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Microsoft announces a new “Pluton” Security CPU in collaboration with AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm

It appears that Microsoft is working on a new security processor, dubbed as PLUTON.  Microsoft is doing this in collaboration with AMD, Intel and Qualcomm. These companies will integrate the technology into their own processors. Continue reading Microsoft announces a new “Pluton” Security CPU in collaboration with AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm

First third-party benchmarks for AMD Radeon RX 6800XT surface, faster than NVIDIA GeForce RTX3090 in some rasterized games

It appears that AMD is back. The red team has lifted the embargo for the AMD Radeon RX 6800 and RX 6800XT and as we can see, AMD has finally delivered a competitive product. In fact, the AMD Radeon RX 6800XT can, in some rasterized games, surpass even the NVIDIA GeForce RTX3090. Continue reading First third-party benchmarks for AMD Radeon RX 6800XT surface, faster than NVIDIA GeForce RTX3090 in some rasterized games

Here are the first official AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Ray Tracing gaming benchmarks

Last month AMD officially announced its RDNA 2-based flagship Big Navi graphics cards, the Radeon RX 6900XT, RX 6800XT and RX 6800, respectively. Even though the RDNA 2 Live event showcased benchmarks that favored the Radeon RX 6900 XT, Radeon RX 6800 XT, and Radeon RX 6800 over the competition, none of them included metrics related to ray tracing. Continue reading Here are the first official AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Ray Tracing gaming benchmarks

AMD RDNA 2 “Hangar 21” Technology Demo Video coming on November 19th, official trailer released

AMD has released a trailer for a new technology demo for which it will release its full video on November 19th. According to the red team, the “Hangar 21” Technology Demo Video will let you see the breakthrough AMD RDNA 2 gaming architecture in action. Continue reading AMD RDNA 2 “Hangar 21” Technology Demo Video coming on November 19th, official trailer released

ASROCK offers backwards compatibility support for ZEN 3 CPUs on budget 300-series motherboards

As you know AMD recently announced its Ryzen 5000-series Zen 3 Vermeer desktop CPU lineup. AMD released four SKUs based on Zen 3 arch, the Ryzen 5 5600X, Ryzen 7 5800X, Ryzen 9 5900X and the Ryzen 9 5950X, respectively. As of late, AMD has been dominating in the desktop processor space. Continue reading ASROCK offers backwards compatibility support for ZEN 3 CPUs on budget 300-series motherboards

AMD discusses RDNA 2 RX 6000-series GPUs’ ray-tracing and super resolution features

In a recent interview with TheStreet, AMD’s Executive Vice President, Computing and Graphics Business Group, Rick Bergman shared some details on the Ray tracing performance, and AMD’s approach to a super sample resolution technique for their upcoming Radeon RX 6000-series RDNA 2 GPU lineup. Continue reading AMD discusses RDNA 2 RX 6000-series GPUs’ ray-tracing and super resolution features

AMD’s Frank Azor responds to Ryzen 5000-series ZEN 3 desktop CPU shortages; insists this wasn’t a ‘paper launch’

As you may already know AMD recently announced its Ryzen 5000-series Zen 3-based Vermeer desktop CPU lineup. According to AMD these CPUs will offer much better single-thread performance in PC games. AMD also lifted the review embargo and some third-party gaming benchmarks were also published. Continue reading AMD’s Frank Azor responds to Ryzen 5000-series ZEN 3 desktop CPU shortages; insists this wasn’t a ‘paper launch’

AMD Ryzen 5000 Zen 3 ‘Vermeer’ CPU die shot pictured, revealing the core topology and architecture

As you know AMD recently announced its Ryzen 5000-series Zen 3-based Vermeer desktop CPU lineup. According to AMD these CPUs will offer better single-thread performance in PC games. AMD also lifted the review embargo and first third-party gaming benchmarks were also published. Continue reading AMD Ryzen 5000 Zen 3 ‘Vermeer’ CPU die shot pictured, revealing the core topology and architecture