AMD unveils the Zen 6-based Venice-X CPU for data centers, with 96 cores, 1,152 MB of stacked L3 cache, and up to 5.15 GHz clock speeds, available in H2 2027
It's the same cache amount and core count as Genoa-X, but with far faster cores. … AMD's Venice-X CPU is launching in the second half of 2027 …
AMD unveils the Venice-X CPU, with 1152 MB of 3D V-Cache, 96 cores, and up to 5.15 GHz clock speeds, available in H2 2027
AMD unveils the $330 Ryzen 7 7700X3D CPU, relaunches the 5800X3D as a $349 10th-anniversary edition, and plans to support the AM5 motherboard socket until 2030
Initial benchmarks: Nvidia's Vera Rubin CPU, which features 88 Nvidia-designed Olympus cores, packs a heavy-hitting punch, beating Intel's and AMD's x86_64 CPUs
NVIDIA's Vera data center CPU isn't ramping up until later this year but I recently had the opportunity to try out this new ARM-based CPU designed for agentic AI workloads.
AMD says its Mac Mini-sized Ryzen AI Halo PC starts at $3,999 with Ryzen AI Max 300 chips, for preorder in June, and unveils Ryzen AI Max 400 chips coming in Q3
They're direct shots at NVIDIA's AI systems — AMD's big pitch for 2026 seems to be: “Who needs cloud AI processing when you can do it all locally?”
Apple reportedly signed a 3rd-party driver, by Tiny Corp, for AMD or Nvidia eGPUs for Apple Silicon Macs; it's meant for AI research, not accelerating graphics
Apple has signed a driver for AMD or Nvidia eGPUs connected to Apple Silicon but there are some big caveats, and it won't improve your graphics.
Apple reportedly signed a 3rd-party driver, by Tiny Corp, for AMD or Nvidia eGPUs for Apple Silicon Macs; it's meant for AI research, not accelerating graphics
Apple has signed a driver for AMD or Nvidia eGPUs connected to Apple Silicon but there are some big caveats, and it won't improve your graphics.
Sources: Meta last week scrapped the most advanced AI chip it was developing, after struggling with the design, and shifted its focus to a less complicated chip
As Meta Platforms strikes new chip supply deals with AMD and Nvidia, it has been running into problems with AI chips it is designing internally …
On AMD's Q4 earnings call, CEO Lisa Su says Microsoft's next-gen Xbox “is progressing well to support a launch in 2027” and will feature an AMD semi-custom SoC
AMD says it's ready to support Microsoft launching its next Xbox as soon as next year.