Increasing demand for computing power and growing energy efficiency requirements have greatly influenced the development of data center technologies in recent years. AMD and 451 Research, a leading technology analysis and market research firm, have played a critical role in shaping and analyzing these developments. Of interest here are advances [...]
Meanwhile, some (few) users reported serious problems with the new AMD Ryzen 7000 processors, which had led to destroyed CPUs and motherboards. My friend Aris discovered, actually rather by accident, an interesting thing, which he had measured with his Powenetics v2, a shunt-based measurement setup and also logged. I don’t want to withhold [...]
ASUS has finally issued an official statement regarding the recent cases of damaged AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs on its AM5 motherboards and also explained why the older BIOS was removed. In the statement, ASUS explained that the issues were due to a combination of factors, including CPU cooling, voltage regulation, and the use of older BIOS versions [...]
The process with the destroyed Ryzen 7000X3D CPUs has of course already interested me and I didn’t want to just cover a news and that was it. So I took the damage picture from Reddit and put the back of the CPU in the right position first. We can see the destroyed Ryzen 7 and the dent along with the scorched copper pads in the picture. The [...]
Powerful microprocessors have a tendency to get hot as they deliver high performance, converting electrical energy into heat. If they are overclocked without sufficient cooling or throttling, this can lead to excessive heating of the chip, which in turn can compromise the integrity of the CPU. In this case, there is a risk that the CPU will [...]
Insider Golden Pig Upgrade already has the new AMD Ryzen 7040 “Phoenix” APU-powered laptop in its possession and will be testing it like many other tech outlets. This means that customers who want to purchase the latest Phoenix laptop will have to be patient. However, it is unfortunate that the exact time when customers can purchase [...]
It seems that there was a brief mention on a LinkedIn profile that Zen 6 server processors might already be available. However, the existence of the entry was very short-lived, but screenshots prove that this could even be a possible leak. It is important to be extremely cautious in such cases and not jump to conclusions, as unconfirmed [...]
intel has now officially confirmed that the integrated graphics of the Intel 6. Generation Core CPUs will not receive any more driver updates. This announcement has many users worried, as it means that the series will no longer receive support from Intel. In December 2022, the product series reached “End of Life” status. This means [...]
The codename Meteor Lake has been associated with Intel’s next-generation Core processors in recent months, and this is largely due to leaks that have surfaced in 2022 and 2023. Recently, internal documents and benchmark data have been published confirming the existence of the Meteor Lake CPU family, which will power the upcoming 14th [...]
AMD's Ryzen 7 7800X3D has quickly gained popularity, securing a spot on the list of best CPUs. According to the new user benchmarks published on an independent platform, the octa-core chip achieves similarly good results on the cheap A620 boards as on the X670(E) mainboards. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D was particularly convincing in games and achieved [...]
Jim Keller is a well-known name in the semiconductor industry, particularly as a former chip architect at AMD and Intel. In his long career, he has developed many significant innovations in microprocessors and chipsets that are found in many modern computers and mobile devices. Although Keller has left AMD and Intel, other companies are still [...]
Take a Ryzen 7 7700X, piggyback some 3D V-cache and halve the power consumption of the Intel Core i9-13900K. The half Ryzen 9 7950X is ready, which now comes to the customer as Ryzen 7 7800X3D without the second die and can still usually act just as fast in gaming. It’s not squaring the circle, but it’s close. As long as you use [...]
Technology website Hardware Times reports that a significant number of users have complained about slow boot times on their Ryzen 7000 systems, which are based on AMD’s new AM5 chipset for Zen 4. Even the technology website itself has experienced these delays. AMD has now released a new BIOS update (AGESA 1006) that significantly reduces [...]
If you run slower, you sweat less. AMD probably thought about that at the time and decided to close a gap in the portfolio with the FX-8370E. But is the CPU itself really more efficient and what actually happens when you increase the clock a bit? There they were, 9 years ago: AMD’s three new FX models FX-8370, FX-8370E as well as FX-8320E [...]
With the Zen architecture, AMD has made a remarkable comeback in recent years, as CPUs on the Zen architecture are able to compete with, and in some cases even surpass, Intel's processors. AMD's Zen 5 processors are the next generation of CPUs and are sure to bring further improvements and innovations in the architecture and performance of [...]
First and foremost, a warning to everyone not to replicate this. You will inevitably cause irreparable damage to your valuable CPU. The current version of the MSI Center allows for voltage and clock increases for the X3D CPU. Unfortunately, for those who are fully committed to experimenting here, we have sacrificed a CPU for the sake of science [...]
AMD released the processor programming reference for Zen 4 last month. The AMD Zen 4 (also known as AMD Family 19h Model 70h A0 or Phoenix Family) is the company’s latest processor family. In the programming reference, the company discloses important information about the features and functions of the new processors. An important [...]
Intel, one of the world’s largest chip manufacturers, has had to deal with a variety of problems in the server market in recent years. The company, which has traditionally dominated the market for server processors, has lost its supremacy to competitors such as AMD and Qualcomm. Intel’s problems have far-reaching implications for the [...]
The Ryzen 5 7640U first appeared in AMD’s own marketing material before a Zen4 part was even released. AMD had used this SKU to demonstrate its new naming scheme for the next-generation Ryzen 7000 series. The “4” in the product name stands for the Zen4 microarchitecture and the “U” confirms that it is a power-saving [...]
AMD’s webinar is fully dedicated to the recent and upcoming introduction of 3D V-Cache SKUs. The company’s representatives explain the importance of this launch, the current position of these SKUs, and what are the advantages of choosing AMD’s platform over Intel’s. And in short, there’s quite a lot to mention now [...]
