Recent #AMD news in the semiconductor industry

9 months ago

➀ AMD in Q4 2024 posted impressive financial results, with its client and datacenter CPUs driving the growth.

➁ The company's datacenter business achieved a 69% YoY increase in net revenue, marking a milestone as it outsold Intel in the datacenter space for the first time.

➂ However, AMD's gaming business struggled with a significant decline in revenue and operating income, mainly due to lower sales of Radeon discrete GPUs and system-on-chips for game consoles.

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9 months ago

➀ AMD's stock price plummeted after disappointing data center business outlook;

➁ Despite strong overall revenue growth in the fourth quarter, data center performance overshadowed other achievements;

➂ Concerns about AMD's weakened momentum in the AI device field were confirmed with DeepSeek, a Chinese startup, entering the market at a lower cost, further exacerbating worries;

➃ AMD's total revenue grew 24% to $7.66 billion in the fourth quarter, exceeding expectations;

➄ AMD remains optimistic about 2025, predicting double growth in revenue and EPS.

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9 months ago

➀ AMD is rumored to launch the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D CPUs alongside RDNA 4 GPUs in late March.

➁ The CPUs are expected to offer a 20% performance boost in gaming compared to Intel's Core Ultra 200S processors.

➂ The RX 9070 XT is rumored to be within 15-20% of the performance of the Nvidia RTX 5080, with potential availability unlike the RTX 5080.

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9 months ago

➀ AMD denied the claim made by a Bulgarian retailer that the Radeon RX 9070 XT would cost $899.

➁ The retailer Gplay had previously suggested that the Radeon RX 9070 XT would launch at a high price, but Frank Azor, a representative from AMD, refuted this claim.

➂ The launch of RDNA 4 GPUs, including the Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT, has been delayed due to software readiness, particularly FSR 4.

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9 months ago

➀ Rise of the Ronin will launch on PC on March 11 with support for 8K resolutions, 120FPS, NVIDIA DLSS, AMD FSR, Intel XeSS, ray tracing, and 3D audio.

➁ The minimum system requirements include an Intel i5-10400 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600, 16GB RAM, and a GTX 1060 or RX 5500 XT graphics card.

➂ Recommended specifications are higher, including an Intel Core i5-10600K or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, and a RTX 2080 Super or RX 6700XT graphics card.

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9 months ago

➀ AMD claims that its Strix Halo flagship APU outperforms NVIDIA's RTX 4070 mobile GPU in various games, including Borderlands 3 and Hitman 3.

➁ The benchmarks show the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU beating the RTX 4070 by 68% in Borderlands 3 and 50% in Hitman 3.

➂ However, these results are based on AMD's own tests and the RTX 4070's performance is limited by its 65W configuration in the ASUS ROG Flow Z13 laptop.

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9 months ago

➀ AMD confirms that RDNA 4 architecture will initially target desktop GPUs, with mobile offerings to follow later.

➁ RDNA 4 introduces several improvements, including optimized Compute Units, enhanced AI, and faster ray tracing.

➂ Despite the current shortage of Radeon dGPU-powered laptops, AMD plans to prioritize desktop GPUs with RDNA 4 before moving to mobile platforms.

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