Posts by Metal Messiah:

Intel has officially confirmed the development of 8-core Tiger Lake-H CPUs, built on 10nm SuperFin process

Posted on: 14 Sep 2020

Intel’s Corporate Vice President of Client Computing Group ‘Boyd Phelps’ just posted a blog post on Medium in which he confirms Intel’s development of 8-core Tiger Lake-H CPU lineup for the year 2021, which are based on the Willow Cove core design.

AMD’s Zen 3-based Ryzen 4000 Vermeer series of desktop CPUs detailed, up to 16 Cores/32 Threads

Posted on: 13 Sep 2020

We have some official data regarding AMD’s next-generation Ryzen 4000 CPU family which is based on the new refined Zen 3 core architecture. The information appears to be a part of some confidential AMD documents that were shared by CyberCatPunk, coming via Tom’s Hardware, and Wccftech.

YMTC is China’s first mass producer of 3D NAND Flash Memory Chips, to make domestic SSDs

Posted on: 13 Sep 2020

It appears that Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd. (YMTC) is helping push China’s self-sufficiency, and its domestic market. 3D Xtacking NAND devices are being manufactured from Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd. (YMTC) in Wuhan, China. With this move, YMTC has become China’s first mass-producer of 3D NAND flash memory chips.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 to officially launch on October 15th, RTX 3080 reviews go live on September 16th

Posted on: 12 Sep 2020

Nvidia has just made two major announcements regarding its Ampere GPU lineup. First off, the embargo date for the RTX 3080 reviews has been changed. Earlier we were expecting reviews of the RTX 3080 Founders Edition models this coming Monday, and Custom AIB GPU reviews were scheduled for September 17th.

AMD may possibly adopt the USB-C connector interface for select Big Navi 21 Radeon GPUs

Posted on: 12 Sep 2020

As you may know, USB-C is an industry-standard connector for transmitting both data and power on a single cable. The USB-C connector was developed by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), the group of companies that has developed, certified, and shepherded the USB standard over the years.

Nvidia is prepping an RTX 3060 Ti SKU having 4864 CUDA cores and 8GB GDDR6 VRAM

Posted on: 11 Sep 2020

It appears that previous rumors were true as Nvidia has just confirmed that they have a new mid-range Ti SKU variant in the works as well, the Ampere Geforce RTX 3060 Ti.

Higher quality “binned” RTX 3080 & RTX 3090 SKUs may be rare to find, not all chips are made equal

Posted on: 11 Sep 2020

We all know about winning the Silicon lottery, and how lucky would it be for anyone to get a higher binned quality chip straight out of the box. Every hardware chip is different. Imperfections during fabrication cause each chip to have different limits in terms of clock speed, performance, and thermals.

Nvidia RTX 30 series Founders Edition GPUs pictured close-up & pricing of some custom models

Posted on: 10 Sep 2020

Nvidia recently announced its Ampere lineup of Flagship GPUs, the RTX 3090, 3080 and 3070. The RTX 3080 Founders Edition/FE model will launch on 17th of September for $699 USD. The RTX 3090 FE card on the other hand will launch on the 24th of September for $1499 USD, and lastly the GeForce RTX 3070 is planned … Continue reading Nvidia RTX 30 series Founders Edition GPUs pictured close-up & pricing of some custom models →

Photo of an alleged RDNA2 Engineering sample GPU, possibly for RX 6000, leaked

Posted on: 10 Sep 2020

It appears that a photo has been posted online over at Bilibili, which is a Chinese video sharing website, coming via @Avery78, and rumor has it that this might be an engineering sample of one of the upcoming Big Navi SKUs. We don’t know for sure which graphics processor this is, but one would guess … Continue reading Photo of an alleged RDNA2 Engineering sample GPU, possibly for RX 6000, leaked →

AMD will officially announce Zen 3 CPU architecture on October 8, and the Radeon RX 6000 series on October 28

Posted on: 09 Sep 2020

It appears that we have some official confirmation from AMD regarding the company’s planned product roadmap, which includes the Zen 3 CPU lineup, and RDNA2-based NAVI GPUs. This confirmation just comes after Frank Azor’s tweet, in which he hinted at a possible reveal date of AMD’s products.