AMD releases four second generation Ryzen chips
15 percent higher gaming performance
AMD has announced the global availability of its second Generation AMD Ryzen desktop processors, which it claims, offer up to 15 percent higher gaming performance than the first generation.
AOC presents AGON AG322QC4 gaming monitor
Comes with FreeSync 2 and DisplayHDR 400 support
AOC has unveiled its latest gaming monitor in the AGON-series, the 32-inch AOC AGON AG322QC4, which comes with a 31.5-inch 3-sided frameless VA-panel, 2560x1440 resolution and support for both AMD FreeSync 2 and DisplayHDR 400.
AMD hits back at Nvidia's partner programme
Handbags at dawn
AMD has been firing off some salvos at Nvidia's Partner Programme which appears designed to force suppliers to only sell its products.
Dell unveils Inspiron 13 7000 convertible with AMD Ryzen mobile APU
13.3-incher with Ryzen 5 2500U or Ryzen 2700U APUs
Dell has rather silently unveiled its newest Inspiron 13 7000 convertible notebook with 13.3-inch 1080p touchscreen and AMD Mobile Ryzen APUs, starting at $729.99.
Ryzen 7 2700X and Ryzen 5 2600X Overclock to 5.88 GHz
Sadly needed exotic cooling
Two of AMD's upcoming second-generation Ryzen processors have already been overclocked to more than 5.8GHz and beyond.
Nvidia-Intel licensing was really just a payment
Settlement wrapped in a paper
Last year Nvidia stopped getting so called licensing money from Intel. After five years the financial injection was delivered in total. This all came after the Intel and Nvidia conflict that started over chipsets, but essentially was a settlement that ended up being called licensing. It never was GPU licensing.
Motherboard makers cheer their own AM4 X470 motherboards
ASRock, Asus, Biostar, Gigabyte, and MSI join the party
As expected, since AMD has now officially lifted the NDA (non disclosure agreement) from its second generation Ryzen 2000-series Pinnacle Ridge CPUs and the shiny new X470 chipset, most, if not all motherboard makers have announced their own versions, with some launching more than one motherboard to cover a wider market range.
AMD 2nd-gen Ryzen 2000-series CPUs now up for pre-order
To be available on April 19th
AMD has now officially announced details and the official pre-order launch of its Ryzen 2000-series CPUs that will use the improved Zen+ architecture and will start shipping on April 19th, alongside new X470-chipset motherboards.
Darren Grasby gets to run AMD CPU and GPU sales
Reporting directly to Jim Anderson
Up until January, Darren Grasby an ATI sales veteran, was working as President EMEA and Global Channel Sales at AMD. A month later he was promoted to run Corporate VR Global Computing and Graphics Sales and president for AMD in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Ryzen 5 codename is hinted at
Years away - 2022 to 2025
AMD has a video where it talks about the Ryzen and its success over the last year and Mike Clark Sr. Fellow Design Engineering was allowed to slip the Codename Ryzen 5 to his rapt listeners.