Nvidia's Rubin CPX could force AMD back to the drawing board

Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - Nvidia has introduced the Rubin CPX, a specialized accelerator built specifically for the "prefill" stage of AI inference. According to a new report from SemiAnalysis, the move could lock in Nvidia’s lead and force rivals like AMD back to the drawing boar…

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AMD claims Ryzen 9000X3D CPUs can reach 1,000 FPS, admits Nvidia GPUs requried for most titles

techspot - What's presumed to be a promotional slide from an AMD presentation in China was posted on X by hardware enthusiast @realVictor_M.Read Entire Article

Back to Top / Monday, September 15, 2025, 9:21 am / permalink 14541 / 2 stories in 5 months

AMD is discontinuing its Wraith Prism and Wraith Spire coolers, no replacement planned

techspot - AMD did not announce the change via press release or blog post, instead updating the product IDs of affected SKUs with a new suffix. The company explained that the SR4 (Wraith Prism) and SR2 (Wraith Spire) coolers have reached their end of life after seve…

Back to Top / Thursday, August 28, 2025, 11:21 am / permalink 13287 / 2 stories in 6 months

AMD zapped with 16-pin power connector melting issue for the first time — Radeon RX 9070 XT paired with sub-par PSU gets singed

tomshardware - Redditor Savings_Opportunity3 reported that the 16-pin power connector on his ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Taichi OC graphics card had melted.

Back to Top / Friday, August 22, 2025, 12:21 pm / permalink 12899 / 2 stories in 6 months

HP's new Omen 35L comes in a 'Stealth' edition for people who hate RGB — and the Omen Max 45L got refreshed, too

tomshardware - HP updated its Omen 35L and Omen Max 45L to the latest parts from Nvidia and AMD, and added some slight design changes. New headsets and mics are also on offer from HyperX.

Back to Top / Thursday, August 14, 2025, 1:22 pm / permalink 12336 / 4 stories in 6 months

White House says chip revenue deals could extend beyond Nvidia and AMD

techspot - Earlier this week, the White House confirmed that US semiconductor giants Nvidia and AMD will pay 15 percent of their revenues from sales of certain advanced chips to China directly to the US government. Reuters reports the unprecedented agreement, broker…

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US strikes unprecedented deal: Nvidia and AMD to give 15% of China AI chip sales to Washington

techspot - The unusual arrangement was set as a condition for securing export licenses needed to sell to Chinese customers, according to sources that spoke to the Financial Times. It encompasses the Nvidia H20 chip and AMD's MI308 chip, both crucial for AI applicati…

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Nvidia and AMD to pay 15% of China chip sales revenues to the U.S. government, FT reports

cnbc - The arrangement comes as President Donald Trump's tariffs continue to reverberate through the global economy.

Back to Top / Sunday, August 10, 2025, 6:20 pm / permalink 12021 / 5 stories in 6 months

AMD Now Runs OpenAI’s Massive gpt-oss Models on Consumer Ryzen AI and Radeon Hardware

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - AMD's Ryzen AI and Radeon hardware now support OpenAI's new gpt-oss models, with the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 being the first consumer chip to run the 120B model locally.The post AMD Now Runs OpenAI’s Massive gpt-oss Models on Consumer Ryzen AI and Radeon Hardwa…

Back to Top / Thursday, August 7, 2025, 4:20 am / permalink 11813 / 4 stories in 7 months

AMD’s earnings fall short from China chip ban despite good traction in AI

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s stock headed lower in extended trading today after it delivered mixed financial results, with earnings coming up short of Wall Street’s targets. The chipmaker reported second-quarter earnings before certain costs such as stoc…

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AMD CEO says U.S.-made TSMC chips are more expensive, but worth it — costs 'more than 5% but less than 20%' higher than Taiwan-sourced alternative

tomshardware - AMD expects to receive TSMC-made chips by late 2025.

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Maingear's Retro95 PC blends '90s workstation nostalgia with modern horsepower

Will Shanklin / engadget - Maingear's latest (appropriately named) Retro95 is a deceptive love letter to old-school "pizza box" PCs: Wolfenstein 3D and Sierra adventure games on the outside; Cyberpunk 2077 in ray-traced 4K on the inside.That's because you can fit this sucker with u…

Back to Top / Wednesday, July 23, 2025, 8:21 am / permalink 10715 / 8 stories in 7 months

Stability AI and AMD Launch On-Device Stable Diffusion 3 for Ryzen AI Laptops

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Stability AI and AMD have released an optimized Stable Diffusion 3 Medium model that runs locally on laptops with new Ryzen AI 300-series NPUs.The post Stability AI and AMD Launch On-Device Stable Diffusion 3 for Ryzen AI Laptops appeared first on WinBuzz…

Back to Top / Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 7:20 am / permalink 10600 / 2 stories in 7 months

AMD's Threadripper 9995WX stuns in Cinebench R23 — new Ryzen flagship reportedly 73% faster than its predecessor

tomshardware - AMD’s 96-core Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX reportedly scores 73% higher than its predecessor in Cinebench R23, though the result raises doubts about its realism.

Back to Top / Friday, July 18, 2025, 1:21 pm / permalink 10422 / 2 stories in 7 months

AMD launches Threadripper Pro 9000 WX-series CPUs with up to 96 Zen 5 cores for $11,699 — Shimada Peak and Radeon AI Pro R9700 arrive on July 23

tomshardware - AMD shares the pricing and release date for the Ryzen Threadripper 9000 WX-series processors and Radeon AI Pro R9700 graphics cards for professional and workstation users.

Back to Top / Thursday, July 17, 2025, 1:21 pm / permalink 10324 / 2 stories in 7 months

Borderlands 4 Minimum PC Specs Have Been Announced And They Are Eye-Popping

Blair Marnell / gamespot - Prior to the official launch of Borderlands 4 preorders, most of the questions were about how much the game was going to cost. But perhaps the questions players should have been asking were about the game's system requirements. Gearbox has disclosed the P…

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AMD to design processor for Xbox Next: Team Red extends long-standing Microsoft partnership

tomshardware - Microsoft has officially confirmed a multi-year partnership with AMD to co-develop high-performance custom processors for both next-generation Xbox home consoles and new Xbox-branded portable gaming devices.

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AMD announces MI350X and MI355X AI GPUs, claims up to 4X generational gain, up to 35X faster inference performance

tomshardware - AMD unveiled its new MI350X and MI355X GPUs for AI workloads here at its Advancing AI 2025 event in San Jose, California, claiming the new accelerators offer a 3X performance boost over the prior-gen MI300X, positioning the company to improve its competit…

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