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Intel promises next year's Xeons will challenge AMD on memory, IO channels

Hot Chips Plus more insights on x86 titan's all E-core datacenter chips

Systems28 Aug 2023 | 17

Linus Torvalds couldn't find an excuse to hold back Linux 6.5, so here it is

Summer push proved less disruptive than feared

OSes28 Aug 2023 | 7

AMD adds 4th-gen Epycs to AWS in HPC and normie workload flavors

Silicon joins Amazon's homegrown Gravitons, Intel's Sapphire Rapids Xeons

Cloud Infrastructure Week21 Aug 2023 |

Nearly every AMD CPU since 2017 vulnerable to Inception data-leak attacks

It's like a nesting doll of security flaws

Patches09 Aug 2023 | 32

Say hello to Downfall, another data-leaking security hole in several years of Intel chips

Black Hat It is with a heavy heart that we must announce that the boffins are at it again

Black Hat and DEF CON09 Aug 2023 | 10

Micron joins the CXL 2.0 party with a 256GB memory expander

RAM disguised as an SSD? What will they come up with next?

Storage08 Aug 2023 | 7

Tesla hackers turn to voltage glitching to unlock paywalled features

Black Hat Oh, this old thing? Yeah, it's got an AMD processor. Why?

Black Hat and DEF CON07 Aug 2023 | 55

AMD says it'll jump through Uncle Sam's hoops to sell AI chips to China

Set to join Intel, Nvidia in observing bus speed limits

AI + ML03 Aug 2023 | 2

AMD hopes for rebound in the second half of the year as Q2 profits plunge 94%

Don't worry, AI will fix everything, predicts CEO Lisa Su

On-Prem02 Aug 2023 | 2

Bad news: Another data-leaking CPU flaw. Good news: It's utterly impractical

Collide+Power vulnerability leaks secrets bit by bit - but could take months or years to learn a useful secret

Research01 Aug 2023 | 4

Fed-up Torvalds suggests disabling AMD’s 'stupid' performance-killing fTPM RNG

Some Ryzen Linux machines still stumble along despite efforts to fix it all

OSes31 Jul 2023 | 72

School for semiconductors? Arm tries to address chip talent shortages

US, Europe and China all rushing to create next gen of experts and upskill existing workforce

Systems28 Jul 2023 | 35

AMD Zenbleed chip bug leaks secrets fast and easy

Zen 2 flaw more simple than Spectre, exploit code already out there – get patching when you can

CSO24 Jul 2023 | 64

AMD mulls new chip manufacturing partners amid supply chain jitters

TSMC has too much capacity when China has made no secret of its desire for Taiwan

Systems24 Jul 2023 | 9

A mix-and-match chiplet marketplace for processor makers is still a long way off

Analysis Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express is on the rails

On-Prem01 Jul 2023 | 6

AMD says its FPGA is ready to emulate your biggest chips

But can it run Crysis?

Systems27 Jun 2023 | 16

AMD's 128-core Epycs could spell trouble for Ampere Computing

Analysis We still have more cores, exec sniffs

Systems21 Jun 2023 | 15

AMD seeks luck of the Irish with $135M investment for adaptive computing R&D

Pales in comparison to to rival Intel's presence in Dublin... for now

Systems21 Jun 2023 |

Amazon isn’t sold on AMD’s tiny Zen 4c cores in manycore Bergamo processors

Or Ampere's Arm cores for that matter

PaaS + IaaS15 Jun 2023 | 1

AMD's latest Epycs are bristling with cores, stacked to the gills with cache

Zen giant's Instinct MI300 APUs, GPUs not quite ready for limelight

Systems13 Jun 2023 |

AMD extends Ryzen 7000 range to enterprise with Pro chips

Lines itself up against Apple's M2 Pro on battery life stakes, talks up AI abilities

Systems13 Jun 2023 | 3

What to expect from AMD's June datacenter, AI shindig

Comment Could it be a cloudy Epyc, or a datacenter APU, maybe another cache-stacked X-chip?

Systems01 Jun 2023 |

Windows driver woes trip AMD GPU owners, blind Arm-powered cameras

Rollbacks and workarounds abound

OSes30 May 2023 | 12

AMD undercuts Nvidia's 4060 launch with a $269 GPU

Maybe the years of accelerators being hard to find and harder to pay for are behind us?

Personal Tech25 May 2023 | 17

AMD scours parts bin for old CPUs, GPUs to put in Chromebooks

Do you really need the latest and greatest cores to doomscroll the web?

Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 7

AMD reveals Azure is offering its SmartNICs as-a-service

Still smiling despite Q1 PC chip sales slumping 65 points and flat server sales

On-Prem03 May 2023 |

AMD probes reports of deep fried Ryzen 7000 chips

Updated Botched BIOS firmware, EXPO memory profiles possible culprit

Personal Tech25 Apr 2023 | 9

Are accelerators the cure to video's power problem or just an excuse to peddle GPUs?

