AMD discusses Next-Gen RDNA tech with Radiance Cores, Neural Arrays and Universal Compression

AMD and Sony discuss ‘Project Amethyst’ and Next-Gen RDNA GPU Technologies

Next-gen consoles and open machine learning standards.

AMD and Sony Interactive Entertainment have already announced Project Amethyst, a long-term collaboration focused on integrating AI and machine learning into future gaming hardware and software. The partnership, symbolized by the merging of AMD’s red and PlayStation’s blue (hence amethyst), aims to develop foundational AI systems for both PC and PlayStation platforms.

In the short term, both companies are co-

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Intel Core Ultra 300 “Panther Lake” to feature up to 16 CPU cores, 12 Xe3 Cores

Intel details Panther Lake for next-gen laptops

Intel has presented the full technical overview of Panther Lake, the next-generation Core Ultra Series 3 platform. The design centers on Intel’s 18A process node, bringing together new Cougar Cove performance cores, Darkmont efficiency cores, and an updated Xe3 graphics architecture in a chiplet-based package built with Foveros-S stacking. The platform also introduces a fifth-generation NPU5 for AI acceleration and will officially debut around CES 2026, with

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Intel details Xe3 GPU architecture for Panther Lake, up to 12 Xe-Cores and >50% performance vs Lunar Lake

Intel Panther Lake with up to 12 Xe3 cores

Intel puts some claims on performance versus Arrow Lake-H.

Today, Intel is revealing the first details on Panther Lake and its associated graphics architecture, Xe3. The GPU tile for upcoming mobile CPUs will be available in configurations with either 4 or 12 Xe3 Cores. Compared to previous iterations, Intel says the new Xe Vector Engine delivers 25% more threads, introduces variable register allocation, and adds FP8 dequantization support.

For fixed functions in

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Intel announces XeSS 3 with XeSS-MFG “Multi Frame Generation”

Intel XeSS3 gets Multi-Frame Generation up to 4x frames

Announced at Intel Tech Tour 2025.

At the Intel Tech Tour, the company officially announced XeSS 3, the next major version of its AI-based upscaling technology. A new feature called XeSS-MFG (Multi-Frame Generation) was also introduced, expanding XeSS beyond traditional single-frame interpolation. According to Intel, XeSS-MFG will become a core part of the XeSS 3 stack and is designed to generate multiple intermediate frames for

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Intel updates GPU roadmap: Panther Lake’s graphics confirmed as B-Series, Xe3P listed for “Next Arc Family”

Intel updates GPU roadmap, Xe3P architecture coming to Next Arc family

Intel has quietly updated its GPU IP and product roadmap, revealing new details about upcoming architectures and product families. The refreshed slide confirms that Panther Lake belongs to the Battlemage “B-Series” family and introduces a new entry, Xe3P , which will power the so-called “Next Arc Family” .

The roadmap lists the following GPU IP generations:

  • Xe (Alchemist) – powering Intel Arc A-Series and Meteor Lake graphics
  • Xe

YESTON launches GeForce RTX 5080 Sakura and Sakura Atlantis flagship GPUs

Yeston reveals its flagship RTX 50 cards

The company has no RTX 5090 in its lineup, making these the fastest models.

Yeston has unveiled two themed versions of the GeForce RTX 5080, continuing its popular “Sakura” waifu series that originated with the RTX 30 and RX 6000 cards. Both models use the same PCB and clock settings, featuring a 3.5-slot design with custom cooling and distinct shroud styles.

Each RTX 5080 uses the GB

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Battlefield 6 final PC system requirements revealed, no upscaling needed for up to Ultra++ settings

Battlefield 6: NVIDIA claims huge DLSS 4 gains

Intel Arc GPUs officially supported, no upscaling needed up to Ultra.

EA and DICE have finalized the PC requirements for Battlefield 6 , confirming the system specs needed to run the game at various settings, including the newly added Ultra++ preset. NVIDIA has also published full performance results across the GeForce RTX 50 Series, showing impressive scaling with DLSS 4 and Multi Frame Generation enabled.

DICE has published the final PC specifications for Battlefield 6, showing a wide range of supported

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AMD CEO confirms Instinct MI450 uses 2nm process technology

AMD Instinct MI400 with 2nm XCD dies

During an interview with Yahoo Finance, AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su confirmed that the company’s next-generation data center GPU, the Instinct MI450, will be its first accelerator to use 2nm process technology. The new architecture is set to launch next year.

The interview followed AMD and OpenAI’s announcement of a new partnership, which will see OpenAI deploying MI450 chips next year.

We are very excited about our MI

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Synology restores third-party HDD support for 2025 NAS systems after backlash

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Intel says Panther Lake’s Xe3 graphics “will set a new standard”

Intel talks Xe3 graphics

Intel Fellow Tom Petersen has reappeared to discuss the company’s next-generation graphics architecture.

We are probably just hours away from Intel’s official unveiling of the Panther Lake architecture, at least according to recent leaks. Last month, Intel hosted a Tech Tour event for media, showcasing and discussing the upcoming Core Ultra 300 series for laptops.

The new video, titled “The Road to Panther Lake Graphics,” doesn’t go into detail about Panther Lake itself. Instead

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