Supreme irony: AMD got rid of GloFo’s predecessor to survive; Intel may now merge with the foundry to do the same

GlobalFoundries was spun off when AMD decided to go fabless 16 years agoThomas Caulfield’s leadership made GloFo profitable; now rumors link him to IntelA merger could help Intel, but regulatory…

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Intel slams Nvidia and AMD, claims chip giants have huge numbers of security flaws

Intel releases its sixth annual Product Security Report, outlining how it addresses security vulnerabilitiesIntel also slammed AMD and Nvidia, sharing unflattering statsClaims AMD has 78 vulnerabilities with no planned fixes,…

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Nvidia will continue to outrageously dominate HBM allocations with AMD, Intel and Microsoft getting just crumbs in the AI race

Nvidia stays king of AI chips, buying millions of HBM from Samsung in 2026Google’s TPU push makes it Nvidia's closest rival for HBMAmazon, AMD, and Microsoft fight for scraps while…

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AMD wants to launch the Instinct MI355X GPU within months claims report as it looks to capitalize on surging datacenter business

AMD MI355X features 288GB of HBM3E memory and delivers 8TB/sec bandwidthInstinct GPU sales surpassed $5 billion in 2024Despite rapid growth and innovation, AMD’s production challenges persistAMD is set to bring…

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AMD could add a Multimedia IO Die to the MI400, its fastest APU ever, and I have a theory as to what it could be

AMD’s MI400 APU lands in 2026, boosting AI, HPC, and compute efficiencyNew design features two AIDs with eight XCDs, doubling MI300’s densityMultimedia IO Die offloads IO tasks and may integrate…

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Eat this, Raspberry Pi 5: Here are 3 powerful AMD Ryzen Mini PCs that sell for under $180 and trounce more expensive SBCs

The best Raspberry Pi distros have long been a favorite among hobbyists and DIY enthusiasts, but at $120 for the latest Raspberry Pi 5 16GB model, running one isn't necessarily…

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Sorry, AMD, Nvidia’s price tags for its RTX 5000 GPUs could win me over

One of my main complaints concerning Nvidia's RTX 4000-series of graphics isn’t, surprisingly enough, the massive wattage (though that is a legitimate concern) but the pricing. For the past couple…

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AMD RX 9070 gets a rumored March 23 release date, but I’m not buying it (the date, that is, not the graphics card)

Pre-orders should go live for AMD’s RX 9070 GPUs on March 23, according to one US retailerThere are a couple of reasons why this is likely wrong, thoughWe’ve also seen…

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