GPUs
SK hynix and TSMC announced early on Friday that they had signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on developing the next-generation HBM4 memory and advanced packaging technology. The initiative is designed to speed up the adoption of HBM4 memory and solidify SK hynix's and TSMC's leading positions in high-bandwidth memory and advanced processor applications. The primary focus of SK hynix's and TSMC's initial efforts will be to enhance the performance of the HBM4 stack's base die, which (if we put it very simply) acts like an ultra-wide interface between memory devices and host processors. With HBM4, SK hynix plans to use one of TSMC's advanced logic process technologies to build base dies to pack additional features and I/O pins within the confines of existing...
Newegg Launches Official & Unofficial AMD Radeon R9 Game Bundles
Kudos to the PC Perspective crew for tracking this one down. It looks like Newegg is running a very unusual set of video game bundles with AMD’s higher-end Radeon...
67 by Ryan Smith on 5/14/2015
NVIDIA’s GRID Game Streaming Service Rolls Out 1080p60 Support
Word comes from NVIDIA this afternoon that they are rolling out a beta update to their GRID game streaming service. Starting today, the service is adding 1080p60 streaming to...
62 by Ryan Smith on 5/12/2015
NVIDIA Announces FY 2016 Q1 Financial Results
Today NVIDIA released their earnings for quarter one of their 2016 fiscal year (and no, that’s not a typo, NVIDIA is almost a full calendar year ahead with their...
43 by Brett Howse on 5/7/2015
AMD Announces OEM Desktop Radeon 300 Series
Along with today’s announcement of the OEM mobile Radeon M300 series, AMD has also announced the OEM desktop Radeon 300 Series. This was a rather low-key launch with only...
74 by Ryan Smith on 5/6/2015
Update: AMD Announces Radeon M300 Series Notebook Video Cards
Along with a bevy of roadmap announcements at financial analyst day, AMD has also slipped in a full-on mobile GPU announcement today at the event. Being announced today is the...
37 by Ryan Smith on 5/6/2015
AMD Financial Analyst Day 2015 Round-Up
Having just wrapped up a bit ago is AMD’s 2015 Financial Analyst Day (FAD). For AMD FADs are a combination of roadmap updates and number breakdowns for financial analysts...
47 by Ryan Smith on 5/6/2015
AMD’s 2016-2017 Datacenter Roadmap: x86, ARM, and GPGPU
As part of AMD’s business unit reorganization in 2014, many of AMD’s high-growth businesses were organized into a new group at the company, the Enterprise, Embedded, and Semi-Custom Business...
16 by Ryan Smith on 5/6/2015
AMD To Launch New Desktop GPU This Quarter (Q2’15) With HBM
Having just left the stage at AMD’s financial analyst day is CEO Dr. Lisa Su, who was on stage to present an update on AMD’s computing and graphic business...
146 by Ryan Smith on 5/6/2015
AMD’s 2016 GPU Roadmap: FinFET & High Bandwidth Memory
Along with updating their x86 and CPU roadmaps, AMD has also offered a brief update on their GPU roadmap. Unfortunately unlike 2012 we’re not going to get anything quite...
19 by Ryan Smith on 5/6/2015
AMD Charts Future Growth Opportunities
Taking place today is AMD’s 2015 Financial Analyst Day (FAD). For AMD FADs are a combination of roadmap updates and number breakdowns for financial analysts and investors, showcasing where...
11 by Ryan Smith on 5/6/2015
NVIDIA Updates Spring GeForce Game Bundle - Adds Batman: Arkham Knight
Back in March NVIDIA launched their Witcher 3 game bundle promotion, which saw game codes for the forthcoming ARPG packed with a number of GeForce GTX 900 series cards...
4 by Ryan Smith on 5/5/2015
AMD Crossfire Freesync Update: Delayed
When AMD launched Freesync back in March, one of the limitations of the initial launch version was that only single-GPU configurations were supported. Multi-GPU Crossfire systems could not be...
92 by Ryan Smith on 4/30/2015
AMD Posts Q1 2015 Results: $180 Million Net Loss
Today AMD released their Q1 FY 2015 financial results, and the company reported revenue of $1.03 billion for the quarter. This is a 16.9% decrease as compared to Q4...
140 by Brett Howse on 4/16/2015
AMD Releases Catalyst 15.4 Beta Drivers
In a busy day for video card drivers ahead of the Grand Theft Auto V launch, AMD has also released an updated driver set in preparation for release of...
21 by Ryan Smith on 4/13/2015
NVIDIA Releases 350.12 Game Ready WHQL Drivers
Hot on the heels of their first R349 branch driver release earlier this month with the release of the 350.05 hotfix drivers, NVIDIA is back again with another R349...
25 by Ryan Smith on 4/13/2015
Samsung/NVIDIA Case Update: NVIDIA Receives "Favorable Ruling" At Markman Hearing
In a quick update to the ongoing legal saga between NVIDIA, Samsung, and Qualcomm over the future of GPU patents and licensing, NVIDIA has published an update on the...
53 by Ryan Smith on 4/6/2015
NVIDIA Posts 350.05 Hotfix Driver - Fixes Games & Adds OpenCL 1.2 Support
Not too long after a driver release to coincide with the launch of the GTX Titan X, NVIDIA is back again with a hotfix driver release, version 350.05. Like...
10 by Ryan Smith on 4/3/2015
AMD Dives Deep On Asynchronous Shading
Earlier this month at GDC, AMD introduced their VR technology toolkit, LiquidVR. LiquidVR offers game developers a collection of useful tools and technologies for adding high performance VR to...
72 by Ryan Smith on 3/31/2015
Exploring DirectX 12: 3DMark API Overhead Feature Test
This week the benchmarking gurus over at Futuremark are releasing their own first run at a DirectX 12 test with their latest update for the 3DMark benchmark. Futuremark has...
113 by Ryan Smith & Ian Cutress on 3/27/2015
NVIDIA Announces Quadro M6000 & Quadro VCA (2015)
Earlier this week we took a look at the GeForce GTX Titan X, NVIDIA’s first product to use their new high-end Maxwell GPU, the GM200. Now just 2 days...
29 by Ryan Smith on 3/19/2015
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