According to a recent potential entry spotted in the EEC (Eurasian Economic Commission) database, AMD’s AIB ASRock is planning to launch a new SKU, notably the Radeon RX 6600 XT with 12GB memory. The EEC filing specifically mentions that ASRock’s RX 6600 XT GPU might feature 12GB of VRAM, and the RX 6700 non-XT variant will sport 6GB of VRAM, as spotted by @KOMACHI_ENSAKA. Continue reading Is AMD prepping to launch a new Radeon RX 6600 XT with 12GB VRAM? →

AMD has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the red team, the AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 21.2.1 driver offers optimal performance in The Medium. Continue reading AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 21.2.1 driver is optimized for The Medium →

As per one source over at the South Korean tech forum Clien, AMD is reportedly planning to shift some of its chip production to Samsung, coming via Harukaze5719 (Twitter). Although the tech forum Clien has given us accurate predictions before, it is an open forum where anyone can post unverified claims. Continue reading AMD plans to outsource some of its GPU and APU chip production to Samsung in future →

During the CES 2021 keynote, AMD’s CEO Dr.Lisa Su confirmed that mainstream Radeon RX 6000 cards will be arriving in the first half of 2021. And according to a recent report published by Cowcotland, AMD is expected to launch its Radeon RX 6700 series by the end of March 2021. Continue reading AMD’s Radeon RX 6700 XT mid-range GPU to feature 12GB GDDR6 VRAM →

It appears that AMD has recently filed and published a new patent titled “Chiplet-integrated Machine Learning Accelerators”, in which techniques for performing machine learning operations are outlined. AMD describes what the company calls a new MLA (Machine Learning Accelerator) chiplet design. Continue reading AMD files a new patent for a chiplet-based Machine Learning Accelerator design →

According to a recent report coming via Phoronix, AMD’s RDNA2 GPUs have a power management feature dubbed as Duty Cycle Scaling (DCS), as discovered in a recent Linux patch. This feature aims to either temporarily boost performance or reduce the power consumption based on some GPU parameters. Continue reading Some AMD RDNA2-based GPUs come with a power management feature, called ‘Duty Cycle Scaling/DCS’ →

AMD recently held its Q4 2020 earnings call in which AMD’s president and CEO Lisa Su discussed PC chip, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S shortages when investors asked about the magnitude of supply constraints due to growth and the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading AMD CEO expects PC chip shortages to last until the second half of 2021 →

We all know by now that Scalping has become one of the most frustrating things to happen lately, which in turn has affected and disrupted the whole PC hardware and the console gaming market as well. Scalpers had the opportunity to buy a product for the sole purpose of just making a profit off of it, and more specifically for selling it at a much higher price than the initial MSRP. Continue reading Scalpers have made $5.88 million by selling AMD Ryzen 5000 CPUs off Ebay →

AMD has been quite successful with its chiplet-based design which the company has used in its recent Zen series of processors. Instead of building standard, monolithic CPUs, AMD opted for a new type of configuration called a chiplet. From a marketing perspective, chiplets have been a huge hit. Continue reading AMD RDNA 3-based NAVI 31 GPU rumored to feature MCM design & improved Ray Tracing support →