Possible configurations of Intel Alder Lake-S/P and M emerge
Intel's bigSMALL architecture aka Hybrid Technology is coming to desktop and mobile platforms. Intel Alder Lake Yesterday we reported on a leak detailing how the Hybrid Technology would work for the upcoming 12th Gen Core architecture, aka Alder Lake. The series will be Intel's second series to feature big and small cores on a single die. The first Hybrid Technology-based series were ultra-low-power processors based on Lakefield architecture. Alder Lake will focus on higher-wattage CPUs, the "S Series"
(Driver) AMD Radeon Adrenalin 2020 20.7.2
Support For Death Stranding™ With the high preset on the Radeon™ RX 5700 XT, achieve up to 8% better performance playing Death Stranding with Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 2020 edition 20.7.2 than with Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.5.1. RS-337 F1 2020™ With the ultra-high preset on the Radeon™ RX 5700 XT, achieve up to 5% better performance
AMD “Navy Flounder” NAVI 22 GPU added to Linux patches
AMD Navy Flounder AMD is adding more patches to the Linux display drivers. We have so far heard about Sienna Cichlid, also known as Navi 21 or The Big Navi) The Navy Flounder is a new codename for yet another Navi 2X processor. The graphics processor appears to be from GFX103X family. Update: it appears that the GPU is actually Navi 22, not Navi 23: > +adev->external_rev_id = adev->rev_id + 0
(PR) Micron Drives DDR5 Adoption With Technology Enablement Program
BOISE, Idaho, July 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), today announced a comprehensive enablement program which will provide early access to technical resources, products and ecosystem partners. The Technology Enablement Program will aid in the design, development and qualification of next-generation computing platforms that use DDR5, the most technologically advanced DRAM available. Today’s news, alongside the ratification of the JEDEC DDR5 standard, builds on Micron’s
(PR) AMD announces Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3000WX Series
AMD Announce World’s First 64-Core PRO Workstation, the Lenovo™ ThinkStation™ P620, the Pinnacle of Performance for Modern Professionals – Supercharged with AMD PRO technologies, AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO Processors deliver leadership performance, industry leading bandwidth and built-in enterprise grade security and manageability – – AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 3995WX offers up to 27% better multithreaded performance over the competition’s best dual processor workstations1 and leadership performance in over 25 applications
Intel discontinues 9th Gen Core Core-X Series ‘Skylake-X’
Intel Skylake-X reaches the end of life Product Change Notification has been issued for the Core-X series based on Skylake-X architecture. The company has announced product discontinuation, meaning that the processors will gradually be phased out. The announcement of the discontinuation is just the first step in a lengthy process. Starting from January 22, 2021, Intel will no longer take orders for these processors. Orders from distributors and retailers will be non-cancelable and non-returnable after the same date.
Intel Hybrid Technology (Big and Small cores) coming to Alder Lake?
Intel Alder Lake to feature "Hybrid Technology" Intel recently announced Hybrid Technology with Lakefield processors featuring Foveros stacking technology. These are ultra-low-power processors for compact devices such as Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold. It has been long rumored that similar technology would arrive to the desktop platform with Alder Lake-S architecture. A core design similar to ARM's big.LITTLE has been rumored ever since this leak has surfaced in March. According to the picture, Alder Lake-S would feature 8+8 core
Intel Iris Xe Graphics with 768 Shading Units spotted
This is actually the first time we are seeing a codename for Xe-based graphics. Intel's upcoming Gen12 graphics spotted again The leak would indicate that (unsurprisingly) Intel is planning to stick to the "Iris" branding for the Xe Graphics. The graphics will be used with upcoming Intel Tiger Lake U-based processors. Such processor will utilize Gen12 graphics, which are rumored to bring twice the performance over the previous generation (based on Ice Lake). The device codenamed Iris Xe Graphics
BIOSTAR finally launches custom Radeon RX 5000 graphics cards
BIOSTAR launches its custom RX 5000 graphics cards Well, if you were waiting for custom BIOSTAR Radeon RX 5000 graphics cards (I mean who didn't), then you are for a treat. This board partner has just released its custom models based on Navi 10 and Navi 14 GPUs. Biostar released a triple-fan model of the RX 5700 XT. The card is using Extreme Gaming branding (with the one and only Batman Forever font), but we
NVIDIA rumored to retire GeForce RTX 2080 (Ti/SUPER) and GeForce RTX 2070 (SUPER) graphics cards soon
According to the Chinese website ITHome, four NVIDIA graphics cards will soon be retired, as the manufacturer is allegedly planning to discontinue their production. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080/2070 Series going EOL? The report claims that NVIDIA has started the phase of discontinuation and delisting of their current high-end series based on Turing architecture. The flagship model GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, which has not been updated ever since it came out, will also be included in the delisting process, meaning