CPU

And that door keeps spinning

Yet another former AMD executive has gone to Intel. Mark Hirsch will be Intel’s new VP of competitive software programs. Hirsch was corporate VP of systems engineering for AMD's Radeon graphics technology group.  Intel has made several recent hires of former AMD talent, including Raja Koduri, AMD's former chief GPU architect who is now leading Intel's Core and Visual Computing … Read more

Ryzen re-risen

Act two of the Zen One year after the release of the AMD’s Ryzen processors, the company announced the 2nd generation AMD Ryzen desktop processors. This second-generation Ryzen desktop processor lineup includes two 8-core, 16-thread models and two 6-core, 12-thread models, all offering major upgrades, AMD SenseMI technology, and other features. AMD’s 2nd generation Ryzen processor line up The entire … Read more