AMD Introduces 7th Generation APUs: Bristol Ridge Takes Center Stage
It is no secret that AMD has faced an uphill battle since the release of the original Core 2 processors from Intel....
Read Moreby Josh Walrath | Jun 1, 2016 | Processors | 12
It is no secret that AMD has faced an uphill battle since the release of the original Core 2 processors from Intel....
Read Moreby Josh Walrath | Apr 5, 2016 | Processors | 16
Today AMD is “pre-announcing” their latest 7th generation APU. Codenamed “Bristol Ridge”, this new SOC is based off of the Excavator architecture featured in the previous Carrizo series of products. AMD...
Read Moreby Josh Walrath | Jan 21, 2016 | Editorial | 49
AMD is still kicking. While the results of this past year have been forgettable, they have overcome some significant hurdles and look like they are improving their position in terms…
Read Moreby Sebastian Peak | Jan 11, 2016 | Processors | 2
According to a report published by CPU World, a pair of unreleased AMD Athlon X4 processors appeared in a supported CPU list on Gigabyte's website (since removed) long enough to give away some information…
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Oct 22, 2015 | General Tech | 18
On your latest flight you may have noticed some branding on the displays powering the schedules and in-flight entertainment, or perhaps if you were flying to Vegas you didn't notice it until…
Read Moreby Scott Michaud | Aug 31, 2015 | Graphics Cards, Processors | 7
Apart from manufacturers with a heavy first-party focus, such as Apple and Nintendo, hardware is useless without developer support. In this case, AMD has updated their App SDK...
Read Moreby Scott Michaud | Jun 4, 2015 | Graphics Cards, Mobile, Processors | 8
My discussion of the Carrizo architecture went up a couple of days ago. The post did not include specific SKUs because we did not have those at the...
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Jun 3, 2015 | General Tech | 3
If you skipped reading Scott's look at the new AMD Carrizo processor you have done yourself a disfavour and should read through his look at AMD's recent history and the...
Read Moreby Scott Michaud | Jun 3, 2015 | Graphics Cards, Mobile, Processors, Systems | 16
A little while ago, I decided to think about processor design as a game. You are given a budget of complexity, which is determined by your process node,…
Read Moreby Josh Walrath | Apr 29, 2015 | Processors | 38
EDIT 2015-05-07: A day after the AMD analyst meeting we now know that the roadmaps delivered here are not legitimate. While some of the information is likely correct…
Read Moreby Josh Walrath | Apr 27, 2015 | Processors | 63
There are some pretty breathless analysis of a single leaked block diagram that is supposedly from AMD. This is one of the first indications of what the Zen architecture looks like from…
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Apr 21, 2015 | General Tech | 3
It will not be officially rolled in until kernel 4.2 but you can currently grab the new binary blob by following the links from Phoronix. This new AMDGPU kernel driver...
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Feb 24, 2015 | Processors | 4
While it is utterly inconceivable that Josh might have missed something in his look at Carrizo, that hasn't stopped certain Canadians from talking about Gila County, Arizona. AMD's upcoming processor...
Read Moreby Josh Walrath | Feb 24, 2015 | Processors | 34
Some months back AMD introduced us to their “Carrizo” product. Details were slim, but we learned that this would be another 28 nm part that has improved power efficiency…
Read Moreby Ken Addison | Jan 22, 2015 | General Tech | 4
PC Perspective Podcast #333 - 01/22/2015 Join us this week as we discuss the ASUS Rampage V Extreme, Samsung T1 Portable SSD, Windows 10 and more! You…
Read Moreby Sebastian Peak | Jan 18, 2015 | Processors | 31
A new report of leaked benchmarks paints a very interesting picture of the upcoming AMD Carrizo mobile APU. Image credit: SiSoftware Announced as strictly mobile parts, Carrizo is based on...
Read Moreby Josh Walrath | Nov 20, 2014 | Processors | 14
AMD has certainly gone about doing things in a slightly different manner than we are used to. Today they announced their two latest APUs which will begin shipping in the first half…
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Oct 7, 2014 | General Tech | 16
Kaveri, Beema and Mullins are on their way out to be replaced by the Excavator based Carrizo family towards the end of the year. We can hope they will appear in products…
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