AMD
Latest about AMD

Intel's most powerful CPU ever may have been spotted - 86-core Granite Rapids-WS has a 4.8GHz base speed and will give AMD's ThreadRipper HEDT a run for its money
By Wayne Williams published
Intel Granite Rapids-WS engineering sample spotted online with 86 cores and 172 threads.

OpenAI and AMD reveal billion-dollar partnership - Sam Altman says deal will "bring the benefits of advanced AI to everyone faster"
By Craig Hale published
OpenAI will take a major stake in AMD as part of major deal.

Battering down the doors - this $50 hacking kit is enough to break Intel and AMD's toughest chip defenses, so be on your guard
By Efosa Udinmwen published
Researchers show $50 interposer attacks which bypass Intel and AMD enclave protections by exploiting deterministic encryption.

Huawei Atlas 950 SuperPoD vs Nvidia DGX SuperPOD vs AMD Instinct Mega POD: How do they compare?
By Efosa Udinmwen published
Huawei, Nvidia, and AMD clash over AI supercomputing dominance with radically different designs, performance philosophies, and rollout timelines.

Huawei Ascend 950 vs Nvidia H200 vs AMD MI300 Instinct: How do they compare?
By Efosa Udinmwen published
Different compute platform philosophies emerge as Ascend 950 targets low-precision efficiency, H200 leverages ecosystem maturity, and MI300 dominates memory bandwidth and FP64 performance.

Hell freezes over: AMD may team up with Intel to produce chips - but I don't expect Intel foundries to push out Ryzen CPUs anytime soon
By Wayne Williams published
Intel and AMD are reportedly exploring a possible foundry arrangement which could see it produce some of AMD's chips.

Which GPU is best for content creation? Well, Nvidia seems to have all the answers to that question, but Intel is the dark horse
By Efosa Udinmwen published
Nvidia dominates rendering and editing, AMD delivers selective strengths, and Intel surprises in AI benchmarks while struggling with broader stability.

AMD wants to double DDR5 memory bandwidth using clever trick, patent reveals - but this is no SOCAMM rival, and AMD's previous memory project didn't end well
By Wayne Williams published
AMD patent reveals new RAM module design which doubles DDR5 bandwidth using HB-DIMMs, but avoids replacing DRAM chips with entirely new technology.

The best cheap processor in 2025: my top picks based on dozens of hours of testing
By John Loeffler last updated
Updated After dozens of hours of rigorous testing, I've narrowed down the best cheap processors for every budget and platform.

AMD’s next-gen ‘Redstone’ AI upscaling tech looks imminent – and a big clue has been spotted in the latest drivers
By Isaiah Williams published
AMD's preview driver has potentially spilled the beans on a new AFMF 3 update, and indicates that its 'Redstone' AI upscaling tech overhaul may be here sooner than we expected.
Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more.