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Late on Tuesday, AMD announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2025, posting its highest quarterly revenue ever. The company’s results were driven by sales of expensive client and datacenter CPUs as well as improved sales of Instinct MI300-series AI accelerators. However, the company’s gaming earnings dropped mainly due to the slowdown of console sales. But while the company’s revenues in Q1 set records, AMD warned that the U....

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600X isnow just $186.97 on Amazonfor Black Friday. We compared this Zen 4-based CPUa few months agoto the Intel Core i5-14400, and found it provided a substantial performance while being $100 more expensive. But now it’s just $186.97, which is 37% off its retail price.The AMD Ryzen 5 7600X is a six-core, 12-thread 5nm CPU with a clock speed of 4.7 GHz, which can be upped to 5....

The fastest gaming processor in the world is still on sale atAmazon, just $10 shy of its lowest ever price. The absolute cream of the crop when it comes to gaming performance, this usually retails for around $479, but is currently discounted to $451. This deal is available across multiple vendors, including both Newegg and Amazon. Not only that, Amazon has also discounted a series of requisite AM5 motherboards from Asus, and will let you add both as a bundle to your basket....

AMD managed to gain both unit and revenue market share in server and consumer PCs in the first quarter of the year as demand for 4th-Generation EPYC processors set another record, whereas Ryzen 8000-series processors were popular with makers of desktop PCs and notebooks. A new report from CPU market trackerMercury Researchoutlines several of AMD’s advances during the quarter. “Mercury noted in their first quarter report that AMD gained significant server and client revenue share driven by growing demand for 4th Gen EPYC and Ryzen 8000 series processors,” a statement by AMD shared by the company via email reads....

AMD announced its Ryzen Pro portfolio today as it extended the’Hawk Point' 8040-seriesto commercial laptop and workstation users while simultaneously offering itsRyzen 8000 ‘Phoenix’ APU modelsfor commercial desktop PCs. As we’ve seen in the past, the Pro series is based on AMD’s existing consumer-oriented processor models but comes with additional features that tailor them for the commercial market. With the consumer versions of these processors, AMD was the first x86 company to bring its AI-processing neural processing unit (NPU) to the mobile and desktop PC market....

Analysis group Canalyspublished a reportforecasting the future sales and deployment of AI-enabled PCs in a few years. Based on the fact that in 2024, 19% of PCs are AI-capable and already shipped worldwide, the group estimates a 60% growth in shipments by 2027 with its increased presence for commercial purposes. The adoption will have a widespread effect on gaming, business, and consumer-level markets, paving the way for neural chip-embedded roadmaps from respective leading chipmakers....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict A solid kit that introduces the core concepts of building Arduino projects. The Arduino Cloud support is welcome, if a little awkward to use. Great hardware Easy to assemble Tutorials cover the entire kit Cons Arduino Cloud is cumbersome to use Why you can trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict A great cooler which offers slightly better performance over the official cooler, we just wish the power cable were shorter, and that the included thermal pads provided better contact with the PMIC and the RP1. Low price Great performance Easy to install Thermal pads do not touch PMIC Power cable is too long Why you may trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you....

This week,ASMLdelivered its 3rd Generation extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tool, theTwinscan NXE:3800E, with a projection lens featuring a 0.33 numerical aperture. The system significantly increases performance compared to the existing Twinscan NXE:3600D machine. It is designed for fabricating chips at leading-edge technologies, including 3nm, 2nm, and small nodes in the next few years. The ASMLTwinscan NXE:3800Erepresents a leap forward inLow-NA EUVlithography regarding performance (the number of wafers processed per hour) and matched machined overlay....

Asus hasrolled outnew Beta BIOS for its Republic of Gamers (ROG) and Strix X670E motherboards to support the upcoming Zen 5 ‘Granite Ridge’ CPUs. The update also contains the new AGESA 1.1.7.0 update. This BIOS update could indicate the inevitable Zen 5 launch is just a matter of weeks away. Additionally, AMD has switched its AGESA naming scheme from ComboAM5PI to FireRangePi. Asus has rolled out the new Beta BIOS forseven of its X670E series AMD AM5 Motherboards....

Asus just unveiled its latest lineup of motherboards sporting the 800-series chipset for AMD’s Ryzen 9000 CPUs at Gamescom 2024. The company is offering these new motherboards across its entire motherboard lineup, covering the needs of everyone from the everyday user to the most extreme overclockers who want to get the most out of their AMD processors. Aside from its compatibility with AM5 chips, Asus is also touting several AI features, including AI Overclocking, AI Cooling II, and AI Networking II....

When we write about AI supercomputers with tens or even hundreds of thousands of processors, we usually mean systems powered by Nvidia’s Hopper or Blackwell GPUs. But Nvidia is not alone in addressing ultra-demanding supercomputers for AI, asAmazonWeb Services this weeksaidit is building a machine with hundreds of thousands of its Trainium2 processors to achieve performance of roughly 65 ExaFLOPS for AI. The company also unveiled its Trainium3 processor which will quadruple performance compared to the Trainium2....

When looking for a potential motherboard to power a new PC build, factors like build quality, aesthetics, and value are often at the top of the list for buyers. Most people just glance over the form factor and size specifications without giving it a second thought. However,when working with a small form factor (SFF) case, size suddenly becomes a top priority. Micro ATX, shortened to mATX, was designed for this exact purpose....