COVID-19 pulls in global add-in-board sales
Nvidia had a huge jump in market share to 78%
AMD updates Radeon Pro software for enterprise
The new Radeon Pro Enterprise Drivers are designed to make the Radeon Pro W5700 look its best, at least until a new round of drivers come around. AMD says the new drivers are enabling a 15% increase in geomean SPECviewperf 13 benchmark Viewsets compared to the previous 19.Q3 driver. And the company claims its new power management features offer … Read more
Apple updates 27-inch iMac, giving Apple heads a new dilemma
The big news for Apple came as it always did in June with the company’s big WWDC. This year’s event was no less explosive for being held as a virtual event. Instead, Tim Cook marched out and scrambled the game board with the announcement of new all-Apple strategy for new Mac computers coming at the end of the year. As … Read more
AMD’s new Ryzen 3000XT gaming processor series is here
Faster clocks, more cores, four to choose from
Global GPU market’s growth blunted by COVID-19 in Q1’20 reports Jon Peddie Research
PC GPU market shipments decreased -5.3% sequentially from last quarter but increased 14.9% year-to-year.
AMD Q1 2020 results
AMD turned 50 in May 2019 AMD’s first quarter was down from Q4, but up year to year in sales and profits. Revenue was $1.79 billion, up 40% year-over-year primarily driven by higher Computing and Graphics segment revenue. Revenue was down 16% quarter-over-quarter due to lower revenue in both segments. “We executed well in the first quarter, navigating the … Read more
AMD has its head in the clouds—the Azure cloud
Today’s digital workforce relies on applications that use GPU acceleration at their core. From the most powerful 3D design tools, to common office productivity tools, and even web browsing, everyday applications are designed to require graphics acceleration support. That includes virtual machines, which without GPU acceleration will often struggle with some of the most common desktop tasks. Answering that need, … Read more
PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X announced
New machines for the holiday season
Xbox Series X peak
The Xbox Series X is defined by three primary characteristics: power with new AMD GPU, speed with 1 TB SSD, and compatibility. Microsoft says the new X Box Series X will be backward compatible and able to run every Xbox game released since the launch of the Xbox One in 2013 (but not Kinect titles). And, it will be able … Read more
AMD bullish
Join AMD and you too can have a ball on your cheek If any company in the computer industry can be described as the comeback kid, it’s AMD. All but written off eight years ago, AMD has risen out of the ashes with remarkable momentum and accomplishments. The company has grown market share in all segments from Client to … Read more
AMD joins Blockchain Gaming Alliance and teams with distribution companies
Remember when anyone who had a tech company had a blockchain strategy? It’s happening again, Batman. AMD has announced that it’s joining the Blockchain Game Alliance (BGA). The company says it is partnering with Robot Cache and Ultra to promote the development and proliferation of blockchain-based PC gaming. This is a movement in the making. The activities listed on the Blockchain … Read more
Benchmarking the Radeon Pro W5700
Performance: relative to its predecessor and the most comparable Nvidia offering