Recent #AMD news in the semiconductor industry

4 months ago

➀ A Brazilian retailer listed Gigabyte's Radeon RX 9060 XT with 16GB GDDR6 and triple-fan cooling, fueling speculation ahead of AMD's Computex 2025 launch;

➁ The leak shows Navi 44 XT GPU core, sub-200W TGP, but leaves uncertainty around an 8GB variant previously rumored;

➂ Industry insiders predict retail availability by early June, with performance positioning to be clarified through Tom's Hardware's GPU hierarchy analysis.

AMDGPUgaming
4 months ago

➀ Dynatron发布三款新型散热器,最高支持660W功耗,适配英特尔Diamond Rapids和AMD Venice下一代服务器CPU;

➁ AMD Venice将基于台积电N2工艺和Zen 6架构,采用SP7插槽;英特尔Diamond Rapids则采用18A工艺和Foveros Direct 3D堆叠技术,使用LGA 9324插槽;

➂ J24/J25散热器针对AMD平台设计,C21散热器专为英特尔平台打造,暗示两家公司服务器平台将迎来重大升级。

AMDIntel
4 months ago

➀ A YouTube channel successfully ran Minecraft on a 20-year-old GPU (3D Phantom XP-2800) with only 8MB VRAM using an Athlon 64 CPU and Windows XP;

➁ The project required downgrading to Minecraft Alpha 1.2.6, custom SiS drivers, and extreme settings like 8x8 textures and disabling visual effects;

➂ The experiment highlights retro gaming enthusiasts pushing hardware limits, though performance remained at ~1 fps in later versions.

AMDGPUgaming
4 months ago

➀ Lenovo's ThinkSystem ST45 V3 marks the first AMD EPYC 4000-based entry-level server, replacing Intel Xeon in this segment with significantly higher performance;

➁ The system features nine USB ports, HDMI/DisplayPort outputs for local management, and lacks a BMC but targets digital signage and small business use cases;

➂ Compared to the Intel-based ST50 V3, it offers expanded I/O but trades remote management capabilities for cost efficiency and display flexibility.

AMDLenovoServer Systems
4 months ago

➀ AMD is facing challenges in catching up with NCCL and needs exclusive access to a persistent cluster of at least 1,024 MI300 class GPUs.

➁ AMD's RCCL library is a fork of Nvidia's NCCL and requires significant engineering hours to sync with Nvidia's major refactor.

➂ AMD is planning to rewrite RCCL from scratch to stop being a fork of NCCL.

➃ NVIDIA's NCCL continues to advance with new features and performance improvements.

➄ AMD has made progress in software infrastructure but is falling behind in ML libraries.

➅ AMD lacks support for features like disaggregated prefill and NVMe KV Cache Tiering.

➆ Recommendations are made to both AMD and NVIDIA for improving their competitive positions.

AIAMDGPUNVIDIA
4 months ago

➀ The Radeon RX 9070 XT from AMD is performing exceptionally well at Mindfactory, a popular German PC parts store, with nearly three times as many sales as the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti last week.

➁ The PowerColor Radeon RX 9070 XT Hellhound variant was the most popular, accounting for 120 unit sales.

➂ Despite not being positioned for ultra-high-end competition, the Radeon RX 9070 XT has managed to take the top spot in sales.

AMDsales
4 months ago

➀ AMD launches RX 9070 GRE in China with pre-orders live and deliveries starting May 8, priced at $575 MSRP;

➁ The GPU features 48 Compute Units, 12GB GDDR6 VRAM, and a 192-bit interface, with 6% better performance than RX 7900 GRE claimed by AMD;

➂ Initial regional exclusivity to China sparks speculation about potential global availability and price adjustments.

AMDGPURadeon
4 months ago

➀ AMD Senior VP Samuel Naffziger discusses the demand and solutions for efficient zettascale computing in the AI era, emphasizing holistic innovation across devices to datacenters;

➁ Intel introduces fluidic self-alignment technology using capillary action for precise 3D chip stacking in hybrid bonding, achieving sub-micron alignment accuracy;

➂ IBM demonstrates machine learning models reducing thermal resistance prediction errors to <15%, significantly outperforming traditional methods (300% error) for advanced packaging reliability.

AMDIntelibm
4 months ago

➀ The Supermicro AS-2115HV-TNRT is a 2U rackmount workstation combining an AMD Threadripper Pro CPU, support for up to four dual-slot GPUs, and high-speed 100GbE networking;

➁ It features eight front-mounted U.2 NVMe drive bays, out-of-band management, and optimized airflow for GPU-intensive workloads;

➂ The system supports CPU and memory overclocking while maintaining server-grade reliability, making it ideal for AI, graphics rendering, and high-performance computing applications.

AMDNVIDIASupermicro
4 months ago

➀ If you're considering building a new high-end AMD system or upgrading an older AM5 rig, now is a great time. Amazon has reduced prices on several top-tier Ryzen CPUs, including the new Zen 5 processors, and most of them come with a free copy of 'Monster Hunter Wilds'.

➁ The Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9900X are on sale with significant discounts, offering excellent performance for gaming and productivity.

➂ The Ryzen 9 7900X and Ryzen 7 7700 are also discounted, providing solid performance at more affordable prices.

AMDCPUsDealsmotherboards
5 months ago

➀ Lenovo's new ThinkPad laptops are designed for AI-powered workflows, featuring the latest mobile processors from AMD and Intel.

➁ The ThinkPad P16s Gen 4 and ThinkPad P14s Gen 6 are equipped with AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX Pro 370 processors, offering high performance and AI capabilities.

➂ The laptops offer various display options, including IPS panels and OLED, and support up to 96GB of DDR5-5600 memory and 2TB of SSD storage.

AMDIntelLaptopsLenovo
5 months ago

➀ Ayar Labs has unveiled the world's first UCIe optical chiplet, designed to eliminate data bottlenecks, reduce latency, and cut power consumption while enabling interoperability between chiplets from different vendors.

➁ The TeraPHY chiplet offers 8 Tbps bandwidth and is powered by Ayar Labs' 16-wavelength SuperNova light source, making it suitable for scalable AI architectures.

➂ AMD supports the UCIe standard, recognizing its importance in driving innovation and meeting the needs of AI scale-up solutions.

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