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AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT & Ryzen 9 3900XT Processor Review
We recently saw the launch of the AMD Ryzen XT CPUs, their new and improved models that have been giving Intel some of their strongest competition yet. While we’ve already put a one of their new CPUs through its paces, we now have the AMD Ryzen 7 3900XT, the flagship…
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AMD May Reveal ‘Zen 3’ CPU Microarchitecture at CES 2020
There is something of a rule within the industry that if AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su is going to attend an event, it’s usually because a pretty significant announcement is going to be made. If she is personally delivering the keynote speech, however, then it’s almost certain that, whatever it…
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AMD Says Zen 5 is Already “In the Design Phase”
While we have only (relatively) recently seen the release of the Zen 2 architecture from AMD, it seems pretty clear that this is just the start of some big plans from Team Red as it lays out its future moves. In a report via PCGamesN, however, AMD has just made…
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Ryzen 3200G and 3400G Leaked – Coming Soon?
Ryzen It seems the AMD cat is out of the proverbial bag, as their next APU release has been seen in the wild. We absolutely loved the Ryzen 2200G and the 2400G that launched last year. Sure, they’re not massively fast, or powerful. However, for their respective prices, they’re a…
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AMD Athlon 220GE and Athlon 240GE APUs Now Available
More Athlon APU Options from AMD AMD released their Athlon 200GE AM4 CPU with integrated Vega graphics three months ago. For $55, it offered a very good deal for those with a tight budget since it already includes decent graphics. Now AMD is adding two more powerful models to their…
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AMD Affiliate Teases Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 5 3600X
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 5 3600X Named Just a while back, at their own event, AMD revealed some new details for upcoming processors. One of the big highlights was the reveal of the new Zen 2 architecture. While details a quite slim, the new architecture will arrive in…
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AMD Zen 2 CPU Instructions Leaked In GNU Compiler
AMD Laying Groundwork for Zen 2 Sometime in the near future, AMD will be launching their new Zen 2 CPUs. The new designs build on the great work that AMD has already done for Zen and Zen+. With a projected 13% IPC increase, performance is definitely up. Along with base IPC…
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AMD Zen 2 May Offer Significant IPC Boost
AMD Zen 2 May Offer 15% IPC Increase After Intel launched the Core series, AMD CPUs gradually lost their competitive edge. This all changed last year with the launch of Ryzen. Due to the new Zen architecture, performance has shot up, with a massive increase of over 40%. So far,…
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AMD Might Be Cutting Ryzen CPU Prices
AMD CPU Pricing Date Indicates Minor Price Cuts Earlier in the month, Intel launched their new Coffee Lake Refresh processors. After a year of just 6 cores CPUs to pit against 8 core AMD chips, Intel has struck back. With the new lineup, the company now has 8 cores mainstream…
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AMD Zen May Still Support FMA4 Instructions
AMD Still Backing FMA4 Secretly Last year, AMD released their new Zen architecture. In almost every aspect, it was superior to the previous Bulldozer based designs. Due to the improved IPC, and efficiency, the Red team is now competitive with Intel. Along with good pricing, they have managed to seize…
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Additional AMD Threadripper CPUs Will Launch October 29th
AMD Will Finish Off Threadripper 2 Launch Late October Earlier this year, AMD released their new Ryzen Threadripper 2 lineup. After Threadripper sent AMD back into the High-End Desktop market, Threadripper 2 is set to build upon that success. The new lineup brought in an unprecedented number of cores, 32…
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Analysts Suggest AMD Will Hit 30% CPU Marketshare This Year
AMD May Surpass Athlon 64 Heyday Marketshare In the past year and a half, AMD managed to claw their way to strong CPU performance. With the launch of Ryzen and Zen, the company returned to compete with Intel for performance. As a result of the strong showing, the company has…
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AMD Details Raven Ridge APU Optimizations
Raven Ridge Marries Zen and Vega with Infinity Fabric Earlier this year, AMD launched their long-awaited Raven Ridge APU. The new chips are a major step up for AMD with Zen based CPUs and Vega architecture GPUs. During the launch, we already learned a lot of the details for the new chips.…
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AMD Zen 2 May Feature Major IPC Uplift and CCX Rework
Since the launch of Ryzen, AMD has been shaking things up in the CPU market. Due to the new Zen architecture, the Red team is now competitive with Intel. This year, the company followed up with the new Zen+ chips, with minor tweaks. For next year, things are heating up…
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Chinese Firm Begins Making AMD Zen Based x86 CPUs
AMD Chinese Joint Venture Turns EPYC into “Dhyana” AMD and Intel are the two major players in x86. Due to the x86 and x86-64 patents, the two have a near duopoly over x86 CPU design. While rivals, the two companies have complex cross-licensing deals that allow them to use each…
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