AMD ships Bristol Ridge to PC makers
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Tuesday, 06 September 2016 13:28

AMD ships Bristol Ridge to PC makers


Four Excavator x86 CPU cores

AMD has announced that its 7th-generation A-Series Bristol Ridge microprocessors are shipping to PC makers.

OEMs appear to kill AMD’s Carrizo
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Tuesday, 09 February 2016 09:42

OEMs appear to kill AMD’s Carrizo


Shackled, overpriced by OEM ball and chain

AMD’s hopes that its Carrizo might boost performance are being stuffed up by its OEM partners crippling the chip and over-pricing products made with it.

AMD launches two new Kaveri APUs
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Tuesday, 02 February 2016 17:07

AMD launches two new Kaveri APUs


The A10-7860K and the A6-7470K

AMD has updated its Kaveri desktop APU lineup with two new SKUs, the quad-core A10-7860K and the dual-core A6-7470K.

AMD releases new A10-7890K flagship APU
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Wednesday, 13 January 2016 12:48

AMD releases new A10-7890K flagship APU


New FM2+ and AM3+ moterboards incoming as well

During CES 2016 show, AMD has announced the new flagship Kaveri-based APU, the AMD A10-7890K, as well as an announced that new FM2+ and AM3+ motherboards with USB 3.1 and M.2 should be incoming.

AMD to refresh Kaveri line-up this week
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A few new SKUs could be on the way

It appears that a couple of new Kaveri APUs are on the way, but don’t expect any miracles. 

AMD Athlon X4 840 renders FM2+ platform even cheaper
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65W, 3.1GHz quad-core 

The new AMD Athlon X4 840 is all about value and should make the transition to FM2+ cheaper, provided you don’t need integrated graphics.

AMD confirms new Kaveri
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Wednesday, 18 February 2015 13:09

AMD confirms new Kaveri


Cheap and unlocked

AMD has confirmed that it is releasing new AMD A8-7650K APUs on February 20.

AMD A8-7650K tips up in Euroland
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Friday, 30 January 2015 08:38

AMD A8-7650K tips up in Euroland


Not bad for €100

A new Kaveri desktop SKU has tipped up in the European channel and the A8-7650K appears to offer good value for money.

AMD Kaveri refresh is Godavari
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Thursday, 29 January 2015 10:57

AMD Kaveri refresh is Godavari


100 MHz faster, Computex-ish launch

We have reported that Kaveri gets a desktop refresh but apparently due to ambient noise at the noisy CES, we didn’t catch the right name. 

AMD has Kaveri refresh for desktops
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Wednesday, 14 January 2015 10:31

AMD has Kaveri refresh for desktops


DeKaveri we heard


We have learned yet another thing about AMD in 2015. The publicly discussed the Carrizo APU that is coming to All-in-Ones and notebooks in the second half of 2015, but many punters have been wondering what is happening on the desktop front.