AMD specific news
AMD Radeon Rx 6800 GPU Review : Surprising! (PROACTIVE)edit
The new AMD RDNA2 GPUs take on Nvidia’s GPU dominance. The design and the build quality is unlike any other entry level card. The all metal design is great and the RED LED logo is backlit and looks great. Fighting really well with the 3070 and in most cases even defeating the 3080. An impressive result from AMD performance.
Publication: iGyaan – YouTube
AMD Radeon 6800XT – Nvidia RTX 3080 Killer??? (PROACTIVE)edit
In the budget and mid-range, AMD has great products. But with the high end products, NVIDIA has always dominated. Not anymore, with the latest Radeon RX 6000 series, AMD is taking the fight directly to NVIDIA’s 3000 series. Raytracing is finally back to the latest generation of cards. With these new GPUs, AMD introduced infinity Cache as well.
Publication: C4ETech – YouTube
AMD Radeon RX 6800 Series Graphics Cards Now Available, starts at ₹ 45,999 (PROACTIVE)edit
Finally, the day has come when you can finally buy an AMD Radeon RX 6000 series GPUs across the globe and in India as well. This is the most exciting part because, after long, long years, AMD can match or even beat top-of-the-line NVIDIA GPUs and implement the much-awaited Ray tracing to its GPUs.
Publication: TechnoSports
MacBooks with Apple M1 chip now available, they bring a future extremely exciting and a little frighteningedit
If it wasn’t for AMD Zen 3 processors, announced just a few weeks ago and yet to reach market in any meaningful way, you could have said that November 17, 2020, was a bloodbath for Intel and AMD processors. On Tuesday Apple’s new MacBooks and the Mac mini became available. Outwardly, there is nothing strikingly new about the late 2020 MacBook Air, MacBook Pro 13-inch and Mac mini. But inside them a revolution is going on.
Publication: India Today
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Review – Big Navi Bites Back, With Impressive Gains in RDNA 2 (PROACTIVE)edit
We’ve been testing and playing with the 6800 XT for almost a week now, and I should note a few things before diving deeper into the review. For one, we didn’t have an RTX 3080 to compare the 6800 XT with, hence the benchmark charts today won’t show any comparisons with that. We did source some benchmark data from certain other outlets for the 3080 so we could get a better look at comparative performance.
Publication: TechQuila
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X brings out the best in both Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 and AMD’s upcoming Radeon RX 6800 XT (PROACTIVE)edit
Recently the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 and AMD’s upcoming Radeon RX 6800 XT were paired together with the same type of CPU to run for various simulations of Vulkan Geekbench tests. The CPU that was used for testing was the beast that comes with 16 cores and 32 threads. That’s right; we are talking about the processor none other than the AMD’s Ryzen 9 5950X.
Publication: TechnoSports
Intel’s Ice Lake-SP Xeon CPU is said to be 30% faster than AMD’s 2nd gen EPYC line-upedit
Intel will soon release its Ice Lake-SP Xeon CPU’s and the processors will come with an updated core architecture. The processor will reportedly deliver 18% more IPC than its predecessors. The manufacturer claims that its CPU will be a better performer than AMD’s 2nd generation EPYC Rome CPU’s. The Ice Lake-SP Xeon CPUs is on track to be launched in the mid of 2021, and intel assures the same for its CPU. The Xeon CPU is based on a 10nm process node and comes with a brand new microarchitecture and a new platform.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X CPU Review: Best Mainstream Processor By All Means (PROACTIVE)edit
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is one of the few silicon-designing brands that make both mainstream CPUs and GPUs. The company recently launched the Ryzen 5000 series processors based on the Zen 3 architecture to compete against the high-performance desktop CPUs from Intel. Similarly, the brand also launched the Radeon 6000 series of GPUs based on RDNA 2 architecture to compete against the NVIDIA RTX 3000 series of graphics cards.
Publication: Gizbot
Microsoft Pluton chip announced, brings Xbox-level security to upcoming Windows PCedit
Microsoft has announced a new chip called Pluton that will enhance the security on its future Windows PC. Microsoft Pluton is a security chip that will be built into the CPUs on the next-generation computers and laptops running Windows. It will also replace the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) that currently provides security to the entire Windows ecosystem and the hardware using cryptographic keys.
