Recent #AMD news in the semiconductor industry

7 months ago
➀ The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU has been leaked in a gaming benchmark for the game Factorio, confirming its existence and testing phase. ➁ However, the benchmark results are unreliable due to inconsistencies and unknown variables, such as potential overclocking. ➂ The Ryzen 9950X3D is likely to be inbound soon, if it's getting to the point where prerelease samples are showing up in benchmarks.
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7 months ago
➀ ASUS has released a BIOS update for select AMD AM5 motherboards, introducing 'Turbo Game Mode' to optimize gaming performance for X3D processors; ➁ This feature disables one of the CPU's chiplets and Simultaneous Multi-Threading to enhance single-threaded performance, reducing latency and improving efficiency in games; ➂ The feature will allow users and gamers to tweak the game-focused performance, and multi-threaded setups for different workloads easily.
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7 months ago
➀ The October 2024 Steam Hardware & Software Survey shows NVIDIA with a 77.37% share of the GPU market, with the top 34 GPUs being GeForce products. The most popular GPU is the GeForce RTX 3060; ➁ The Radeon RX 6600 is the most popular desktop Radeon option, ranking 35th, followed by the Radeon RX 580; ➂ AMD has two RDNA 3 options in the list - the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT, while NVIDIA's latest GeForce RTX 40 Series has five entries in the Top 20.
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7 months ago
➀ Apple's new M4 Max processor outperforms Intel's Core Ultra 9 285K and AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X in Geekbench 6 single-core benchmarks; ➁ In multi-core tests, the M4 Pro surpasses the Ryzen 9 but falls slightly behind the Core Ultra 9; ➂ The M4 Max achieves a single-core score of 3925 in Geekbench 6, surpassing the Core Ultra 9's 3450 and Ryzen 9 9950X's 3359.
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7 months ago
➀ AMD hinted that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 might be the first game to feature its next-gen FSR, likely FSR 4, which will use AI for the first time. ➁ AMD is collaborating with Activision to enhance the game experience with FSR 3.1 and future AI-based FSR. ➃ AMD's Jack Huynh revealed that the company is working with Activision to enable the next generation ML-Based FSR on Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
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8 months ago
➀ AYANEO is teasing its next flagship gaming handheld, the AYANEO 3; ➁ The AYANEO 3 is expected to feature AMD's Ryzen Z2 Extreme processor and FSR 4 AI upscaling; ➂ The device aims to revolutionize the way we interact with games, offering a high-performance gaming experience with advanced software and hardware features.
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8 months ago
➀ Google is rumored to switch to TSMC's N3E process for Tensor G5; ➁ The report also clarifies that Google has chosen not to use 2nm technology for Tensor G6; ➂ The move could impact the competition in the AI and smartphone chip markets.
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