Veteran chip designer Jim Keller, who worked on AMD's Zen processor core micro-architecture, has called AMD stupid for cancelling the sister project K12, which was being developed using Arm.
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One of the recent patents from Intel bears an uncanny resemblance to AMD's Zen microarchitecture. The patent is apparently that of Intel's next-gen Ocean Cove design and near perfectly matches Zen.
AMD released the Athlon 3000G chip today, a 35W, dual-core desktop processor with four threads. The MSRP is just $49 for the 3.5GHz chip, and it also includes Radeon Vega 3 graphics.
The war of words has begun between the two chipmakers after Intel called the AMD EPYC processor 'glued together and inconsistent'. AMD didn't take this lying down, responding in a recent presentation.
AMD has announced the availability of its new Bristol Ridge processors for desktops. The new chips offer better graphics and support for Ultra HD media, and run on the AM4 socket.