Vega
Earlier this year, AMD launched its Zen 3 based desktop processor solutions with integrated graphics. Marketed as the Ryzen 5000G family, these processors are the latest offering to combine AMD’s high-performing Zen 3 cores with tried-and-tested Vega 8 graphics, all built on TSMC’s 7nm process. As desktop processors, AMD made them available to system builders for a few months, allowing the company to keep track of stock levels and have a consistent demand during a high-demand phase for silicon. But on August 5th, they will be made available to buy at retail, and we’ve got the most important models to test.
AMD Reveals Radeon VII: High-End 7nm Vega Video Card Arrives February 7th for $699
As it turns out, the video card wars are going to charge into 2019 quite a bit hotter than any of us were expecting. Moments ago, as part of...
207 by Ryan Smith on 1/9/2019AMD Athlon 220GE and Athlon 240GE with Radeon Vega Graphics Launched
AMD has announced availability of the Athlon 220GE and Athlon 240GE processors it announced back in September. Based on the Zen microarchitecture and featuring built-in Radeon Vega graphics, these...
26 by Anton Shilov on 12/21/2018The Lenovo ThinkPad A285 (12.5-Inch) Review: Ryzen Pro Gets Down to Business
A couple of months back Lenovo released the ThinkPad A285; a 12.5-inch business-class notebook featuring AMD’s Ryzen Pro mobile processor, complementing their 14-inch A485 Ryzen Pro powered model. These...
73 by Brett Howse on 12/18/2018Naples, Rome, Milan, Zen 4: An Interview with AMD CTO, Mark Papermaster
At AMD’s Next Horizon event this week, the company disclosed for the first time the layout of its next generation EPYC processor, the new Vega Radeon Instinct datacenter compute...
59 by Ian Cutress on 11/12/2018AMD Announces Radeon Instinct MI60 & MI50 Accelerators: Powered By 7nm Vega
As part of this morning’s Next Horizon event, AMD formally announced the first two accelerator cards based on the company’s previously revealed 7nm Vega GPU. Dubbed the Radeon Instinct...
26 by Ryan Smith on 11/6/2018AMD Next Horizon Live Blog: Starts 9am PT / 5pm UTC
AMD's 2019 is set to be full of 7nm products, and on the back of AMD's New Horizon event on 2016, today it is hosting part two: Next Horizon...
104 by Ian Cutress on 11/6/2018AMD's CEO Dr. Lisa Su to Host a CES 2019 Keynote: 7nm CPUs and GPUs
AMD has announced that its CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, is to hold the stage for one of CES 2019's daily keynotes. The company stated in the press release that...
50 by Anton Shilov on 10/3/2018AMD Ryzen 5 2400G and Ryzen 3 2200G Integrated Graphics Frequency Scaling
One of the last poignant questions from our previous Ryzen APU coverage is the way that integrated graphics scales with overclocking. As these low-end Ryzen APUs are all about...
49 by Gavin Bonshor on 9/28/2018AMD’s Athlon 200GE Processors Now Available
AMD this week started selling its entry-level Athlon 200GE APUs designed for the most affordable PCs. The Athlon 200GE costs less than $60 at retail and happens to be...
25 by Anton Shilov on 9/21/2018Lenovo Launches 12.5-Inch ThinkPad A285 with AMD Ryzen PRO APUs
Lenovo Japan on Thursday said that it would begin selling its ThinkPad A285 laptop on September 21. The mobile PC is one of the thinnest and lightest notebooks based...
44 by Anton Shilov on 9/21/2018A Quick Look at the Subor Z+ Console/PC Hybrid: A Custom AMD SoC Called FireFlight
One of the most interesting things in August (there were a lot) was that a company in China invested the best part of 400 million RMB / $60 million...
42 by Ian Cutress on 9/19/2018AMD Announces New $55 Low-Power Processor: Athlon 200GE
Everyone likes discussing headlines: the latest mainstream processor, or super 32-core behemoth, are topics ripe for deep discussion. Despite this, a lot more volume occurs in the mid-range and...
44 by Ian Cutress on 9/6/2018AMD Updates its 25x20 Goal: Progress in a Generation
Last year we published an article detailing AMD’s progress on its self-set 25x20 goal for its processors: 25x more energy efficiency of its chips by the year 2020. In...
47 by Ian Cutress on 9/5/2018AMD's 7nm CPUs & GPUs To Be Fabbed by TSMC, on Track for 2018 - 2019
With the announcement that its long-time manufacturing partner (and outright former fab) GlobalFoundries is dropping out of the race for bleeding-edge manufacturing nodes, the second big question of the...
28 by Ryan Smith & Anton Shilov on 8/27/2018Hot Chips 2018: Intel on Graphics Live Blog (11:30am PT, 6:30pm UTC)
Intel is talking graphics! We're expecting a lot of discussion about Kaby Lake G, with Radeon graphics, however the slide deck is going to talk a lot about power...
8 by Ian Cutress on 8/20/2018AMD Announces Radeon Pro WX 8200: Pro Vega For Under A Grand
Kicking off this week is the annual SIGGRAPH graphics conference. Getting in ahead of the crowd – and their own CPU launch – AMD is announcing their latest workstation...
18 by Ryan Smith on 8/12/2018More Details About the ZhongShan Subor Z+ Console, with Custom AMD Ryzen SoC
One of the exciting elements from last week’s coverage was the announcement of the upcoming Chinese market PC and Console, from Zhongshan Subor, featuring some AMD custom silicon. Through...
36 by Ian Cutress on 8/6/2018AMD Announces Q2 2018 Results: Best Quarter In Seven Years
What a difference a year makes. Yesterday afternoon AMD announced their second quarter results for their fiscal year 2018, and the news is nothing short of stunning, with AMD...
13 by Ryan Smith on 7/26/2018ASRock Expands Phantom Gaming Lineup with Radeon RX Vega Cards
ASRock has expanded its Phantom Gaming lineup with AMD’s Radeon RX Vega 56 and Vega 64 GPUs running at reference clock rates. This launch allows ASRock to move into...
7 by Anton Shilov on 7/10/2018Alphacool Eisblock GPX: A Waterblock with Vertical and Horizontal Connectors
One of the unexpected discoveries on the showfloor at Computex this year was a waterblock from Alphacool. As part of the Eis (‘Ice’) family, the Eisblock GPX is a...
12 by Ian Cutress on 6/25/2018