
Intel’s 18A Node Yield Issues Threaten Laptop Supply
Intel's 18A node yield problems could delay Panther Lake laptops, impacting OEMs & potentially benefiting AMD and Apple. Supply chain disruptions are a major concern.
Intel's 18A node yield problems could delay Panther Lake laptops, impacting OEMs & potentially benefiting AMD and Apple. Supply chain disruptions are a major concern.
The Radeon RX 9070 GRE, a China-exclusive GPU, shows ray tracing improvements in games like Cyberpunk 2077. It positions between the 9060 and 9070, but the older 7900 GRE sometimes outperforms it.
AMD launches Ryzen 5 5500X3D, a 6-core Zen 3 chip for LATAM, utilizing AM4 socket. Offers upgrade path for Ryzen 1000 series users. Limited retail availability is expected.
As PC, chip, and other component makers unveil products tailored to generative artificial intelligence (genAI) needs on edge devices, users can expect to see far more task automation and copilot-like assistants embedded on desktops and laptops next year.
If AMD concentrates on the small number of customers who will buy a flagship GPU, it won’t attract as many developers as pushing mainstream products, Jack Huynh, AMD’s senior vice president and general manager of Computing and Graphics told a Friday breakfast meeting of reporters at the IFA show in Berlin.
Google said Trillium is expected to increase peak compute performance 4.7× compared to its previous generation, due to bigger matrix-multiply units and faster clock speed.
Last night, AMD released a community post pointing the finger at a confluence of various issues: A difference in the Windows mode used for testing, VBS security settings, how rival Intel systems were configured, and – as ever – the specific games benchmarked.
However, gaining market share from an established incumbent requires expertise in aiding potential customers to make the transition as pain free and cost effective as possible.