Analysis You could just watch less TikTok or Twitch, maybe go outside

Energy Efficient Datacenters13 Apr 2023 | 17

It's time to stop fearing CPU power management

Feature It's (probably) not going to kill your latency and it could save you a buck

Energy Efficient Datacenters12 Apr 2023 | 11

Samsung scores fresh Radeon deal with AMD for Exynos chip line ahead of profit crunch

Prelim Q1 2023 results expected to be company's worst in 14 years

Systems06 Apr 2023 | 2

Intel successfully ships an updated datacenter roadmap

What we may well see in 2023 and beyond

Systems30 Mar 2023 | 6

Nvidia CEO promises sustainability salvation in the cult of accelerated computing

GTC Not quite as dramatic as AMD's Lisa Su and her visions of nuclear-powered supercomputers

Systems21 Mar 2023 | 1

Industrial design: AMD brings 4th gen Epyc power to embedded applications

7-year availability as kit goes in hardware that hangs around much longer than average PC

Systems14 Mar 2023 | 6

AMD flips the bird at Intel as it glides past in CPU-GPU stakes

CTO warns chips and process technology must be designed together more closely thanks to Moore's Law

Systems09 Mar 2023 | 4

Unless things change, first zettaflop systems will need nuclear power, AMD's Su says

Of course the company that figured out chiplets says the answer is more chiplets

Systems23 Feb 2023 | 54

Microsoft promises smaller Windows 11 updates with UUP – but there's a catch

A beefy 10GB one-time download that arrives in March

Software13 Feb 2023 | 34

Semiconductor world in for a rough ride as chip bubble bursts at the high end

Analysis Just don't expect foundry spending to stop anytime soon

Systems04 Feb 2023 | 27

AMD's pricy cache-packed Ryzen 7000X3D CPUs ship this month

Who needs 6GHz when you can have 128MB of L3

Systems02 Feb 2023 | 6

AMD's Epyc server chips give strong revenue growth, but profits drop 98%

CEO Lisa Su's job is vastly more fun that Pat Gelsinger's right now, at least on the balance sheet

Systems01 Feb 2023 | 2

US Department of Energy solicits AMD's help with nuke sims

Chips were just Epyc, but now they're the bomb and Intel's inside the tent too

Systems31 Jan 2023 | 6

Killed EU antitrust fine could still come back to haunt Intel

European Commission says findings about payments intended to prevent sales of rival products still stand

Systems30 Jan 2023 | 3

Intel, AMD just created a headache for datacenters

Server silos didn't see today's watt-gobbling, space-heater chips coming

HPC19 Jan 2023 | 29

Years late and 36 cores short of AMD, who are Intel’s 4th-gen Xeons even for?

Analysis Here's what $17,000 of silicon gets you

Systems12 Jan 2023 | 34

AMD follows Intel's lead with alphanumeric soup of new Ryzens

Analysis New high-end Ryzen laptop CPUs? Huzzah! Now what's the number again?

Systems05 Jan 2023 | 10

After roasting Nvidia for overheating issues AMD now has its own

Perhaps make sure your own products are working properly before razzing your rival's

Systems05 Jan 2023 | 20

Samsung slaps processing-in-memory chips onto GPUs for first-of-its-kind supercomputer

Korean tech giant claims big performance, energy efficiency gains with memory tech

HPC13 Dec 2022 | 10

Intel aims for lower-power GPUs as Nvidia pushes pricey energy guzzlers

GPU boss vows 'dramatic shift in the PC graphics landscape' with next-gen CPU

Systems12 Dec 2022 | 6

'Merge window from Hell' opens as Linus Torvalds reveals Linux 6.1

Kernel boss won't consider code that's late, or hasn't already appeared in Linux-next, for version 6.2

OSes11 Dec 2022 | 5

AMD says transistor tech will keep Moore’s law alive for 6 to 8 years

'We're going to have lower power, but it's going to cost more' says chipmaker's CTO

Systems02 Dec 2022 | 12

Microsoft adds silicon muscle into latest Azure SQL database configs

Intel's 'Ice Lake' and AMD's 'Milan' chips bump up speeds and feeds

Databases01 Dec 2022 |

AWS follows AMD and Intel down the specialized chips path

Analysis CPU roadmaps are fragmenting to serve a variety of needs. Time to do some homework

HPC30 Nov 2022 |

GPU shipments saw biggest nosedive since noughties recession

A sign of the computer industry’s sad state, but at least there’s supply!

Systems23 Nov 2022 | 13

Chinese Loongson chips coming in 2023, on par with 2020 x86 kit

Homegrown chips remain behind for now, but for how much longer?

Systems21 Nov 2022 | 17

Nvidia faces lawsuit for melting RTX 4090 cables as AMD has a laugh

Law firm wants class-action status, says issue poses 'serious electrical and fire hazard'

Systems18 Nov 2022 | 59

Nvidia H100-based Henri supercomputer tests AMD’s claim on Green500

SC22 In this race it's all about flops per watts

HPC17 Nov 2022 | 1

Chips in space: Reprogrammable AMD AI SoC cleared for liftoff

Team Red believes chip will allow AI inferencing to proliferate in the cosmos

Systems15 Nov 2022 | 2