Microsoft’s Project Zenith is a ‘distraction-free Windows experience’ for developers
Microsoft’s Project Zenith is a ‘distraction-free Windows experience’ for developers

Microsoft is giving its developer-optimized Windows experience a name: Project Zenith. While the software maker originally announced a similar developer-optimized Windows effort at Build earlier this year, Project Zenith is designed for new developer-focused devices with 64GB or more of unified memory. “Project Zenith devices come with a preconfigured Windows setup for development and a […]

Framework says it’s addressing a BIOS update that bricked some of its older laptops
Framework says it’s addressing a BIOS update that bricked some of its older laptops

Some Framework Laptop 13 owners with last-gen AMD chips have reported that a recent BIOS update is bricking their laptops on both Windows and Linux. The BIOS update causing this issue is version 3.20 for Ryzen 7040-series mainboards, released back in July and still available on Framework’s site at the time of this writing. Upon […]

From AI Copilots to Agent Swarms
From AI Copilots to Agent Swarms

The impact of AI on software development has been both profound and ever-evolving. Last year, I wrote about AMD’s plans to use AI not just for generating new lines of code, but also for other steps in the software development lifecycle (SDLC), such as…

AMD’s data center business is booming while gaming takes a backseat
AMD’s data center business is booming while gaming takes a backseat

Driven by demand for AI capacity, AMD’s data center revenue more than doubled year-over-year in its latest earnings report, reaching $6.7 billion. That’s up from $5.8 billion in Q1, and jumping 107 percent from the $3.2 billion it reported for the same period a year ago. During Tuesday’s earnings call, AMD CEO Lisa Su said […]

AMD is apparently gearing up to raise GPU prices right after Nvidia’s steep hike

AMD has reportedly told AIB partners about a minimum 10% hike planned for GPU and memory bundles later this month, following in the footsteps of Nvidia.

AMD reveals budget-friendly RX 9050 GPU. More than anything, it’s a sign of terrible times for gaming

AMD has launched the entry-level RX 9050 as rising component costs make affordable gaming PCs increasingly difficult to build.

4GB graphics cards are back
4GB graphics cards are back

The first modern GPU with 4GB of VRAM has appeared, as RAM prices and component shortages push tech prices higher. As Digital Foundry reports, a listing for an AMD Radeon RX 9050 with 4GB of RAM was spotted on ASRock’s website by a user on X, the same day ASRock also launched an 8GB version […]

AMD takes on Nvidia with its Helios AI rack scale system

AMD is challenging its chipmaker rival with a new rack-scale system that will start shipping to customers later this year.

AMD commits up to $5 billion to Anthropic
AMD commits up to $5 billion to  Anthropic

AMD says it’s going to invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic, while helping to expand the AI company’s computing power, according to an announcement on Wednesday. As part of the new partnership, Anthropic will deploy up to 2 gigawatts of AMD’s Instinct MI450 AI GPUs using the chipmaker’s new Helios rack-scale system, as reported […]

AMD is quietly building a frame generation mode that beats Nvidia at its own game

AMD’s latest Radeon drivers hide a Multi-Frame Generation mode that goes up to 8x, going one better than NVIDIA’s 6x. Here’s what it could mean for your frame rate.