Tagged: AMD

Lisa Su Robert N. Noyce Medal

AMD CEO thinks Moore’s Law still makes sense

Semiconductor industry pioneer, Intel co-founder, and originator of Moore’s Law, Gordon Moore, passed away at his Hawaii residence on March 24, 2023, at the age of 94. His most renowned proclamation, made in 1965,...

AMD openSIL

AMD plans to phase out AGESA: Switch to openSIL from 2026

AMD typically releases AGESA (AMD Generic Encapsulated Software Architecture) firmware updates at intervals of several months, functioning as a set of libraries designed to initialize and boot its processors. Recently, the Ryzen 7000 series...

Radeon RX 5600 XT 12GB memory

Youtuber expands Radeon RX 5600 XT memory to 12GB

Not long ago, Paulo Gomes and his team replaced the 8GB GDDR6 video memory on an MSI GeForce RTX 3070 graphics card with larger capacity chips, effectively doubling the capacity to 16GB. This modification...

AMD 3000G processor

AMD will resume production of a 3000G series processor

Since entering the era of Zen 3 architecture, AMD’s presence in the low-end market has noticeably diminished. In comparison to the mid and high-end markets, not only has their progress been slower, but their...

TSMC 3nm roadmap

TSMC’s major customers delay the adoption of 3nm

Although Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) currently maintains its leadership in advanced manufacturing processes, factors such as a global economic slowdown, a sluggish semiconductor industry, expensive advanced processes, and weak consumer demand have prompted...

Ryzen 7040U

AMD unveils the new Ryzen 7040U series processors

AMD unveils the new Ryzen 7040U series processors, primarily designed for thin and light laptops, offering enhanced computational and graphical performance while supporting extended battery life. Constructed using the Zen 4 architecture, the Ryzen...

AMD Samsung Foundry 4nm

AMD signed to use Samsung Foundry 4nm

Over the past few years, Samsung has increasingly lagged behind TSMC in the semiconductor foundry domain. Encountering numerous challenges in chip production, such as stable yields, prominent clients like NVIDIA and Qualcomm have shifted...

AMD 2023Q1 Financial

AMD Announces 2023Q1 Financial Report

AMD has reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2023, revealing a loss similar to that of competitor Intel, albeit somewhat less severe. This marks the first time since 2019 that AMD...

Ryzen Threadripper 8000

AMD Zen 5 architecture HEDT code name Shimada Peak

AMD released the Ryzen Threadripper 5000 series processors based on the Zen 3 architecture in March last year, leaving the competition far behind. However, with Intel recently bringing the Xeon WX-2400/3400 series processors, AMD...

Ryzen 7000X3D burnout

AMD’s second Ryzen 7000X3D burnout statement

Recent reports of Ryzen 7000X3D series processors suddenly burning out have garnered the attention of numerous enthusiasts, with the issue stemming from the chip voltage rising to unsafe levels. AMD has previously issued a...