China blocks Windows, Intel and AMD for government use
The Chinese government has made the decision to run its IT infrastructure entirely on homegrown hardware and software. From now on, municipalities, ministries and other government agencies will not be allowed to use Windows computers or Intel and AMD chips.
In late December, China's IT security ... Read more
Do the AI promises from Microsoft, Google and AMD pay off?
Microsoft, Google and AMD recently presented quarterly results for the final quarter of 2023. That year was dominated by AI for these companies, as it was for many others in the IT industry. A lot of promises have been made around that technology, and shareholders expect to see some of that in the ... Read more
AI data can be stolen from Apple, AMD and Qualcomm chips
Many GPUs are vulnerable to leaking data from AI models. An attacker only needs access to the operating system of the device within which the GPU is running.
Researchers from security firm Trail of Bits explain to Wired that GPU vulnerabilities are becoming increasingly urgent. AI data in chunks... Read more
New 8000G series is the “ultimate all-in-one” desktop chip, AMD says
At CES 2023, AMD is making several announcements of new chips. Following Intel's lead, AMD is boasting about a new series of AI processors.
The Ryzen 8000G series comes in four variants, each based on the Zen 4 architecture. The Ryzen 7000 series, released in 2022, also used Zen 4. In that respe... Read more
SLAM-attack steals data from AMD and Intel CPUs
The Spectre LAM (SLAM) technique makes future processors from Intel, AMD and Arm susceptible to attacks.
This was discovered by researchers at VU University Amsterdam. According to the researchers, the SLAM hacking technology, which builds on the well-known Spectre attack technique, enables a s... Read more
AMD introduces Instinct MI300X and MI300A for data centers
AMD has introduced a series of new AMD Instinct AI accelerators for data centers. In addition, the chip giant also announced the new Ryzen 8040 series for AI PCs and laptops.
For data centers, AMD is introducing two new AI accelerator processors within the Instinct line: the AMD Instinct MI300X ... Read more
AMD responds to ‘industrial mega-trends’ with powerful embedded chips
Like other tech players, AMD has taken notice of the recent rise of connected devices, automation and AI. Upon its announcement today, it's calling these three innovations the "industrial mega-trends". They all require more computing power that must be quickly addressable. That's the key motivation... Read more
AMD also opts for Big Little with Ryzen 7040U laptop chips
AMD has produced CPUs with a hybrid architecture for laptops for the first time. While Intel first combined performance cores (P-cores) with efficiency cores (E-cores) in consumer x86 chips in early 2022 with Alder Lake, AMD is now opting for similar offerings with differently-sized cores, starting... Read more
AMD suggests its AI chip will make them $2 billion in a year
AMD CEO Lisa Su predicts that the company will earn $2 billion in 2023 from its new AI chip. The Radeon Instinct MI300 will start shipping to customers in the coming weeks. With this GPU, AMD will hope to intensify its competition with Nvidia, which currently dominates the AI market. AMD stock valu... Read more
Nvidia and AMD to challenge Intel with ARM chips in Windows computers
The end of Intel's dominance in the PC market seems ever closer. In recent years, AMD has already stepped up the competition, but now it has become clear that Intel is going to face competition from another angle. Both Nvidia and AMD are working on ARM chips for Windows computers.
Microsoft has ... Read more