With 16 Cores / 32 Threads, the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X is the beefiest processor in this list. Usually, with high core counts, you see a reduction in base and boost frequencies and that in turn affects gaming performance so it’s a surprise that such a beefy processor even made it to this list. Nevertheless, the 3950X is great for gaming and given the high core-count you can even multitask and stream using the same PC with ease. That makes the 3950X an ever more appealing choice.

Publication: Digit

AMD is buying Xilinx for $35 billion in an all-stock deal that will combine the two Silicon Valley chipmakers. The deal announced Tuesday puts AMD in a place it wants to be; competing more fiercely with Intel. Xilinx stockholders will receive 1.7234 shares of AMD stock for each Xilinx share they hold, or approximately $143 per share of Xilinx stock. AMD stockholders will own about 74% of the combined company, with Xilinx stockholders owning approximately 26%.

Publication: The Times of India; Moneycontrol ; Indian Express ; Telangana Today ; Network 18

ADVANCED Micro Devices is buying Xilinx for $35 billion in an all-stock deal that will combine the two Silicon Valley chip makers and accelerate an already rapid-fire pace of mergers and buyouts in the industry. The deal announced Tues- day puts AMD in a place it wants to be — competing more fiercely with Intel at a time when a global pandemic is driving demand for tech ever higher. More Zoom meetings, more orders online, and more upgrades for companies trying to meet new demands of millions staying at home has led to a seemingly insatiable appetite for computer chips

Publication: Indian Express 

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES (AM D) agreed to pay $3 5 billion in stock forXilinx, a deal aimed at reshaping one ofthe com- puter chip industry’s pioneers.

Publication: Financial Express 

Semiconductor designer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) on Tuesday said it has agreed buy Xilinx in a $35 billion all-stock deal that will intensify its battle with Intel Corp in the data center chip market.

Publication: Business Standard 

Advanced Media Devices, or only AMD, is one of the largest producers of CPUs and GPUs. The company is the biggest rival of Intel and Nvidia, and it seems that AMD is slowly taking over the competition with its latest next-gen models. We already know that AMD will soon release it’s custom “Big Navi” graphics cards in the market. Now, however, we have more details regarding the clock speeds of the new entry from AMD. The leaker, Patrick Schur, has revealed the clock speed details about the AMD Radeon graphics card, reportedly the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, which powers ASUS ROG STRIX device and comes with a boost clock which is beyond 2.5 GHz.

Publication: TechnoSports

Semiconductor designer Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) on Tuesday said it has agreed buy Xilinx Inc in a $35 billion all-stock deal that will intensify its battle with Intel Corp in the data center chip market. The deal, which AMD expects to close at the end of 2021, would create a combined firm with 13,000 engineers and a completely outsourced manufacturing strategy that relies heavily on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC). The two U.S. firms have benefited from a more nimble approach to grab market share from Intel, which has struggled with internal manufacturing.

Publication: Livemint

The single-threaded performance of AMD’s Ryzen 5000 processors is looking to be the strongest aspect of the new lineup. A while back, we saw the Ryzen 5 5600X beating the Intel Core i9-10900K in the Passmark single-core test. Today, we have the CPU-Z single-threaded benchmark of the Ryzen 7 5800X, AMD’s next chip aimed at enthusiast gamers and content creators.

Publication: Hardware Times 

AMD’s Ryzen 9 5950X has been spotted on the PassMark CPU benchmark, scoring a record-breaking 3,693 points, beating the Intel Comet Lake-S flagship by almost 17%. Compared to its cheaper Vermeer sibling, we’re looking at a 5-7% advantage, primarily on account of the higher boost clock.  The multi-threaded benchmarks are less impressive as the core and thread counts are identical compared to the Zen 2 lineup.

Publication: Hardware Times 

AMD has announced its Q3 earnings report, beating estimates and forging new highs. Most analysts were expecting an increase of 40-45% (YoY) in the overall earnings, with a growth of 33% sequentially. However, the actual figures were notably higher with a YoY revenue growth of 56% and a quarterly gain of 45%. Update: This is the highest quarterly revenue for AMD in the last 25-30 years.

Publication: Hardware Times 

AMD recently announced that it’ll be purchasing Xilinx, a rival chipmaker, and the market leader in the FPGA space. The US$35 billion deal comes at a substantial cost, with AMD shareholders owning roughly 3/4 of the newly joint company and Xilinx holding on to another quarter. Xilinx’s Victor Peng is also set to become AMD’s President as part of the deal. Why does AMD’s Xilinx acquisition matter and what are the potential impacts? As of now, Xilinx and Altera (which Intel recently acquired) are the two biggest players in the FPGA (field-programmable gate array) markets.

Publication: Hardware Times 

In terms of pure performance potential, the 3990X is nothing short of a beast. Being the world’s first 64 core processor, the Threadripper 3990X offers 128 threads to ensure entirely seamless rendering workflows for your projects. Besides all the multi-core power it brings to the table, its single core performance is also superlative thanks to its max boost capability of 4.3GHz. To handle large GPU and NVMe data throughput needs without breaking a sweat, it packs a total of 88 PCIe 4.0 lanes in its design. The combined cache size of 288MB aims to keep large datasets always accessible.

Publication: Digit

In one of the largest tech deals, chip maker AMD on Tuesday acquired rival company Xilinx in an all-stock transaction valued at $35 billion. Xilinx is the top provider of adaptive computing solutions and the combined $135 billion entity will have nearly 13,000 engineers and expand AMD’s total addressable market to $110 billion. The combination will create the industry’s leading high performance computing company, significantly expanding the breadth of AMD’s product portfolio and customer set across diverse growth markets where Xilinx is an established leader, AMD said in a statement.

Publication: CRN India 

Advanced Micro Devices agreed to buy Xilinx for $35 billion in stock, taking the chipmaker into more diverse and profitable markets and adding to its data center offerings. Xilinx investors will get 1.7234 AMD shares for each Xilinx stock they own. That values Xilinx at about $143 a share, 25% more than the closing price on Monday and 35% above the price before news of a possible deal was reported earlier in October. The deal is a coup for AMD chief executive Lisa Su, creating a company with a larger research and development budget and a broader array of products to take on Intel.

Publication: The Economic Times