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AMD shows off DOOM playing on Zen, as is tradition

Jeff Williams

June 13, 2016

CPUs, News

Zen is a hot topic, being the first new architecture from AMD in some time. And one that'll help the company be more competitive in the CPU market once again. In what might just be a kind of nerdy tradition, th... Read More...

Intel and AMD may have inventory issues that might delay Kaby Lake and Zen

Jeff Williams

June 8, 2016

CPUs, News

We've been patiently waiting for AMD's next generation Zen CPU as well as the introduction of Intel's Kaby Lake-based CPUs, though it's now appearing that there might be some supply issues deep in the supply ch... Read More...

[Update] AMD Zen update, a sneak peak at Computex 2016

CreativeMaster

June 1, 2016

CPUs, News

Update: We've mentioned in the article below that we weren't able to identify if Summit Ridge is going to have pins placed on the CPU itself. However folks at JagatReview were able to get a high resolution pho... Read More...

AMD introduces the 7th generation APU with improved Excavator

Jeff Williams

June 1, 2016

CPUs, News

AMD's press conference was about more than just the introduction of the Polaris 10 RX 480, they also introduced a much improved version of Excavator and their new 7th generation APU's to the world. Bristol R... Read More...

Perspectives on using an Athlon X4 845 for two weeks

Jeff Williams

May 29, 2016

CPUs, Editorials

For the past two weeks I’ve completely changed my PC to one that’s decidedly much more “lower-specced” while I review the Athlon X4 845. It isn’t a flagship, but it isn’t supposed to compete in that segment eit... Read More...

Intel Broadwell-E HEDT lineup press slides leaked

CreativeMaster

May 28, 2016

CPUs, News

Today folks at VideoCardz brought us yet another leak. Today's leak features 5 press slides from Intel's upcoming Extreme Edition Broadwell-E HEDT lineup. But what does Broadwell-E actually bring to the table t... Read More...

AMD’s Zen should be performance parity with Intel’s Skylake, how far does it need to come?

Jeff Williams

May 23, 2016

CPUs, Editorials

AMD's new CPU architecture, codenamed "Zen", has been in development for couple of years and should be arriving in Q4 2016. Reports suggest the development started in 2012 lead by legendary CPU architect Jim Ke... Read More...