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

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 this could be the upcoming NAVI 2x RDNA2-based GPU variant. Continue reading Photo of an alleged RDNA2 Engineering sample GPU, possibly for RX 6000, leaked →

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

According to Frank Azor who’s the Chief Architect of Gaming Solutions & Marketing over at AMD, the Big Navi cards might be teased tomorrow, September 10th. Frank Azor hinted this via a tweet, though he didn’t mention a direct reference to the Navi 2x GPU. But we can hope to get some glimpse on AMD’s RDNA 2 GPU lineup, or even on the upcoming ZEN 3 CPU architecture, if this tweet is anything to go by. Continue reading AMD’s RX 6000 series, ‘Big Navi’ GPUs, might possibly be unveiled tomorrow →

During the latest earnings call for the second quarter of 2020, AMD reaffirmed its plans to introduce Zen 3-based Ryzen 4000 client Desktop CPUs and RDNA 2-based Navi 2X GPUs in the second half of 2020. This means Zen 3 and Navi 2x product lineup from AMD is on track. The next-generation Ryzen 4000 series of desktop processors are based on the Zen 3 architecture, and these processors are codenamed as Vermeer. Continue reading AMD’s upcoming ZEN 3 Ryzen 4000 “Vermeer” series of processors might come in 10-core SKU flavors →

AMD plans to release next-gen APUs by next year. The Ryzen 5000 Cezanne APU lineup will be a direct successor to Renoir. These are rumored to be based on the ZEN 3 architecture. These might target the high-end notebook (FP6), and mid-range desktop APU segment (AM4 socket). Continue reading AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 5000 ‘Cezanne’ APUs will feature 8 ZEN 3 cores per core complex/CCX →

AMD recently announced its entry-level budget A520 motherboard chipset for the 3rd Gen Ryzen ‘Matisse’ processor family, as well as the Athlon and Ryzen 4000G processors based on the ‘Renoir’ silicon. But similar to the B550 Chipset, it does not offer support for the Ryzen 3 3200G and Ryzen 5 3400G processors based on the ‘Picasso’ silicon, as well as other older 2^nd and 1st Gen Ryzen CPUs. Continue reading ASUS confirms A520 motherboard chipset will support AMD’s Cezanne APUs, & future ZEN 3 processors →