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AMD Makes Big Claims for Zen-based CPUs

by Bob Raikes

AMD has announced at a ‘fan event’ new high performance CPUs based on its ‘Zen’ archicture and also revealed Ryzen as the new brand for Zen-based desktop and notebook processor families. AMD also gave …

Tags:AMD| Chips| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 23 - Issue 49

GPU Shipments Positive in Q3 Says JPR

by Bob Raikes

In Q3 2016 “Nvidia increased everything in Q3 2016. Total GPU shipments up a whopping 20.4%, from last quarter” said Jon Peddie Research in its report on the PC GPU market. Although the market …

Tags:AMD| GPUs| Intel| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 23 - Issue 46

AMD Promoting New Pro 400 Series Graphics

by Bob Raikes

AMD has formally released the Radeon Pro 400 Series Graphics which are in the MacBook Pro that Apple announced last week (Apple Event Introduces New Mac Book Pro). AMD said that the chip was …

Tags:AMD| GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 23 - Issue 43

AMD Posts Q3 Results

by Yvette Raikes

Due to debt redemption, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) reported Q3 net losses of $406 million, up on losses for the same period last year of $197 million, on turnover of $1.3 billion, up …

Tags:AMD| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 42

AMD Working with eMagin on 4K VR

by Bob Raikes

AMD is working with eMagin to develop a ‘4K’ VR display according to Roy Taylor of AMD, who is effusive about the quality in the video below. Check out, also, this video, where Taylor …

Tags:3D| AMD| eMagin| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Nvidia to Release GTX 1050 in Late September

by Isaac Oburu

According to sources in Asia, demand for Nvidia’s Pascal-based GeForce GTX 1080, 1070 and 1060 graphics cards have steadily increased and the company has plans to release GTX 1050 graphics card at the end …

Tags:AMD| GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 23 - Issue 36

AMD Lays Out VR Vision in IFA Keynote

by Chris Chinnock

Mark Papermaster, CTO at AMD and Roy Taylor, Corporate VP for Alliances and Content shared a keynote speaking spot at IFA where they laid out their view of the status and future of VR. …

Tags:AMD| GPUs| IFA 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 36

GPUs Fall Below 10-Year Average

by Tom Allen

As the PC market fell in Q2’16, largely due to data centers and servers, shares in the GPU market shifted. AMD rose while Intel and Nvidia fell. PC shipments were up 1.06% QoQ but …

Tags:AMD| GPUs| Intel| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 23 - Issue 33

0.8% Rise ‘Encouraging’ for AIBs

by Tom Allen

PC graphics add-in board (graphics cards) shipments rose 0.8% YoY in Q2’16, and fell 20.8% QoQ, says Jon Peddie Research. Market shares also shifted, with AMD gaining share at the expense of Nvidia. AIBs …

Tags:AMD| Graphics Cards| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 23 - Issue 33

AMD Plans Silicon Valley Move

by Tom Allen

AMD is moving its Silicon Valley headquarters to a new location. The 20,440m² six-storey building will hold both the corporate HQ and R&D site, with up to 1,000 employees based there. The new location, …

Tags:AMD| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 33