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AMD has been making a habit of showing up at E3 for a few years now. Back in 2015, we saw Lisa Su arrive to launch the Radeon R9 Fury. One year later, AMD returned to the gaming-focused event to show off DOOM running on Ryzen, while also announcing the …

While much of this year’s focus will be on Navi, it looks like AMD might be squeezing a bit more life out of Polaris this year in addition to ushering in new architecture. Recent reports suggest that we’ll be getting a Radeon RX 640 at the low-end of the line-up, …

There is no doubt that so far, Ryzen has been a huge success for AMD. Not only has competition been restored to the mainstream and high-end gaming segments of the CPU market, but Threadripper also posed a huge challenge to Intel’s HEDT line up. We are closing in on the …

AMD has been doing extremely well in the CPU market over the last couple of years, as the launch of the Zen architecture brought some much needed competition back to the forefront. We are currently awaiting the launch of Zen 2, which will push AMD CPUs over to the 7nm …

AMD has scored a $600m contract to help build 'The Frontier', a supercomputer powered by EPYC and Radeon Instinct graphics.

AMD's next generation Ryzen processors are just around the corner and motherboard makers are busy preparing for the launch. Since launching Ryzen, AMD has been committed to maintaining motherboard compatibility across generations and that will be continuing. We've already seen MSI issue BIOS updates to add 3rd-gen Ryzen support to …

AMD seems to be on track to launch the first Zen 2 processors and Navi graphics cards in Q3.

This year, AMD is celebrating its 50th year in business. To celebrate the milestone, AMD is releasing ‘Gold Edition' versions of the Ryzen 7 2700x CPU and Radeon VII graphics card. These Gold Edition releases don't appear to come with any particular performance benefits like higher clock speeds. Instead, AMD …

Earlier this week, there was some buzz surrounding MSI and its plans for next-gen AMD CPU support on 300 series motherboards. MSI customer support had told some customers that AMD's upcoming 3rd Gen Ryzen processors won't be supported on X370 motherboards. Since then, MSI has clarified the situation, stating that …

Rumours have been swirling for a while now but today, Sony officially revealed PS5 details and hardware specs.

AMD has officially begun rolling out its next generation laptop processors, with 2nd Gen Ryzen PRO and AMD Athlon PRO hitting the market, complete with Radeon Vega graphics on board

There has been a lot of talk surrounding real-time raytracing over the last year. Nvidia, Microsoft and AMD all announced plans to begin supporting the technology at GDC 2018. Now this year, Crytek is carving out its own piece of the pie, releasing a real-time raytracing demo for CRYENGINE. CRYENGINE …

Some of Noctua's most popular CPU coolers are finally getting compatibility for AMD's AM4 socket for Ryzen processors. Free upgrade kits are being offered to current owners of one of the supported coolers, meanwhile all new stock will come with AM4 mounting hardware in the box. Noctua has offered AMD-specific …

The NDA has been lifted on the Radeon VII graphics card. The reviews are in and retail listings are now starting to go live. Here in the UK, there are several Radeon VII options available at launch, each with a three-game bundle, with prices starting at £650.

Sources speaking with KitGuru have confirmed that Radeon VII will be reference-only, with no custom versions from board partners.

Last month during CES, AMD announced that it would be launching the Radeon VII, a new high-end graphics card based on 7nm Vega. There have already been whispers of low launch stock, but it looks like we now have some credible numbers for those of us in the UK. KitGuru …

AMD's Radeon VII has arrived - today we unbox it and give you an overview of the card

Resident Evil 2 Remake launched over the weekend and the game is already off to a great start on all platforms- including PC. This time around, the developers have opened up a wealth of graphics options for PC players and AMD is there front and centre with driver support. AMD …

AMD has assured fans that its upcoming Radeon VII GPU will support Linux from day one.

Over the last year or so, there have been plenty of rumours swirling about the next generation of consoles from both Sony and Microsoft. At this point, insiders have given us a rough idea of Microsoft's plans but we still know very little about the PlayStation 5. Over the weekend, …

Rumours about low supply for Radeon VII have been doing the rounds but AMD says there is no reason to panic

AMD is taking legal action against MediaTek for allegedly infringing on patents related to its GPU and APU technologies.

There were plenty of Ryzen 3000 and Zen 2 rumours floating around prior to AMD's CES keynote today. Those that were hoping for a full unveiling will be disappointed but we did at least get some details on AMD's next-gen processors for desktop. 3rd Gen Ryzen will be launching in …

For AMD’s 50th anniversary, the company took to its first-ever CES keynote to reveal its next-generation Vega graphics card. The Radeon VII is built on AMD’s 7nm process, enabling it to better compete against Nvidia’s RTX range in 4K resolutions, virtual reality (VR) and 3D rendering. Trudging through the numbers, …

AMD’s newly unveiled second-generation mobile Ryzen line-up provides the most comprehensive notebook coverage in the company's history.

Chromebooks have experienced a boom over the past few years, seeing close to an 8 percent annual growth rate. AMD believes that its competition is “underserving the performance of the market,” deciding to make its own push by introducing A4 and A6-powered Chromebooks. Intel has dominated the Chromebook market since …

We've known for some time now that AMD has been working on its next-gen ‘Zen 2' architecture, which will be built on the 7nm process. At the moment, we are expecting this new architecture to debut at some point in 2019, but a recent retail listing has already got the …

It's the final Leo Says of the year - and there is plenty to discuss, as always

For day 24 on the KitGuru Advent Calendar, we have teamed up with AMD to give away a Risen 7 2700X!

Leo has a lot to say this week, and he bought an iPAD PRO, Gen 3. His first Apple product, ever !