Publication: India Today
Microsoft unveils highly-secure Pluton chip for Windows PCsedit
Microsoft has unveiled a new security chip called Pluton that has been designed to protect the future Windows PCs. The Pluton security processor will provide next-generation hardware security protection to Windows PCs through future chips from AMD, Intel and Qualcomm, the tech giant said in a statement late on Tuesday.
Publication: Telangana Today
AMD will be integrating Microsoft Pluton Security Processor to Future Ryzen Products (PROACTIVE)edit
These days due to the pandemic we are living the work-from-home era with the help of modern computing. We have done a quick transition to this process and like everything has its own upside and downside, so does this work-from-home era. Microsoft Windows is the most used OS undoubtedly and with enough security features already, hackers easily find a way out and we are seeing increased number security attacks in the past couple months.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X brings out the best in both Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 and AMD’s upcoming Radeon RX 6800 XTedit
Recently the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 and AMD’s upcoming Radeon RX 6800 XT were paired together with the same type of CPU to run for various simulations of Vulkan Geekbench tests. The CPU that was used for testing was the beast that comes with 16 cores and 32 threads. That’s right; we are talking about the processor none other than the AMD’s Ryzen 9 5950X.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Graphics card review (PROACTIVE)edit
AMD has done it. The new ‘RDNA 2’-based Radeon RX 6000 graphics cards are very competitive, priced much lower and aren’t power-hungry for the performance that they deliver. We only have the pricing for the RX 6800 which does work out well for the Indian market given that the GPUs do have the performance to back it up.
Publication: Digit
AMD Radeon RX 6800 Review: Chipping at the Heels of the RTX 3080 (PROACTIVE)edit
AMD’s RDNA 2 based Radeon Big Navi graphics cards are finally set to hit retail today, with the RX 6800 and 6800 XT reference models expected to be available across all major markets in limited quantities. In this post, we have a look at the Radeon RX 6800 and see how it holds up compared to the competition. We’ll be checking the core raster performance, ray-tracing grit, and an analysis of the much-advertised Smart Access Memory (SAM) which for the time being is exclusive to the Ryzen 5000 CPU-Radeon RDNA 2 GPU combos.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Radeon RDNA 2 “Big Navi” Architectural Deep Dive: A Focus on Efficiency (PROACTIVE)edit
When AMD announced its Radeon RX 6800 series and 6900 XT GPUs, otherwise known as Big Navi last month, the architectural details were quite sparse. There were two features that were the primary focus: The huge 128MB of L3 cache, dubbed as the Infinity Cache by AMD, and the relatively high core clocks, resulting in a much higher performance per watt ratio compared to RDNA 1.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD to be the 1st Chipmaker to Implement 3D Packaging in its CPUsedit
The chiplet design has been one of the primary factors behind AMD’s recent success in the CPU market. Arch-rival Intel still uses monolithic processors which limits it to 28-core parts in the server space and just 10-core designs in the consumer segment. Now AMD is looking at further expanding that gap with the help of advanced packaging technologies being developed by foundry partner, TSMC.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD launches world’s fastest GPU for scientific research (PROACTIVE)edit
AMD on Tuesday launched Instinct MI100 accelerator – touted as the worlds fastest HPC GPU and the first x86 server GPU for scientific research. Built on the new AMD CDNA architecture, the AMD chip enables a new class of accelerated systems for high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) when paired with 2nd Gen AMD EPYC processors. “Engineered to power AMD GPUs for the exascale era and at the heart of the MI100 accelerator, the AMD CDNA architecture offers exceptional performance and power efficiency,” the company said in a statement.
Publication: Bhaskar Live
AMD launches MI100 GPU accelerator for high performance computing (PROACTIVE)edit
AMD launched what it claims is the fastest GPU accelerator for high-performance computing with the ability to top 10 teraflops. The AMD Instinct MI100 accelerator is supported by platforms by Dell Technologies, Gigabyte, HPE, and Supermicro and is combined with AMD’s EPYC CPUs and the ROCm 4.0 open software platform. AMD Instinct MI100 is built on the chip maker’s CDNA architecture.
Publication: Technology4You
AMD RX 6800 graphics card could be an overclocker’s dream (PROACTIVE)edit
AMD’s Radeon RX 6800 graphics card goes on sale tomorrow (along with the 6800 XT variant), and it has been spotted with a huge overclock applied, causing much excitement (particularly considering we’ve had several previous such mammoth overclock sightings, which this underlines).
