Gamers often talk about pixels and resolutions, but do you really know what the terms mean? AMD knows that the terms Pixel and Resolution are part of everyday language, but also understands that not everyone Continue reading “AMD Video Helps Explain Pixels and Screen Resolution!”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 5, 2014 at 6:15pm
AMD Announces Major Technology Partnerships at Future of Compute Event During Event Keynotes, Samsung Shows Upcoming Line of FreeSync-Enabled Ultra High-Definition Displays and Capcom Announces Evaluation of AMD Mantle API SINGAPORE, Nov 20, 2014 (Marketwired Continue reading “AMD Adds Carrizo and Carrizo-L APUs to Roadmap”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 20, 2014 at 4:15pm
AMD today announced the consumer electronic industrys first-ever ultra-high-definition monitors to feature FreeSync technology. FreeSync enables dynamic refresh rates synchronized to the frame rate of AMD Radeon graphics cards and APUs to reduce input latency Continue reading “Samsung AMD FreeSync Supporting Displays Coming in 2015”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 20, 2014 at 3:58pm
AMD and OCZ Partner On SSD Storage It was only a matter of time before AMD and/or NVIDIA got into the SSD mix and ultimately AMD ended up being the first to slap their Radeon Continue reading “AMD Radeon R7 Series 240GB SSD Review”. …more
By Joe Evans •
Nov. 14, 2014 at 2:07pm
AMD’s very own Richard Huddy took to the stage at PDXLAN and talked about all things gaming to the group of people that came for the presentation. My. Huddy is AMD’s Gaming Scientist and at Continue reading “Richard Huddy Says AMD FreeSync Drivers Are Coming In December”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 13, 2014 at 9:03pm
AMD Launches Exclusive Sid Meiers Civilization: Beyond Earth Game Bundle with AMD Radeon R9 290 Series Graphics Cards New installment to Civilization series bundled with select AMD Radeon R9 290 Series graphics cards as part Continue reading “AMD Radeon R9 290X 8GB Video Rolls Out with Sid Meiers Civilization: Beyond Earth Game Offer”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 6, 2014 at 4:08pm
AMD just released Catalyst 14.9.2 Beta video card drivers. This is the AMD Game Ready driver for Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth, so be sure you download and install this beta driver if you want Continue reading “AMD Releases Catalyst 14.9.2 Beta Video Card Drivers”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 24, 2014 at 8:31pm
TPU has released the latest and greatest version of GPU-Z, 0.8.0! If you want it grab it here! GPU-Z version 0.8.0 introduces full support for for the NVIDIA GeForct GTX 970/980 graphics cards as well Continue reading “TPU Releases GPU-Z version 0.8.0”. …more
By Dan Stoltz •
Oct. 24, 2014 at 3:03am
Sid Meiers Civilization: Beyond Earth – AMD DX & Mantle Versus NVIDIA DX Civilization is without a doubt one of the most successful strategy games ever released and chances are you are anticipating the release Continue reading “Civilization: Beyond Earth Gaming Performance Benchmarked – AMD Versus NVIDIA”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 23, 2014 at 4:15pm
AMD Reports 2014 Third Quarter Results Q3 2014 Results Revenue of $1.43 billion, flat sequentially and a decrease of 2 percent year-over-year Gross margin of 35 percent Operating income of $63 million and non-GAAP(1) operating Continue reading “AMD Reports Tough 2014 Third Quarter And New Round of Job Cuts”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 17, 2014 at 11:05am
Rory Read became the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in 2011 and helped run the company during some very tough years as the worldwide economy has was slowly recovering Continue reading “DR. Lisa Su Named President and CEO After Rory Read Resigns”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 9, 2014 at 1:11am
AMD Appoints Dr. Lisa Su as President and Chief Executive Officer SUNNYVALE, Calif. 10/8/2014 AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that its board of directors has appointed Dr. Lisa Su as president and chief executive officer Continue reading “AMD Appoints Dr. Lisa Su as President and Chief Executive Officer”. …more
By Dan Stoltz •
Oct. 9, 2014 at 12:38am
First ARM Cortex- A57-Based Hadoop Demonstration Achieved on AMD Opteron A-Series Platform Hadoop/AMD Opteron A-Series Processor combination is designed for increased platform agility and efficiency for data management and analysis Growing 64-bit ARM server software Continue reading “First ARM Cortex-A57 64-bit Hadoop Demonstration on AMD Opteron A1100 Platform”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Sep. 30, 2014 at 12:51pm
Industry’s Biggest Scaler Vendors Pledge Support for AMD’s Project FreeSync New technology collaborations pave way for production monitors featuring AMD’s licensing-free solution to stuttering and tearing in PC games SUNNYVALE, Calif. 9/18/2014 Today, AMD (NYSE: Continue reading “AMD Announces Partnership With Scaler Vendors to Build DisplayPort Adaptive-Sync-Ready Scalers For AMD FreeSync”. …more
By David Yee •
Sep. 23, 2014 at 1:20am
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and GeForce GTX 970 video cards are the talk of the town right now, but that doesn’t mean the leaks and rumors for AMD’s next generation of gaming graphics cards Continue reading “AMD Radeon R9 390X Video Card To Use Hybrid Cooler?”. …more
By Dan Stoltz •
Sep. 12, 2014 at 5:23pm