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Nintendo NX ARM SoC May Offer Xbox One Performance
Last week, we heard that the Nintendo NX might be powered by a Tegra SoC from Nvidia. This ran contrary to previous rumours that suggested that Nintendo would choose to go with AMD for their next console. In the latest report to come out, industry insider Emily Rogers is reporting that…
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AMD Zen Rumoured to Have Passed Testing With Flying Colours
AMD’s next-gen x86 CPU core architecture, codenamed Zen, has, according to rumour, been fully tested and has “met all expectation [sic]” with no “significant bottlenecks”. A source told WCCFTech that AMD and its partners are “very excited” over Zen, and that the chip could help the company be more “competitive…
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AMD Zen and K12 Finalized and Taped Out
Despite pretty dismal Q3 2015 results, AMD looks set for a good late 2016 and 2017. AMD has reportedly completed their next generation Zen and K12 designs and have taped them out. This comes after AMD reported that they have taped out a number of FinFET designs during Q3 2015. With both…
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CPU Wizard Jim Keller Leaves AMD
One of the most renowned members of AMD, Jim Keller is leaving the firm once again. The former Chief Architect of Microprocessor Cores is leaving today to pursue other opportunities. Jim Keller was instrumental in designing the K7 and later K8 CPUs that really put Intel in a tough corner.…
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AMD’s Official Roadmaps Reveals the Company’s Plans for the next 5 Years
AMD has revealed what the company plans to do with its GPUs and CPUs in the next 5 years at the PC Cluster Consortium event in Osaka Japan, where AMD’s Junji Hayashi revealed the company’s roadmap. During the event, AMD has focused on its graphics IP and the products that…
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AMD CEO Claims “We do not Live in the Shadow of Intel”
The battle will be raging until the end of time, Intel vs AMD, who’s better? Who’s faster? Who’s more affordable? Recently, AMD CEO Rory Read announced that his chief operating officer, Lisa Su, would become the new top dog – effective immediately. In one of her first statements, she made…
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