AMD does well
Surprised Wall Street
The cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street were stunned when AMD forecast 2022 revenue above expectations.
China officially agreed to the AMD Xilinx acquisition
China’s regulatory authority approval is official
China’s regulatory authority has given AMD the green light for a $35 billion acquisition. USA, Korea, Taiwan, and the European Union already gave their blessing for the transaction earlier.
Exynos 2200 officially supported by Netflix
Dimensity 1200, Unisoc also made on the list
Netflix has a demanding rule for qualifying to play in HD, HDR, and supported chipsets. The chips from HiSilicon, MediaTek, Qualcomm, Samsung, and Unisoc made it on the list, but surprisingly, Netflix announced official support for Exynos 2200.
AMD downgraded
Piper Sandler is not optimistic
AMD was downgraded Thursday by Wall Street analysts Piper Sandler to neutral from overweight.
Xilinx starts 8-megapixel automotive camera era
OMNIVISION Demonstrates Industry’s First 8-Megapixel LFM Image Sensor
If you ask Elon Mask, cameras are the most important sensor in order to get to the full self-driving. We believe that a combination of radar, camera, and lidar, if price permits, is the best way, but this is just us. In that light, Xilinx, in partnership with OMNIVISION has demonstrated the Industry’s First 8-Megapixel LFM Image sensor system for forward-looking automotive camera systems. In plain words, an 8-megapixel camera will make the car see much further, clearer, and get more detail, directly increasing the security of the vehicle and its passengers.
Samsung confirms Exynos 2200 is coming with Galaxy S22 series
Despite cancellation and issues rumors
While it was originally meant to show up on January 11th, Samsung Exynos 2200 SoC was a no show, and now Samsung has officially confirmed it will be launching alongside the Galaxy S22 series phones, despite rumors about issues or even that it is canceled
Apple fanboys want Intel 12th generation chips
At least those who know a bit about PCs
While Jobs Mob does not want to flog a Mac with one of Intel's 12th-generation Core processors, there is support amongst those fanboys who know about PCs to make it happen.
AMD part of Amazon’s High-Performance Computing
EC2 Hpc6a Instances for HPC Workloads
AMD’s new EPYC chips are behind Amazon’s EC2 Hpc6a Instance Optimised High-Performance Computing (HPC) product.
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT could cost as high as €300 in Europe
Nowhere near MSRP
Although the Radeon RX 6500 XT has been announced with a rather reasonable $199 MSRP, it appears that retailers/e-tailers have a slightly different idea and those could cost €300 in Europe.
AMD says 5nm Zen 4 is on track for H2 2022
New AM5 socket, PCIe Gen 5, DDR5, and more
During its 2022 Product Premiere event at the CES 2022, AMD confirmed that its 5nm Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 series is coming this year and it will be "available in 2H22 for PC gamers".