AMD has been an underdog since the introduction of the ill-fated Bulldozer processor which resulted in the career change of several CEOs, CMOs, and CFO at the company. And then, along came Lisa Su. Saddled with a company no one wanted to work at, no one wanted to buy, and no one thought had any future, she saw something others … Read more
Building a dGPU that will physically fit inside a thin and light notebook, including its frame-buffer memory, while keeping the power drain down is no simple feat
Leaks, peaks, and sneaks took some of the explosive value out of Nvidia’s big RTX 30 reveal this week, but it was of no consequence because Nvidia had such a big story to tell. Whatever you thought you already knew was nothing compared to what Nvidia showed. Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s co-founder, and CEO, invited us into his kitchen again to … Read more
Nvidia had a huge jump in market share to 78%
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
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
Faster clocks, more cores, four to choose from
PC GPU market shipments decreased -5.3% sequentially from last quarter but increased 14.9% year-to-year.
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
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
New machines for the holiday season
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
