AMD possibly affected by RansomHouse cyberattack
RansomHouse claims to have captured data from AMD. In a statement, the chip manufacturer says it's investigating the possibility of a breach.
According to RansomHouse, 450GB of AMD data was stolen. The cybercriminals claim that the data is for sale. Stolen data reportedly includes research and f... Read more
New PCIe 7.0 quadruples the peak bandwidth of the fastest PCs
The PCI Special Interest Group has started finalizing the specifications of PCIe 7.0.
The PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) has begun finalizing some specifications of PCIe 7.0, the group revealed this Tuesday. They further shared that they expect the reveal at the start of 2025.
PCI Expr... Read more
As cryptocurrency plunges, GPU prices fall even further
Graphical processing unit (GPU) prices are dropping steadily due to the cryptocurrency crash. Multiple models are on offer for prices that seemed like bargains five months ago.
Cryptocurrency is going through a tough year. Bitcoin (BTC) dropped over 50 percent since the beginning of this year, ... Read more
‘AMD Milan outperforms Intel’
Researchers from Cockroach Labs conclude that the most powerful cloud instances run on AMD Milan. The processors outperform Intel Ice Lake and Cascade Lake.
Cockroach Labs investigated the cloud instance offering of Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and AWS. The report sheds light on providers' pri... Read more
AMD introduces Ryzen 7000 CPUs based on Zen 4 architecture
AMD recently introduced the Ryzen 7000, a new desktop processor. The 5 nanometer model is based on Zen 4 architecture and accompanied by a new installation socket. Furthermore, AMD announced a new series of laptop processors.
AMD announced the news during a keynote at Computex 2022. The Ryzen 7... Read more
AMD chooses Google Cloud to provide chip design automation workload
Chip-making expert Advanced Micro Devices has planned to shift its workload of electronic design automation to Google Cloud to achieve better performance and flexibility
Google Cloud and AMD have announced a groundbreaking collaboration of electronic design automation (EDA) for the chip design w... Read more
AMD and Qualcomm to introduce wifi 6, 6E and remote wifi management
The AMD Ryzen Pro 6000 will become the first chip to feature Qualcomm FastConnect 6900.
AMD and Qualcomm are collaborating to optimize Ryzen Pro business laptops with FastConnect 6900 wifi connectivity.
The optimization uses a 6GHz wireless band. It's speculated that FastConnect will offer i... Read more
Dynabook introduces Satellite Pro C40D-B laptops with AMD processors
Dynabook recently introduced a series of new business Satellite Pro C40D-B laptops. The laptops are based on AMD Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 processors.
The laptops are well-suited for hybrid work due to their relatively low weight. The devices feature either a AMD Ryzen 5 5600U or Ryzen7 5800U processo... Read more
AMD introduces dedicated line of Chromebook processors
The new AMD Ryzen 5000 C-Series brings Zen 3 architecture to to Chromebooks.
According to ADM, the Ryzen 5000 C-Series processors provides a suitable alternative to the Intel processors typically featured in Chromebooks. It's safe to say that AMD is seriously upping its competetiveness in this s... Read more
AMD increases revenue by 71 percent
AMD's sales increased by a whopping 71 percent in the first quarter of 2022. Its EPYC server processors were particularly popular. The acquisition of chip manufacturer Xilinx contributed significantly.
Revenue rose to 5.89 billion dollars (5.6 billion euros), a 71 percent increase from the same ... Read more