AM4-ever: AMD Ryzen 5500X3D shows up in listings
AM4 is the processor socket that just refuses to die. With a couple of new chips debuting in June — an astonishing seven years after the original Ryzen 1000 series debuted on AM4 — it…
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Millions of AMD CPUs vulnerable to hacks, and some won’t get patched
It seems like every month or so we hear about a new security flaw affecting tons of consumer-grade CPUs. Perhaps that shouldn’t be surprising, though, since the complexities of modern processors and the PCs around…
Intel’s troubled CPUs fail less often than AMD, says PC maker
Intel is having a bad time lately. The biggest scandal of the past few months has been the apparent hardware flaw causing 13th- and 14th-gen desktop CPUs to fail at high rates (which probably didn’t…
AMD Ryzen 9000 leak shows surprisingly low prices
AMD’s next generation of Ryzen desktop CPUs are hotly anticipated by anyone who anxiously wants to push more pixels and polygons. Even with a last-minute delay, the Ryzen 9000 series is getting system builders seriously…
AMD releases AI-powered Fluid Motion Frames 2 with clear improvements
Frame generation—previously a dirty word among gaming graphics enthusiasts—has blossomed into a serious card-selling feature. And while Nvidia’s DLSS (and related tech) is currently at the top of the heap, AMD isn’t letting them sit…
Tested: AMD Ryzen AI 300 brings serious performance to Copilot+ PCs
What makes the PC the superior platform for personal computing? The diversity of choices between brands of laptops and brands of CPUs. Sometimes that choice can be daunting though. Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X Elite just…
AMD delays Ryzen 9000 launch until August to ensure CPU quality
There’s a lot of enthusiasm surrounding AMD’s next-gen desktop CPUs, which were announced for a release at the end of this month. I’m sorry to report that you’ll need to curb it, at least for…
Hey, AMD: It’s time for Ryzen’s rebel moment
The PC industry is currently obsessed with power efficiency, long battery life, and AI. But who’s going to stand up for the people who want raw performance and don’t care about anything else? That performance…
In bid to loosen Nvidia’s grip on AI, AMD to buy Finnish startup for $665M
AMD is to buy Finnish artificial intelligence startup Silo AI for $665 million in one of the largest such takeovers in Europe as the US chipmaker seeks to expand its AI services to compete with…
This tiny folding keyboard is actually a full-blown AMD Ryzen PC
Keyboards that hide full computer guts under the keys aren’t a new idea. (The Commodore 64 comes to mind, though it’s hardly the only example.) And neither are folding keyboards for mobile devices, since I…