1GHz compared ...
August 26, 2015 at 3:31 pm by John Williamson
