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Wall Street stays cautious on AMD AI momentum
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Analyst flags inventory worries despite new GPU launches

One Wall Street voice isn’t sold on AMD’s AI GPU push just yet. Trust Securities analyst William Stein has maintained his ‘Hold’ rating on AMD shares, citing a sizeable stockpile of unsold chips.

Intel Diamond Rapids leak show monster Xeon specs
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Up to 192 cores and 1.6 tb/s memory bandwidth in Intel’s next data centre gamble

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that Intel is cooking up a monster for the data centre with its next-generation Xeon chip, codenamed Diamond Rapids.

Samsung braces for worst quarter
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Tuesday, 08 July 2025 09:11

Samsung braces for worst quarter


US chip curbs and HBM3E delays dent profit forecast

Samsung Electronics stunned markets by forecasting a 56 per cent plunge in second‑quarter operating profit to Won 4.6 trn (€3.3 bn, which is its weakest performance in six quarters.

CPU-Z 2.16 update brings in RDNA 4, RTX 50 series and Zen 5
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Hardware tool plays catch-up as GPU and CPU launches pile up

CPU-Z has rolled out version 2.16 of its well-worn hardware tool, and this one lands with support for a host of newly released GPUs and CPUs.

TSMC throws cash at US plants while Japan is left waiting
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Chipmaker races Trump tariffs as Samsung’s fab stands idle

While Samsung’s much-hyped Texas fab is still sitting around looking pretty, struggling to find buyers, TSMC is bulldozing ahead with its American chip-building binge.

RX 9070 XT hits price floor
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Friday, 04 July 2025 09:08

RX 9070 XT hits price floor


But prices can't stay that way

AMD’s RX 9070 XT is reportedly at its cheapest right now, and unless you’re holding out for a miracle, prices are only going rise from here.

Steam on Linux dips slightly as AMD takes CPU crown
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Valve survey shows open-source crowd still keen on Deck-powered setups

Valve's latest Steam survey dropped a bit later than usual, but the Linux numbers are finally in and while there’s a tiny dip in overall share, the AMD crowd has reason to cheer.

AMD's RX 9070 XT gets serious speed boost with new drivers
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Beats Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti by three per cent 

AMD’s driver team has pulled a rabbit out of the hat with Adrenalin 25.6.3, giving the Radeon RX 9070 XT a much-needed shot in the arm.

Too much VRAM gives Linux insomnia
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Tuesday, 01 July 2025 09:40

Too much VRAM gives Linux insomnia


AMD's Instinct cards break the nap button with their massive memory

AMD engineer Samuel Zhang has flagged a Linux bug that causes servers to refuse hibernation because they’ve too much VRAM and Instinct accelerators.

Intel readies Nova Lake cache brawler to take on AMD
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bLLC could mirror 3D V-Cache magic without the heat headaches

Intel is plotting a comeback in the desktop gaming CPU arena with Nova Lake processors kitted out with hefty chunks of BLLC [big Last Line Cache]

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