During the CES 2021 keynote, AMD’s CEO Dr.Lisa Su confirmed that mainstream Radeon RX 6000 cards will be arriving in the first half of 2021. And according to a recent report published by Cowcotland, AMD is expected to launch its Radeon RX 6700 series by the end of March 2021. Continue reading AMD’s Radeon RX 6700 XT mid-range GPU to feature 12GB GDDR6 VRAM →

It appears that AMD has recently filed and published a new patent titled “Chiplet-integrated Machine Learning Accelerators”, in which techniques for performing machine learning operations are outlined. AMD describes what the company calls a new MLA (Machine Learning Accelerator) chiplet design. Continue reading AMD files a new patent for a chiplet-based Machine Learning Accelerator design →

According to a recent report coming via Phoronix, AMD’s RDNA2 GPUs have a power management feature dubbed as Duty Cycle Scaling (DCS), as discovered in a recent Linux patch. This feature aims to either temporarily boost performance or reduce the power consumption based on some GPU parameters. Continue reading Some AMD RDNA2-based GPUs come with a power management feature, called ‘Duty Cycle Scaling/DCS’ →

AMD recently held its Q4 2020 earnings call in which AMD’s president and CEO Lisa Su discussed PC chip, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S shortages when investors asked about the magnitude of supply constraints due to growth and the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading AMD CEO expects PC chip shortages to last until the second half of 2021 →

We all know by now that Scalping has become one of the most frustrating things to happen lately, which in turn has affected and disrupted the whole PC hardware and the console gaming market as well. Scalpers had the opportunity to buy a product for the sole purpose of just making a profit off of it, and more specifically for selling it at a much higher price than the initial MSRP. Continue reading Scalpers have made $5.88 million by selling AMD Ryzen 5000 CPUs off Ebay →

AMD has been quite successful with its chiplet-based design which the company has used in its recent Zen series of processors. Instead of building standard, monolithic CPUs, AMD opted for a new type of configuration called a chiplet. From a marketing perspective, chiplets have been a huge hit. Continue reading AMD RDNA 3-based NAVI 31 GPU rumored to feature MCM design & improved Ray Tracing support →

At the recent CES 2021 live showcase, AMD announced its next-generation of Zen 3 powered Ryzen 5000U & Ryzen 5000H CPU lineup for the mobility and laptop segment. These chips belong to the “Cezanne” family. AMD also plans to release desktop variants in the form of APUs. These processors will also be a part of the Cezanne desktop APU family that are planned for a release this Q1 2021 for the retail market segment. Continue reading Leaked AMD Ryzen 7 5700G “Cezanne” APU benchmark reveals chip is more powerful than AMD Ryzen 5800X desktop CPU →

At the CES 2021 event, Dr. Ian Cutress of Anandtech, interviewed AMD’s CEO, Dr. Lisa Su regarding company’s future plans, and how the current demand, supply and tariff situation is going to affect the launch of future products from AMD. Continue reading AMD assures its future next-gen Zen 4/Zen 5 Ryzen CPUs and RDNA 3-based GPUs are on track →

In the latest CES 2021 Keynote, AMD officially announced its next-generation Zen 3 powered Ryzen 5000U & Ryzen 5000H CPU lineup for the notebook and laptop market segment. Codenamed as ‘Cezanne’, the Ryzen 5000 U & H series processors feature the brand new core architecture and deliver vastly improved efficiency & performance metrics compared to previous gen Ryzen 4000 ‘Renoir’ chips. Continue reading AMD announces its new Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 Mobile ‘Cezanne’ processors for high-end gaming laptops →