AMD

Improvements in both upscaling resolution and downscaling geometry.

The first AMD EPYC Embedded chips to leverage Zen 4c cores.

The RX 8800 XT still looks like it will beat the RTX 5070 to market.

AMD's new 800-series chipsets are officially here, but are they worth the upgrade? We'll dive into performance, features, and pricing of the X870E motherboards from Asus, Asrock, Gigabyte, and MSI.

The Ryzen 9 9950X dominates the 16-core benchmarking category in HWBot.

New chipsets and platform tweaks.

General and coding-optimized models released.

But there is a catch.

Faulty implementation or platform issue?

96-core EPYC 9655 smiles for the camera

Ryzen 5 and 7 models get more power and all of them get better OS support. Good news, right?

Hardware leaker Harukaze5719 just shared some screenshots of a Chiphell forum discussion about the upcoming X3D lineup. One user claimed that during a Gigabyte press conference, AMD representatives revealed that the company has only the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Ryzen 9 9900X3D, and Ryzen 9 9950X3D lined up for the next several months.

3D-VCache is Cloudflare's best friend

Leaker claims that AMD has started launching its Zen 5-powered Ryzen 9000 X3D chips this year.

AMD's flagship Zen 5 mobile CPU beats Raptor Lake Refresh and Meteor Lake.

The Strix Halo sample does not shine in this particular benchmark.

USB4 or OCuLink connected eGPU bristles with ports and can fit in an M.2 2280 SSD.

AMD laptop chips have been in short supply "for a decade".

Up to 16 Zen 5 cores and 40 RDNA 3.5 graphics CUs.

[@[email protected]'s recent post](https://lemmy.zip/post/22973459) gave me a couple of thoughts that I'd like to share;

Preface

Current Context (as of Sept 18, 2024): AMD's Reprioritization of Data Center Clients Over Laptop OEMs

If AMD were to upgrade the consumer class to server class via their CPU feature-set expansion and partnerships, they'd have a higher likelihood of acquiring new developers to focus and develop AMD's drivers (esp on the Linux side; pending native support for developers) which could create a positive-feedback-loop for both AMD and the Linux community:

• better Linux support on AMD = higher probability of adding new AMD Linux Devs
  • more AMD Linux devs providing improved Linux desktop experience = more Windows and macOS users jumping ship who would then also help improve AMD Linux desktop exp
    • (while writing, this made me think of SC2's Protoss Katamri Deathball)

With AMD's current decisions I see:

• AMD's laptop market shrinking; leaving competitiors to fill in for AMD's departure/vacancy.
• Desktop PC users gaining a higher competitive advantage as performance headroom increases due to AMD's pairing of CPUs with server-grade features with enthusiast mobos

As a knock-on effect users would become more able to start new tech businesses powered by AMD components as self-hosting becomes more accessible via the AMD Linux relationship in addition to NVIDIA's albeit small but increasingly competitive strategies to enter the FOSS competition

• FOSS startups are in an interesting position as the increase in competition from both AMD and NVIDIA in the Linux space is likely to simutaneously:
  • increase capital expenditures(startup costs) due to expanded mobo and CPU feature-sets (in context to the Linux ecosystem) but
  • also decrease long-term costs due to increasing feasibility for users to self-host their own services thereby reducing cloud-dependant subscription-costs

As a systems analyst the current environment in the tech space really tickles my brain in delightful ways🤔

Please note however:
As I have no certainties about what the path lies ahead in addition to potentially being misinformed; please take everything I've said with a grain of salt in that all of this is speculation and are my thoughts alone (sadly I also have no insider information to provide further supporting evidence)

The Epyc 4004 chips, which launched in May, feature specs almost identical to AMD's consumer Ryzen 7000 CPUs. Pairing these chips with enthusiast-grade motherboards and advanced cooling solutions has afforded unexpected overclocking headroom.

More free frames, what's not to love?

Cross-CCD on Zen 5 dual-CCD CPUs is now in line with Zen 4 chips.

The situation has become so strained that a report from AC Analysis described it as a "Cold War ice age," eroding mutual trust between AMD and its laptop partners.