Recent #AMD news in the semiconductor industry

4 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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4 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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4 months ago
➀ AMD's upcoming Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 graphics cards are rumored to be priced at $599 and $499, respectively; ➁ The RX 9070 XT is $150 cheaper than the RTX 5070 Ti, while the RX 9070 is $50 cheaper than the RTX 5070; ➂ AMD's RDNA 4 series promises significant improvements in ray tracing performance over previous generations.
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5 months ago
➀ MSI showcased a custom PC at CES 2025 featuring the MEG PC Build with an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, MEG X870E GODLIKE motherboard, dual RTX 4080 SUPRIM X graphics cards, Gen5 SSD, and a 1600W PSU; ➁ The setup is housed in the MEG MAESTRO-700L-PZ chassis and powered by an MSI MEG Ai1600T PCIe5 power supply; ➂ MSI's choice of hardware is impressive, though the absence of dual RTX 4090 SUPRIM X graphics cards is noted.
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5 months ago
➀ TSMC's Arizona factory has secured contracts to produce Apple's S9 SiP for the Apple Watch and AMD's Ryzen 9000 series processors. Both products are now in production. The facility is operating at 10,000 units per month, with plans to increase capacity despite tooling bottlenecks. ➁ TSMC Arizona is also manufacturing AMD's new Ryzen 9000 series 'Granite Ridge' desktop Zen 5-based processors. ➂ The TSMC Board is scheduled to meet in Arizona in February.
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