Spectre is back from the dead
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Thursday, 10 March 2022 12:20

Spectre is back from the dead


Harder to kill than Dracula

The embarrassing defect in Intel CPUs Spectre appears to have made a comeback.

Ryzen 5800X3D might not be overclockable
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Wednesday, 09 March 2022 12:21

Ryzen 5800X3D might not be overclockable


Gasp

AMD is planning to launch several new Ryzen models headlined by the Ryzen 7 5800X3D which will apparently feature 100MB of cache due to its new 3D V-cache.

AMD announces Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 WX-Series CPUs
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Zen 3 comes to workstations

AMD has officially announced the new Threadripper Pro 5000 WX-series CPUs based on Zen 3 architecture, promising up to 2x better performance to power ratio compared to Intel's Xeon lineup.

Ryzen has a stuttering problem
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Tuesday, 08 March 2022 11:54

Ryzen has a stuttering problem


Windows 10 and Windows 11

AMD’s Ryzen chips are apparently suffering from a stuttering problem in Windows 10 and 11.

AMD’s EPYC 7003-series available soon
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Friday, 04 March 2022 12:37

AMD’s EPYC 7003-series available soon


Probably by the end of the month

AMD’s server boss Dan McNamara said the company should make its EPYC 7003-series processors with 3D V-Cache available in March.

Oracle, SAP, Intel and AMD retreat from Russia and Belarus
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Going to be difficult to get tech soon

Intel and AMD are no longer supplying chips to Russia and Belarus.

R9 5950X price falls to $600
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Thursday, 03 March 2022 13:38

R9 5950X price falls to $600


Same price as Core i9-12900K

Guru3D has found that AMD's retail partners have dropped the price of the Ryzen 9 5950X to $600.

Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express gets wide acceptance
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Intel, AMD, Arm, TSMC, and Samsung sign up

Intel, AMD, Arm, TSMC, and Samsung have signed up to a Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express (UCIe) consortium.

AMD is now worth more than Intel
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Thursday, 24 February 2022 12:04

AMD is now worth more than Intel


At least before Putin helped Chipzilla out

For the brief time before the Russians caused the share market to go “tits up” AMD had a market cap which was higher than Intel.

Intel gets good Passmark results
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Wednesday, 23 February 2022 11:47

Intel gets good Passmark results


If you believe them then AMD should sell up and surrender to Intel and Apple

The latest PassMark update rankings for single-threaded performance, show that Intel’s 12th Gen Alder Lake-S desktop processors have all taken the Top 10 spots.