AMD was the biggest winner on Tuesday, spiking 12%, after Google unveiled Stadia, its plan to upend the video-game industry. At its developer’s conference on Tuesday, Google formally announced that it would use AMD’s graphics processing units for its new cloud-based gaming platform “Stadia.” The new streaming platform will allow gamers to play anywhere they can access the Chrome web browser

Publication: Business Insider

With the upcoming advent of AMD’s new Ryzen 3000 Series of processors, it seems manufacturers have already started adding early support to their X370 and X470 product lineup. AMD’s new Zen 2 based Ryzen 3000 Series processors are scheduled to arrive sometime mid of 2019, sporting higher clocks, increased core count and an overall increase in efficiency. The new chips will utilise the spanking new 7nm process technology.

Publication: Techquila

AMD’s roadmap claims that Zen 2 processors will hit the markets by mid 2019. So going by that, we’ll have to wait about 3 to 4 more months. Meanwhile, in the last few weeks, there have been several leaks, rumours and speculation about the chip’s pricing, specifications and performance. So, our excitement has no bounds. We have another positive piece of news for you. Three motherboard manufactures (Biostar, MSI and ASUS) have released two new updates namely AGESA 0072 and AGESA 0070. These updates, as ASUS explicitly mentions, will improve compatibility with AMD’s ‘upcoming’ processors.

Publication: Gaming Monk

Nvidia Recently launched the Nvidia GTX GeForce 1660 GPU, which is marketed as one of the best value for money 1080p gaming GPU. Now, just a few hours after the launch of the GTX 1160, AMD has made a huge price cut on the AMD RX 590, which is now available for $220.

Publication: GizBot

Over the past two years, AMD has introduced two generations of high-performance processors with Ryzen. Great products based on a completely new architecture with great potential, the Internet is still rife with fears and misinformation when it comes to these products, some of which are misgivings of the brand, while others are related to the underlying implemented technology and the efficacy of performance potential. These misgivings are based on criticism the products faced upon release of the first generation of Ryzen processors.

Publication: Tech Power Up

The biggest move in Advanced Micro Devices Inc. shares in seven weeks led to some head scratching on Wall Street. The stock rallied 12 percent Tuesday as Google unveiled its video-game streaming service that will use AMD processors, even though analysts said the chipmaker’s involvement was already known. AMD Chief Executive Officer Lisa Su said during a presentation at the CES trade show in Janua

Publication: Bloomberg Quint