Vega 10 AMD HBM 2 could launch in 1H 2017
Published in Graphics


March 2017 launch possible

Vega 10 is the successor to Polaris and if all goes well you will see the world’s first HBM 2.0 based GPU from the house of AMD – RTG in the first part of 1H 2016, possibly even in Q1 2017. 

AMD’s power problem is a problem after all
Published in Graphics


Company burning the midnight oil

AMD is burning the midnight oil fixing a problem on its new Polaris card which it thought was not an issue last week.

AMD investigating PCI power draw issues
Published in Graphics


Is the RX480 a power vampire?

Since AMD’s new RX480 card has launched there have been reports that it seems to have issues with the PCI Express slot.

AMD rolls out new Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.6.2 drivers
Published in Graphics


Support for RX 480 and some new features 

Following the official launch of the Radeon RX 480 graphics card, AMD has released its new Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.6.2 Beta drivers, which bring support for the new RX 480 but also adds a few new features, including the new overclocking AMD WattMan utility.

AMD writes a cheque for gaming software specialist HiAlgo
Published in Graphics


Improving framerates

In a sign of self-confidence, AMD has announced the acquisition of gaming software specialist HiAlgo

AMD officially launches the Radeon RX 480
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 29 June 2016 16:29

AMD officially launches the Radeon RX 480


Starts the rebellion with US $199 Polaris card

AMD has officially launched its first graphics card based on the new Polaris GPU architecture and 14nm FinFET manufacturing process, the Radeon RX 480.

Begun the AMD Nvidia wars have
Published in News
Tuesday, 28 June 2016 10:49

Begun the AMD Nvidia wars have


Kicking off early

AMD and Nvidia fanboys are expected to battle each other to death on Fudzilla’s comments section as AMD readies to launch its new Polaris-based Radeon RX 480 graphics card.

AMD RX 470 4GB to have US $149 MSRP
Published in Graphics
Thursday, 23 June 2016 14:46

AMD RX 470 4GB to have US $149 MSRP


8GB version priced at US $179

With its agressive pricing move on the Radeon RX 480, AMD has no choice but to continue the same thing with the lower positioned Radeon RX 470, which should end up with a US $149 MSRP for the 4GB version.

Intel still contesting AMD fine
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 22 June 2016 14:31

Intel still contesting AMD fine


US$1.4 billion at stake

Intel is still contesting the landmark US$1.4 billion antitrust fine from the European Commission, which in May 2009 found it had abused its dominant position in the market for x86 processors.

AMD Zeppelin is an 8 core Zen
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 22 June 2016 10:11

AMD Zeppelin is an 8 core Zen


Exclusive: Up to four Zeppelin clusters for 32-core Naples option

A few months back Nick wrote about AMD Zen processor found in a Linux Kernel Mailing List confirming that Zeppelin had support for eight bundles of four cores on a single chip, or 32 physical processing cores.