AMD’s new Ryzen 3000XT gaming processor series is here
Faster clocks, more cores, four to choose from
It’s Springtime in Ryzen land
New processors are popping up all over
The road to Sony’s PS5
An ultra-high-speed SSD, with an integrated custom I/O system, a custom AMD GPU with ray tracing, and a highly immersive 3D audio processor. Mark Cerny, the lead system architect for the upcoming PS5, gave a virtual presentation called The Road to PS5 and revealed the main features of Sony’s future console. The new console will have three major features: a … Read more
AMD Q4 2019 results: revenues, margins
AMD turned 50 in May 2019 Despite a great quarter, AMD’s stock was down about 2.6% after the company reported its Q4’19 which beats Wall Street estimates. The problem was the company’s guidance for Q1’20 was slightly below what Wall Street anticipated. The company announced revenue for Q4’19 of $2.13 billion, operating income of $348 million, net income of … Read more
AMD releases the 7-nm Pro W5700
The evolution of graphics processors has profoundly changed over the last 20 years. The first specialized graphics architectures were almost purely fixed-function and could only accelerate a very limited range of computation such as geometry or lighting transformations. Programmable shaders gave developers new levels of capabilities, but with allocated functionality. Unified shaders offered dynamic load balancing and advanced branching. … Read more
AMD announces its new RX 5500 is stuck in an Apple
AMD announced the Radeon RX 5500 series GPU based on their RDNA gaming architecture and promising the ultimate in high-performance, high-fidelity 1080p gaming. The company claims the Radeon RX 5500 series provides up to 37% faster performance on average than the competition in select titles at 1080p, supercharging top AAA and eSports games. Acer, HP, Lenovo, and MSI to … Read more
AMD reports Q3 2019 results: good news continues
AMD’s third-quarter earnings results matched Wall Street’s expectations and surprised a few others with its jump in profits. AMD reported its quarterly results for calendar Q3 2019, revenues and operating income were up year-over-year as well as its graphics and compute groups revenue. Profits and announced earnings per share were 18 cents on revenue of $1.8 billion. Analysts expected … Read more
AMD reports Q3 2019 results: good news continues
Lisa Su is not tired of winning. Revenue for the quarter was up 18% from last quarter to $1.8 billion, GAAP profit was $120 million, 243% from last quarter.
AMD Radeon 5700 XT
Excellent Pmark; respectable FPS
AMD Q2 2019 results
AMD reported its quarterly results for calendar Q2 2019, revenues and operating income were down year-over-year as well as its graphics and compute groups revenue and profits. “I am pleased with our financial performance and execution in the quarter as we ramped production of three leadership 7-nm product families,” said Dr. Lisa Su, AMD president and CEO. “We have reached … Read more
Do you need a workstation?
There was a time when the definition of a workstation was crystal clear and so was the decision about having one. If you needed a workstation, you knew who you were and you knew how to get it: ask IT. Alternatively, whine, bully, and demand it from IT. And, the machine you got would have a RISC-based processor, a customized … Read more
Lisa Su kicks off Computex with a show of strength
Lisa Su seems to like Computex and Computex evidently likes Lisa Su. This year, AMD was invited to be among the Computex’ keynote presentations, and Lisa Su snagged the all-important kick-off event. In this very interesting year with very interesting leaders. Taiwan is trying to ride out trade wars and maintain its dangerous dance with China, and somehow come out … Read more