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AMD has recently expanded its Ryzen 8000 series by introducing the Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F processors. Initially launched in China, these chips were added to AMD's global website, signaling they are available worldwide, apparently from April 1st. Built from the recent Zen 4-based Phoenix APUs using the TSMC 4nm node as their Zen 4 mobile chips, these new CPUs lack integrated graphics. However, the Ryzen 7 8700F does include the integrated Ryzen AI NPU for added capabilities in a world currently dominated by AI and moving it directly into the PC. The company's decision to announce these chips in China aligns with its strategy to offer Ryzen solutions at every price point in the market. Although AMD didn't initially disclose the full...
AMD Expands AI/HPC Product Lineup With Flagship GPU-only Instinct MI300X with 192GB Memory
Alongside their EPYC server CPU updates, as part of today’s AMD Data Center event, the company is also offering an update on the status of their nearly-finished AMD Instinct...
28 by Ryan Smith on 6/13/2023
AMD: EPYC "Genoa-X" CPUs With 1.1GB of L3 Cache Now Available
Alongside today’s EPYC 97x4 “Bergamo” announcement, AMD’s other big CPU announcement of the morning is that their large cache capacity “Genoa-X” EPYC processors are shipping now. First revealed...
7 by Ryan Smith on 6/13/2023
AMD Intros EPYC 97x4 “Bergamo” CPUs: 128 Zen 4c CPU Cores For Servers, Shipping Now
Kicking off a busy day of product announcements and updates for AMD’s data center business group, this morning AMD is finally announcing their long-awaited high density “Bergamo” server CPUs...
14 by Ryan Smith on 6/13/2023
AMD Data Center and AI Technology Premiere Live Blog (Starts at 10am PT/17:00 UTC)
AMD this morning is hosting their first data center and server-focused event in quite some time. Dubbed the "AMD Data Center and AI Technology Premiere," we're expecting a sizable...
0 by Ryan Smith & Gavin Bonshor on 6/13/2023
AMD Ryzen Pro 7000 and 7040 Series Processors : Zen 4 For Commercial Deployments
As is a constant whenever AMD launches their latest desktop and mobile processors, they typically deploy and release a professional and commercial line-up of these processors a few months...
8 by Gavin Bonshor on 6/13/2023
AMD Confirms AM5 Support For Ryzen 8000 Processors, Zen 5 with Navi 3.5
During one of their webinars to channel partners on maximizing server deployments with AMD Ryzen processors, AMD unveiled some of the upcoming plans surrounding their next-generation Zen 5 microarchitecture...
9 by Gavin Bonshor on 6/5/2023
ASRock Unveils Z790 and B650E Taichi Lite Motherboards: Taichi Goes Lite
At Computex 2023 in Taipei, Taiwan, ASRock unveiled two motherboards based on its popular and long-running Taichi series, but with a slight twist. Designed to offer an alternative to...
6 by Gavin Bonshor on 6/2/2023
AMD Launches Zen 2-based Ryzen and Athlon 7020C Series For Chromebooks
Last year, AMD unveiled their entry-level 'Mendicino' mobile parts to the market, which combine their 2019 Zen 2 cores and their RDNA 2.0 integrated graphics to create an affordable...
33 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/23/2023
Voltage Lockdown: Investigating AMD's Recent AM5 AGESA Updates on ASRock's X670E Taichi
It's safe to say that the last couple of weeks have been a bit chaotic for AMD and its motherboard partners. Unfortunately, it's been even more chaotic for some...
39 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/16/2023
AMD To Host AI and Data Center Event on June 13th - MI300 Details Inbound?
In a brief note posted to its investor relations portal this morning, AMD has announced that they will be holding a special AI and data center-centric event on June...
2 by Ryan Smith on 5/9/2023
Noctua Publishes Roadmap: Next-Gen AMD Threadripper Coolers Incoming
Unlike other makers of cooling systems, Noctua has its roadmap advertised on its websites and always updates it to reflect changes in its product development plans. The company's May...
9 by Anton Shilov on 5/9/2023
AMD openSIL Planned to Replace AGESA Firmware in Client and Server in 2026
At a recent OCP Regional Summit held in Prague, AMD shared its plans to replace its AMD Generic Encapsulated Software Architecture (AGESA) firmware with an open-source alternative called Open-Source...
19 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/5/2023
AMD Unveils Ryzen Mobile 7040U Series: Phoenix To Fly Into Thin Notebooks
Back at CES 2023, AMD announced a wave of upcoming Ryzen Mobile SKUs based on its Zen 4 silicon to launch in Q1 2023. Despite experiencing several delays in...
71 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/3/2023
AMD: Ryzen Mobile 7040HS “Phoenix” Laptops to Reach Retailers in a Couple More Weeks
Alongside AMD’s usual slate of financial figures as part of their quarterly earnings call, the company also offered a brief update on the state of the next-generation Ryzen Mobile...
11 by Ryan Smith on 5/3/2023
AMD Reports Q1 2023 Earnings: Slipping Back into the Red as Client Sales Crumble
Continuing our earnings season coverage for Q1’2023, today we have the yin to Intel’s yang, AMD. The number-two x86 chip and discrete GPU maker has been enjoying a growing...
6 by Ryan Smith on 5/3/2023
AMD Issues Second Statement on Ryzen 7000 Burnout Issues: Caps SoC Voltages
Yesterday, AMD issued a statement surrounding the burnout issues some users have been experiencing with their Ryzen 7000X3D processors. The problem, reported in multiple Reddit subforums, includes some Ryzen...
43 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/27/2023
AMD Releases Ryzen Z1 Series: Zen 4 & RDNA 3 Come To Handheld Game Consoles
AMD has announced the Ryzen Z1 series of high-performance processors for handheld PC gaming consoles. The latest Ryzen Z1 chips wield Zen 4 cores and RDNA 3 graphics, a...
20 by Zhiye Liu on 4/26/2023
ASUS Issues Statement on Ryzen 7000X3D Processor Issues, Possible Voltage Issues with AMD EXPO
Yesterday we reported that MSI announced a wave of firmware updates designed to address and alleviate potential issues with users on AM5 using AMD's Ryzen 7000X3D processors with 3D...
8 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/25/2023
AMD Issues Official Statement on Reported Ryzen 7000 Burnout Issues
Yesterday we reported that MSI announced a wave of firmware updates designed to address and alleviate potential issues with users on AM5 using AMD's Ryzen 7000X3D processors with 3D...
35 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/25/2023
MSI Addresses CPU Voltages on AM5 Motherboards for Ryzen 7000X3D Processors
In response to recent reports of AMD's Ryzen 7000X3D processors being damaged, MSI has announced a wave of firmware updates to address potential issues. The highlight of MSI's new...
15 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/24/2023
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