Publication: Gadget Page
AMD brand mentions
What Is Ray Tracing In PS5? List Of PS5 Games That Support Ray Tracingedit
Sony has officially released the PlayStation 5 in several parts of the world including North America, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore. It is clearly one of the most powerful gaming consoles that comes with an 8-core 3.5 GHz AMD Zen 2 processor, along with a 10.3 teraflop AMD RDNA 2 graphics, among other impressive specifications. While the next-generation console comes with plenty of upgrades over its predecessor, one of the highlighting features is its ray-tracing rendering support.
Publication: Republic World
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AMD Radeon Rx 6800 GPU Review : Surprising! (PROACTIVE)edit
The new AMD RDNA2 GPUs take on Nvidia’s GPU dominance. The design and the build quality is unlike any other entry level card. The all metal design is great and the RED LED logo is backlit and looks great. Fighting really well with the 3070 and in most cases even defeating the 3080. An impressive result from AMD performance.
Publication: iGyaan – YouTube
AMD Radeon 6800XT – Nvidia RTX 3080 Killer??? (PROACTIVE)edit
In the budget and mid-range, AMD has great products. But with the high end products, NVIDIA has always dominated. Not anymore, with the latest Radeon RX 6000 series, AMD is taking the fight directly to NVIDIA’s 3000 series. Raytracing is finally back to the latest generation of cards. With these new GPUs, AMD introduced infinity Cache as well.
Publication: C4ETech – YouTube
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Review – Big Navi Bites Back, With Impressive Gains in RDNA 2 (PROACTIVE)edit
We’ve been testing and playing with the 6800 XT for almost a week now, and I should note a few things before diving deeper into the review. For one, we didn’t have an RTX 3080 to compare the 6800 XT with, hence the benchmark charts today won’t show any comparisons with that. We did source some benchmark data from certain other outlets for the 3080 so we could get a better look at comparative performance.
Publication: TechQuila
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X brings out the best in both Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 and AMD’s upcoming Radeon RX 6800 XT (PROACTIVE)edit
Recently the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 and AMD’s upcoming Radeon RX 6800 XT were paired together with the same type of CPU to run for various simulations of Vulkan Geekbench tests. The CPU that was used for testing was the beast that comes with 16 cores and 32 threads. That’s right; we are talking about the processor none other than the AMD’s Ryzen 9 5950X.
Publication: TechnoSports
Nvidia Forecasts Strong Holiday Revenue As Pandemic Bolsters Video Game Marketedit
Nvidia Corp forecast fourth-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, betting on robust demand for its graphic chips for gaming devices and data centers. Nvidia also beat revenue expectations for the third quarter as gaming business revenue jumped 37% to $2.27 billion (£1.71 billion) from a year earlier, beating FactSet estimates of $2.06 billion.
Publication; Network 18
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Performance Leaked, Allegedly Beats RTX 2080 SUPERedit
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3000 series aims at bringing the entry point to ray tracing gaming even lower this year. NVIDIA currently has the RTX 3070, RTX 3080, and RTX 3090 in the market. As usual, it is racing to put out more versions of the card, including lower SKUs in the series, as well as Ti and SUPER variants.
Publication: My Smart Price
MediaTek acquires Intel’s power-management chip biz for $85mnedit
Taiwan-based fabless semiconductor company MediaTek has acquired Intel Enpirion power management chip product line-related assets, via its subsidiary Richtek, for approximately $85 million. With this acquisition, MediaTek is now aiming to expand its product line to offer integrated power solutions used in FPGA, SoC, CPU, and ASIC for the enterprise-level system applications, reports GizmoChina.
Publication: ET Telecom
Intel’s Ice Lake-SP Xeon CPU is said to be 30% faster than AMD’s 2nd gen EPYC line-upedit
Intel will soon release its Ice Lake-SP Xeon CPU’s and the processors will come with an updated core architecture. The processor will reportedly deliver 18% more IPC than its predecessors. The manufacturer claims that its CPU will be a better performer than AMD’s 2nd generation EPYC Rome CPU’s. The Ice Lake-SP Xeon CPUs is on track to be launched in the mid of 2021, and intel assures the same for its CPU. The Xeon CPU is based on a 10nm process node and comes with a brand new microarchitecture and a new platform.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X CPU Review: Best Mainstream Processor By All Means (PROACTIVE)edit
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is one of the few silicon-designing brands that make both mainstream CPUs and GPUs. The company recently launched the Ryzen 5000 series processors based on the Zen 3 architecture to compete against the high-performance desktop CPUs from Intel. Similarly, the brand also launched the Radeon 6000 series of GPUs based on RDNA 2 architecture to compete against the NVIDIA RTX 3000 series of graphics cards.
