Earlier this week Apple introduced its new Big Sur macOS during the WWDC conference. It is named after the coastal region of Big Sur in the Central Coast of California. In a symbolic gesture accompanying Apple’s transition of the Macintosh to a new CPU architecture, the primary version number of the operating system has been incremented for the first time since the release of the Mac OS X Public Beta in 2000. Continue reading AMD’s next-gen Navi 31 references have been spotted in Apple macOS 11’s “Big Sur” OS →

When the RX 5600 XT GPU was launched there was chaos and confusion amongst reviewers, Retailers, AIBs and gamers like, because AMD made some last minute changes to the specs and parameters of this GPU. It was sort of a messy launch. Continue reading Select custom AIB RX 5600 XT NAVI GPUs with 14Gbps memory modules are now available for purchase →

AMD’s next-generation Ryzen 5000 APUs codenamed as “Cezanne” have once again been spotted, but this time with proper device IDs for these chips. AMD Cezanne APUs will fall under the 1638 Device ID and several PCI IDs have been spotted by _Rogame, coming via Komachi. Continue reading Here are the Device IDs for AMD’s upcoming next-gen Ryzen 5000 ‘Cezanne’ APUs →

Some alleged GPU IDs of the entire next-gen Navi 2x lineup have been reportedly spotted by _rogame and @KOMACHI_ENSAKA on Twitter (via Videocardz). These entries confirm that we have at least three different GPU variants of the next-gen RDNA2 architecture. Continue reading AMD’s next-gen Navi 2X GPU IDs confirmed for three RDNA 2 dies →

AMD recently revealed a new security vulnerability that affects certain processors and embedded APUs released between 2016 and 2019. Continue reading Some AMD systems are affected by a new vulnerability dubbed as ‘SMM Callout Privilege Escalation’ →

According to one recent report from Taiwan’s most reliable news source Digitimes, AMD has decided to delay the launch of the next-gen Zen 3 architecture based Ryzen 4000 CPU series from September 2020 to early 2021. Continue reading AMD’s upcoming next-gen Ryzen 4000 Series ‘Zen 3’ CPUs reportedly delayed to 2021 [UPDATE] →

Bhphotovideo.com and Newegg are currently selling the ZEN 2 Matisse Ryzen 7 3700X desktop CPU for $275, which is $55 off its original $329.99 MSRP. This is the lowest price this CPU has ever seen, 17% off. Continue reading AMD Ryzen 7 3700X CPU is currently selling for $275, an all-time low price →

In a previous leak Amazon Italy listed AMD “Matisse Refresh” Ryzen 3000XT’s pricing and release date, but those were not fully accurate. Now we have full confirmation on the specs and the expected retail price of these new SKUs, courtesy of AMD, Videocardz‘s internal sources, and MSI. Continue reading AMD Ryzen 3000XT “Matisse Refresh” processor’s specs and pricing has been officially confirmed →