AMD Ryzen 3000, 4000 desktop chips, as well as Ryzen 5000, 4000, and some 7000 series mobile chips, are vulnerable to a new CPU vulnerability dubbed "Zenbleed". AMD confirms patches are coming soon.
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Linux users who run AMD Ryzen systems can be very happy today. Latest testing data shows that the newer Linux platform is showing very significant performance gains over the last few years.
AMD is allegedly working on a Ryzen 5 3600 (AF) CPU which might be similar to the previous 1600 (AF) release and as such, provide the same performance as the Ryzen 5 5600 for around half the price.
AMD Zen-based processors with Simultaneous Multi-threading (SMT) like Ryzen, Threadripper, EPYC, and Athlon CPUs have been found to be vulnerable to a new “SQUIP” side-channel attack.
The AMD Mendocino APU is built on the 6nm node and packs ZEN 2 CPU cores, and RDNA 2 GPUs, with support for LPDDR5 RAM. The chipset would offer better computing and graphics for budget laptops.
Valve has confirmed that the Steam Deck's storage options are upgradeable as they come with a 2230 M.2 slot. However, the company, it seems, doesn't want end users to upgrade the storage.
The AMD 4700S desktop kit was officially listed by the company last month and it has been confirmed today that plenty of new systems, more than 80, in fact, based on the 4700S will be available.
AMD's 7nm Zen 2 mobile CPUs are almost ready and will launch at CES 2020, says a report. Like in desktops, it seems like AMD's new mobile offerings are a significant step-up from the previous gen.
A newly leaked AMD APU that has an octa-core processor based on the Zen+ or Zen 2 architecture and a 7nm Navi GPU could be powering the next-generation consoles from Sony and Microsoft.
At its Next Horizon event, AMD shared a few details about its upcoming Zen 2 7nm process micro architecture. Among others, the firm also announced the availability of EPYC CPUs for Amazon EC2.
