Asus announces 'immediate internal review' of 800-series motherboards following string of 9800X3D failures — users report multiple chip failures in recent days

tomshardware - Asus says it is investigating reports concerning its 800-series motherboards and 9800X3D processors following user complaints of hardware failures.

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AMD Officially Confirms Ryzen 7 9850X3D MSRP: $499 - Launching on January 29

techpowerup - AMD has just announced that the much-anticipated Ryzen 7 9850X3D desktop gaming CPU will launch on January 29, with a suggested retail price of $499. This newcomer will sit just above its 8-core sibling in Team Red's current-gen 3D V-Cache-augmented line …

Back to Top / Thursday, January 22, 2026, 10:20 am / permalink 18285 / 7 stories in 6 wks

AMD Expected To Focus More On RX 9070 XT Than Its Non-XT Variant As It Needs Less Price Adjustments

Sarfraz Khan / wccftech - Similar to NVIDIA, AMD may prioritize some RDNA 4 GPU models over others to reduce the impact of high DRAM sourcing costs. AMD is Reportedly in a Difficult Position and May Not Sustain a Good Supply for Radeon RX 9070 as the XT Variant is Easier for Price…

Back to Top / Saturday, January 17, 2026, 8:20 pm / permalink 18139 / 12 stories in 6 wks

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 “Dual 3D V-Cache” CPU Benchmarked, Faster Than Ryzen 9950X3D In Both Single & Multi-Core Tests While Packing 192 MB of L3 Goodness

Sarfraz Khan / wccftech - The fastest X3D processor was just benchmarked on Geekbench again, delivering superb single and multi-core performance. AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Delivers 7% Higher Single-Core and Multi-Core Performance in Geekbench vs Ryzen 9950X3D The upcoming Zen 5 flagshi…

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 1:26 pm / permalink 18064 / 2 stories in 7 wks

Riot Platforms, Inc. (RIOT) stock: surges 11% as AMD data center deal signals billion-dollar growth potential

Yasmin Werner / parameter - TLDR Riot shares surge 11% as AMD data center lease unlocks long-term revenue growth Full ownership of Rockdale site boosts Riot’s infrastructure and earnings outlook AMD partnership positions Riot as a major player in large-scale data centers Bitcoin sal…

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 11:53 am / permalink 18051 / 3 stories in 7 wks

The US imposes 25% tariff on Nvidia’s H200 AI chips headed to China

Rebecca Szkutak / techcrunch - The Trump administration formalized its 25% cut of H200 chip sales in China with a tariff that applies to certain semiconductors.

Back to Top / Thursday, January 15, 2026, 11:21 am / permalink 17905 / 4 stories in 7 wks

Lenovo brings handheld-favorite SteamOS to the flagship Legion Go 2 — the AMD Z2 Extreme gets official SteamOS support for the first time

tomshardware - Lenovo is bringing official SteamOS support to AMD’s Ryzen Z2 Extreme processor for the first time with an updated Legion Go 2.

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AMD Ryzen AI 400 Laptop CPUs Launch: Up To 12 “Zen 5” Cores, 5.2 GHz CPU Clocks, 60 TOPS, 8533 MT/s Memory & 70% Faster Than Lunar Lake At Same TDP

Hassan Mujtaba / wccftech - AMD has officially launched its next-gen Ryzen AI 400 "Gorgon Point" CPUs for laptops, bringing better performance & improved features. AMD Ryzen AI 400 "Gorgon Point" Refreshes Strix With 10-12% Faster Performance, Upgraded Features, & Even More Copilot+…

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AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D Is The Fastest Gaming CPU, Now Official With 5.6 GHz Clocks, Crushes Intel 285K With Up To 60% Faster Performance

Hassan Mujtaba / wccftech - AMD has officially announced its fastest 3D V-Cache CPU for gamers, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D, with up to 5.6 GHz clock speeds. AMD 3D V-Cache Lineup Gets Boosted With The Fastest Gaming CPU To Date, The Ryzen 7 9850X3D As expected, AMD's Ryzen 7 9850X3D CPU is…

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AMD's dual-cache Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 appears in first benchmark leaks — gaming-focused CPU features 192MB of L3 cache stacked across both CCDs

tomshardware - AMD is preparing a new flagship gaming chip, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, which is said to have 192MB of L3 cache thanks to its dual-cache design that will add 3D V-Cache across both CCDs. The CPU originally leaked months ago, but it has finally appeared on benc…

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Qualcomm Overhauls Windows on Arm Gaming with Downloadable GPU Drivers and AVX2 Support

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Qualcomm has overhauled its Windows on Arm strategy by enabling downloadable graphics drivers and AVX2 support to fix persistent gaming compatibility issues.The post Qualcomm Overhauls Windows on Arm Gaming with Downloadable GPU Drivers and AVX2 Support a…

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AMD’s revenue and profit jumps again, but stock falls as margins disappoint

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. delivered sharp increases in both profit and revenue today as it pushed deeper into the artificial intelligence data center market. However, its stock was headed lower in late-trading after disappointing investors with its marg…

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AMD clarifies its clarifications on controversial RDNA 1 and 2 driver note — company will continue game optimization support after all

tomshardware - AMD's recent driver release continues to be surprisingly turbulent, with further clarification that it won't stop game optimization for older RDNA1 and RDNA2 cards, despite the release notes suggesting as such. This also comes after another error in the r…

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AMD, Department of Energy announce $1 billion AI supercomputer partnership

Stevie Bonifield / theverge - AMD has sealed a $1 billion deal with the US Department of Energy to develop two supercomputers, Lux and Discovery, in collaboration with Oracle and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Both supercomputers will live at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in…

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Oracle Cloud to deploy 50,000 AMD AI chips, signaling new Nvidia competition

cnbc - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure on Tuesday announced that it will deploy 50,000 Advanced Micro Devices graphics processors starting in the second half of 2026.

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Sony and AMD tease likely PlayStation 6 GPU upgrades —Radiance Cores and a new interconnect for boosting AI rendering performance

tomshardware - Sony and AMD teased several new technologies that will be making their way into Sony's next-generation console, dubbed Project Amethyst. Upgrades include new cores for rendering path tracing in real time and a new interconnect that will boost AI-rendering…

Back to Top / Thursday, October 9, 2025, 2:21 pm / permalink 15051 / 4 stories in 4 months

Nvidia CEO surprised by AMD's deal giving OpenAI a 10% stake

techspot - In an interview on CNBC's Squawk Box, Huang called the arrangement "unique and surprising," given AMD's excitement about its upcoming hardware. "I'm surprised they would give away 10 percent of the company before they even built it," he said. "It's clever…

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OpenAI’s trillion-dollar tab comes due by 2027

Marcus Schuler / implicator - OpenAI signed $1 trillion in compute deals with Nvidia, AMD, and Oracle—obligations stretching to 2029 that dwarf its current revenue. The company burns $5B annually while chipmakers now hold equity and expect payment. The tab comes due by 2027.

Back to Top / Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 5:22 pm / permalink 15013 / 5 stories in 4 months