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AMD has recently expanded its Ryzen 8000 series by introducing the Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F processors. Initially launched in China, these chips were added to AMD's global website, signaling they are available worldwide, apparently from April 1st. Built from the recent Zen 4-based Phoenix APUs using the TSMC 4nm node as their Zen 4 mobile chips, these new CPUs lack integrated graphics. However, the Ryzen 7 8700F does include the integrated Ryzen AI NPU for added capabilities in a world currently dominated by AI and moving it directly into the PC. The company's decision to announce these chips in China aligns with its strategy to offer Ryzen solutions at every price point in the market. Although AMD didn't initially disclose the full...
AMD Partners With PTC for Creo Parametric 2.0
A few months ago during the Radeon HD 7970 launch we discussed how AMD would be revising their Independent Software Vendor (ISV) relations. While their efforts with ISVs in...
9 by Ryan Smith on 4/13/2012
Toshiba Satellite P755D: Nearing the End of the Road for Llano
While the launch of Trinity isn't too far away, it's important to remember there are still plenty of Llano notebooks available today with a lot to offer on their...
34 by Dustin Sklavos on 4/11/2012
Sony VAIO SE: An IPS Laptop for Under a Grand
Yes, folks, we finally managed to get someone to send us a mainstream laptop with an IPS display. Not that there are many choices; besides the Sony SE reviewed...
59 by Jarred Walton on 4/3/2012
AMD Releases Catalyst 12.3 Drivers, Adds 7800 Series Support
AMD has released the latest version of its Catalyst graphics driver package for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows XP, Vista, and 7. This version of the drivers introduces...
25 by Andrew Cunningham on 3/29/2012
AMD Radeon HD 7870 Launch Recap
It has been a couple of weeks since we reviewed the Radeon HD 7800 series, but as we mentioned earlier this week and in our 7850 recap, that was...
7 by Andrew Cunningham on 3/24/2012
AMD Radeon HD 7850 Launch Recap
It has been weeks since we reviewed AMD's Radeon HD 7870 and 7850 cards, but unlike the 7900 and 7700 series cards, the 7800 series was given the typical...
14 by Andrew Cunningham on 3/24/2012
Puget Systems Echo: Intel and AMD Showdown at 65 Watts
Just about anyone can put together a solid computer using a decent midtower and the right parts. What we don't see as often is just how fast a computer...
62 by Dustin Sklavos on 3/21/2012
The Retail Radeon HD 7870 Review: HIS 7870 IceQ Turbo & PowerColor PCS+ HD7870
Two weeks ago AMD officially unveiled the Radeon HD 7800 series. Composed of the Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition and Radeon HD 7850, AMD broke from their earlier protocol...
57 by Ryan Smith on 3/19/2012
This Just In: PowerColor PCS+ HD7870
Though AMD announced the Radeon HD 7800 series nearly two weeks ago, it won’t be until Monday that the cards officially go on sale. While we’re still at work...
27 by Ryan Smith on 3/18/2012
AMD Releases Catalyst 12.2 Drivers, Supports Radeon HD 7000 Series
AMD has released the WHQL-certified version of its Catalyst 12.2 driver package for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows XP, Vista, and 7. In addition to the fixes and...
13 by Andrew Cunningham on 3/12/2012
AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition & Radeon HD 7850 Review: Rounding Out Southern Islands
In 2009-2010, AMD launched the entire 4 chip Evergreen series in 6 months. By previous standards this was a quick pace for a new design, especially since AMD had...
173 by Ryan Smith on 3/5/2012
GlobalFoundries Granted Independence, Acquires Remaining Stake from AMD
When AMD originally spun off its foundry business in 2008, the resulting Foundry Company (as it was called back then) was 55.6% ATIC owned and 44.4% AMD owned. Since...
34 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/4/2012
AMD Executes on Promise of Agility, Intends to Acquire SeaMicro for $334M
At its 2012 Financial Analyst Day, AMD mentioned a conscious shift towards being a more agile company. Wanting a bigger piece of the high margin server market, AMD is...
5 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/2/2012AMD Releases Video Driver for Windows 8 Consumer Preview
In conjunction with today’s release of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, AMD has released a new set of drivers specifically for Windows 8. Dubbed the AMD Catalyst driver for...
18 by Ryan Smith on 2/29/2012AMD Releases FX-6200 and FX-4170 Processors; FX-8120 Gets a Price Cut
AMD sent word this morning that they’re doing some shuffling of their Bulldozer based FX processor lineup. Altogether in the near future AMD will be releasing a new CPU...
23 by Ryan Smith on 2/27/2012
AMD Radeon 7770 Launch Recap
We got off pretty easily with our 7750 launch recap earlier today - with only three cards, it was pretty simple to compare and contrast them and be done...
9 by Andrew Cunningham on 2/20/2012
AMD Radeon HD 7750 Launch Recap
Unlike some of our launch recaps (including the 7770 recap article, which covers a whopping ten cards and should come later today), we have only a handful of cards...
20 by Andrew Cunningham on 2/20/2012
AMD Radeon HD 7750 & Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition Review: Evading The Price/Performance Curve
With the launch of Tahiti behind them, AMD is now firing on all cylinders to get the rest of their Southern Islands lineup out the door. Typically we’d see...
155 by Ryan Smith & Ganesh T S on 2/15/2012
AMD's Eric Demers is Leaving the Company
I just found out that AMD's Eric Demers (Corporate VP & CTO, Graphics Division) is leaving the company at the end of this week. He's not going to Intel...
23 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/14/2012
Sony Vaio Z2: Everything is Peripheral
Users who want everything out of their notebook, no matter how ridiculous the demands, are probably more than at least a little curious about Sony's VAIO Z2. There's good...
88 by Dustin Sklavos on 2/13/2012
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