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CNE Gaming Garage Returns With In-Person Esports Tournament, Featuring Halo Infinite, Fortnite, and More
2022 marks the grand return of Toronto's Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) and with that comes the return of the CNE Gaming Garage. Powered by AMD, the fourth annual CNE Gaming is hosting a series of esports tournaments with over $22,000 on the line. The CNE Gaming Garage will be presenting two packed weekends full of...
AMD Announces Next-Gen 6nm Ryzen 6000 Laptop Chips
AMD has announced the latest generation of its microprocessors. AMD's next-generation Ryzen 6000 microprocessors, announced at CES this week, should provide another option for the Intel faithful to rethink options when buying laptops. "AMD is at the forefront of innovation in the PC industry, delivering unmatched experiences for creators, professionals, and gamers," Saeid Moshkelani, SVP...
CES 2022 Sees AMD and MSI Withdraw In-Person Participation as Exhibitor Drop Out List Grows
CES 2022 is due to kick off a week from today and yet the list of exhibitors that have decided to withdraw its in-person participation grows. Adding to the list of exhibitors who will not be on the show floor due to the growing number of COVID-19 cases are AMD and MSI. AMD and MSI...
AMD Releases Windows 10 Boot Camp Driver for Radeon Pro 5600 GPU in 16-Inch MacBook Pro
AMD has released a Windows 10 Boot Camp Driver for the Radeon Pro 5600M GPU found in Apple's latest 16-inch MacBook Pro. Apple introduced the 5600M graphics with 8GB HBM2 memory earlier this month as a $700 USD upgrade. The graphics are 75 percent faster than the 5500M with 4GB of GDDR6 memory which is part...
References to AMD Processors, Graphics Cards, and APUs Found in macOS 10.15.4 Beta
An AMD-powered Mac might be on its way, if recently-spotted code in macOS is to be believed. Since its switch to the x86 machine architecture from PowerPC in the mid-2000s, Apple has been consistent with Intel as its sole supplier of CPUs for its MacBooks, iMac desktops, and Mac Pro workstations. The company's relationship with...
Every Major OS Maker Hit By Security Flaw Actively Being Exploited to Hack Users
Almost all major OS vendors released security patches yesterday after a researcher discovered that some OS makers have misinterpreted an Intel CPU debug feature and left their systems open to attacks. A report from ZDNet explains that newly-disclosed security flaws connected to the Intel and AMD chips used by Macs and PCs (and Linux machines)...
Why Apple Chose AMD for the 15-inch MacBook Pro
Ars Technica’s in-depth review of the new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pros has just been published, consisting of a thorough set of performance benchmarks for CPU, GPU, SSD, and much more. But one important detail picked up by Daring Fireball’s John Gruber from the comprehensive review, is the explanation of why Apple chose AMD’s GPU instead...
Apple’s New 2015 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro Uses AMD’s Radeon R9 M370X GPU
Earlier this week, Apple quietly updated the 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro. Apple didn’t make any changes to the device’s CPU because of delays with Intel’s new Broadwell processors. However, Apple did make some changes to the discrete GPU on the high-end model of the laptop. The company swapped out NVIDIA’s GeForce GT 750M for AMD’s...