Publication: Gizbot
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X brings out the best in both Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 and AMD’s upcoming Radeon RX 6800 XTedit
Recently the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 and AMD’s upcoming Radeon RX 6800 XT were paired together with the same type of CPU to run for various simulations of Vulkan Geekbench tests. The CPU that was used for testing was the beast that comes with 16 cores and 32 threads. That’s right; we are talking about the processor none other than the AMD’s Ryzen 9 5950X.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD Radeon RX 6800 Review: Chipping at the Heels of the RTX 3080 (PROACTIVE)edit
AMD’s RDNA 2 based Radeon Big Navi graphics cards are finally set to hit retail today, with the RX 6800 and 6800 XT reference models expected to be available across all major markets in limited quantities. In this post, we have a look at the Radeon RX 6800 and see how it holds up compared to the competition. We’ll be checking the core raster performance, ray-tracing grit, and an analysis of the much-advertised Smart Access Memory (SAM) which for the time being is exclusive to the Ryzen 5000 CPU-Radeon RDNA 2 GPU combos.
Publication: Hardware Times
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What Is Ray Tracing In PS5? List Of PS5 Games That Support Ray Tracingedit
Sony has officially released the PlayStation 5 in several parts of the world including North America, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore. It is clearly one of the most powerful gaming consoles that comes with an 8-core 3.5 GHz AMD Zen 2 processor, along with a 10.3 teraflop AMD RDNA 2 graphics, among other impressive specifications. While the next-generation console comes with plenty of upgrades over its predecessor, one of the highlighting features is its ray-tracing rendering support.
Publication: Republic World
Industry news
MacBooks with Apple M1 chip now available, they bring a future extremely exciting and a little frighteningedit
If it wasn’t for AMD Zen 3 processors, announced just a few weeks ago and yet to reach market in any meaningful way, you could have said that November 17, 2020, was a bloodbath for Intel and AMD processors. On Tuesday Apple’s new MacBooks and the Mac mini became available. Outwardly, there is nothing strikingly new about the late 2020 MacBook Air, MacBook Pro 13-inch and Mac mini. But inside them a revolution is going on.
Publication: India Today
MediaTek acquires Intel’s power-management chip biz for $85mnedit
Taiwan-based fabless semiconductor company MediaTek has acquired Intel Enpirion power management chip product line-related assets, via its subsidiary Richtek, for approximately $85 million. With this acquisition, MediaTek is now aiming to expand its product line to offer integrated power solutions used in FPGA, SoC, CPU, and ASIC for the enterprise-level system applications, reports GizmoChina.
Publication: ET Telecom
What Is Ray Tracing In PS5? List Of PS5 Games That Support Ray Tracingedit
Sony has officially released the PlayStation 5 in several parts of the world including North America, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore. It is clearly one of the most powerful gaming consoles that comes with an 8-core 3.5 GHz AMD Zen 2 processor, along with a 10.3 teraflop AMD RDNA 2 graphics, among other impressive specifications. While the next-generation console comes with plenty of upgrades over its predecessor, one of the highlighting features is its ray-tracing rendering support.
Publication: Republic World
Microsoft Pluton chip announced, brings Xbox-level security to upcoming Windows PCedit
Microsoft has announced a new chip called Pluton that will enhance the security on its future Windows PC. Microsoft Pluton is a security chip that will be built into the CPUs on the next-generation computers and laptops running Windows. It will also replace the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) that currently provides security to the entire Windows ecosystem and the hardware using cryptographic keys.
Publication: India Today
Microsoft unveils highly-secure Pluton chip for Windows PCsedit
Microsoft has unveiled a new security chip called Pluton that has been designed to protect the future Windows PCs. The Pluton security processor will provide next-generation hardware security protection to Windows PCs through future chips from AMD, Intel and Qualcomm, the tech giant said in a statement late on Tuesday.
Publication: Telangana Today
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