AMD’s wins, fails, and WTF moments of 2024
No doubt about it, AMD had a very good year. Our recap of AMD’s highs, lows, and head-scratching moments of 2024 doesn’t reveal too many mistakes. At times, Intel stumbled through 2024 like someone coming…
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AMD’s trusted execution environment blown wide open by new BadRAM attack
If a VM has been backdoored, the cryptographic attestation will fail and immediately alert the VM admin of the compromise. Or at least that’s how SEV-SNP is designed to work. BadRAM is an attack that…
AMD’s Ryzen 9800X3D is an instant hit, selling out everywhere
When the first Ryzen 9000X chips launched, received tepid reviews, and then proceeded to stick around on retailer shelves even with immediate discounts, a lot of us thought buyers might be holding off for the…
AMD’s desktop CPU share soars 10 percentage points in a year
AMD’s desktop CPU market share jumped nearly 10 percent in the last year, an analyst reported Thursday, on the heels of AMD’s strong rollout of its latest desktop gaming CPU. Mercury Research, which tracks the…
AMD’s hotly anticipated Ryzen 7 9800X3D gaming CPU gets official
After confirming that its next-generation Ryzen 9000 X3D processor was headed our way, AMD has now announced its flagship chip: the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, which will benefit from its Zen 5 architecture as well as…
AMD’s Ryzen 9800X3D specs and details are leaking everywhere
If you’ve been eagerly waiting to know more about the highly anticipated, gaming-focused variant of the Ryzen 9000 CPU series, then the recent 9800X3D leaks are likely good news for you. AMD already confirmed that…
Tested: Intel Arc 140V fails to dethrone AMD’s Radeon 890M
Intel’s new Lunar Lake hardware is a reflection of modern chip design. It’s tempting to call it a “processor” or “CPU” — old habits die hard, after all — but it’s really a system-on-a-chip (SoC),…
Hey PC builders! AMD’s Ryzen 9 5900X CPU is 61% off for Prime Day
Thinking of building a gaming desktop PC? If so, here’s the perfect processor to incorporate in your build: the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X. Not only is it powerful, but it’s astonishingly cheap right now at…
AMD’s Fluid Motion Frames 2 is finally here to boost your frame rates
AMD’s Fluid Motion Frames 2 (FMF2) is the company’s allegedly AI-powered frame generation tech that’s meant to compete with Nvidia’s latest version of DLSS. It was first released to users back in July, but that…
AMD’s newest tweaks boost Ryzen 9000 performance further
Though highly anticipated, AMD’s Ryzen 9000 series of desktop processors arrived with a bit of a thud earlier this year. Since then, the company has been in damage control, blaming the initial poor performance delta…