AMD specific news
AMD EPYC CPUs, AMD Radeon Instinct GPUs and ROCm Open Source Software to Power World’s Fastest Supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (PROACTIVE)edit
AMD joined the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Cray Inc. in announcing what is expected to be the world’s fastest exascale-class supercomputer, scheduled to be delivered to ORNL in 2021. To deliver what is expected to be more than 1.5 exaflops of expected processing performance, the Frontier system is designed to use future generation High Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) optimized, custom AMD EPYC™ CPU, and AMD Radeon™ Instinct GPU processors.
Publication: Cell IT
Is AMD Skipping 3rd Gen Threadripper This Year?edit
Back in March, AMD released a roadmap for its new products slated for release in 2019 which included the already released 2nd Gen Ryzen Mobile APUs, the upcoming 3rd Gen Ryzen Desktop Processors, and the most awaited 3rd Gen Threadripper CPUs.
Publication: TechQuila
AMD to Build World’s Fastest Supercomputer Called ‘Frontier’ in Collaboration with Cray (PROACTIVE)edit
AMD has announced plans to build what it claims to be the world’s fastest exascale supercomputer in collaboration with Cray Computing for the US government. Dubbed ‘Frontier’, the supercomputer will be installed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which is sponsored by the United States Department of Energy (DOE).
Publication: The Kashmir Monitor
AMD, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept of Energy and Cray Unveil the Fastest Supercomputer (PROACTIVE)edit
Chipmaker AMD along with the US Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National (ORNL) Laboratory and Cray Inc have announced what they claim to be the fastest exascale-class supercomputer. This beast of a device is scheduled to be delivered to ORNL in 2021.
Publication: Firstpost
Frontier: World’s Fastest Supercomputer Crunches 1.5 ExaFlops, Coming In 2021 (PROACTIVE)edit
The US Department of Energy (DOE), in collaboration with Cray Inc. and AMD, has announced a new supercomputer, dubbed Frontier, which is touted to be the world’s fastest computer ever. To be developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Frontier is expected to be available for delivery in 2021.
Publication: Fossbytes
Some AMD Processors Have a Hardware RNG Bug, Losing Randomness After Suspend Resumeedit
Red Hat Systemd (system and service manager) lead developer Lennart Poettering discovered that AMD A6-6310 “Beema” SoC that’s popular among low-cost notebooks, has a faulty implementation of the RdRand random-number generation instruction. The processor’s hardware random number generator (RNG) loses “randomness” after the machine resumes from a suspended state (i.e. waking up the notebook from sleep by opening its lid while it’s powered on). Modern computers rely on RNGs for “entropy,” critical to generation of unpredictable keys on the fly for SSL.
Publication: Tech Power Up
Next Yearedit
AMD’s next-generation Ryzen Threadripper high-end processors seems to have been dropped from 2019 roadmap.
Publication: Deccan Chronicle The Asian Age (Mumbai) (Delhi)
Competition in news
Intel Xe 10nm Graphics Card Confirmed for 2021; 10nm Icelake CPUs Coming in Q4-2019, 7nm in 2021edit
Intel has finally given us a date for the launch of its discrete Xe GPUs, to be based on the 7nm node- 2021. However, don’t get excited just yet, these graphics cards will be for Data Centers, or General Purpose GPU (GPGPU). Intel has also confirmed that similar to the Lakefield SoC, the Xe lineup will leverage 3D stacking of dies which it calls Foveros.
Publication: TechQuila
Partner in news
ASUS Also Outs ROG Strix B365-F Gaming Motherboardedit
In quick succession to last week’s launch of the ROG Strix B365-G Gaming, ASUS rolled out its first ROG-branded ATX motherboard based on Intel B365 Express chipset, the ROG Strix B365-F Gaming. Supporting all 9th and 8th generation Core processors out of the box, this board is targeted at gamers who don’t intend to overclock their CPUs or need memory clock speeds above DDR4-2667. The board draws power from a combination of 24-pin ATX and 8-pin EPS connectors, conditioning it for the CPU with a 10-phase VRM. The board supports up to 64 GB of dual-channel DDR4 memory capped at 2667 MHz.
Publication: Tech Power Up
Industry news
IIT-Bombay develops AJIT, ‘made in India’ microprocessoredit
STUDENTS OF Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-Bombay), have developed AJIT, a microprocessor conceptualised, designed, developed and manufactured in India.
Publication: The Indian Express
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