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EPYC Venice Is AMD's Full Pivot: The Server CPU Built for the Inference Era
AMD launched EPYC Venice at its Advancing AI 2026 event — a 256-core, TSMC N2 server CPU paired with the Helios AI rack and Microsoft Azure commitments. Here's what the launch actually signals.
Server First: AMD Launches Zen 6 This Week, Leaves Desktop Customers Waiting
AMD's Zen 6 EPYC Venice launches July 22–23 with significant performance gains, but no Ryzen desktop CPUs announced—a sign of where enterprise AI demand is pulling the company.
FSR 4.1 Reaches Older AMD Cards, and It's the Most Exciting GPU News of a Very Sad Year
AMD's FSR 4.1 just landed on RX 7000-series GPUs via a driver update — a meaningful software win in a year when neither AMD nor Nvidia has shipped new gaming hardware, thanks to a memory shortage that's reshaping the whole industry.
AMD Folding to Security Critics: TSME Memory Encryption Returns to Ryzen 9000 in July
AMD will restore TSME memory encryption to Ryzen 9000 CPUs via a July BIOS update after security advocates criticized its removal. It's a rare instance of a hardware maker reversing course on a firmware-level security feature.
AMD's 7700X3D Arrives July 16 at $329 — and the AM5 Pledge Running to 2029 Is the Bigger Deal
AMD's Ryzen 7 7700X3D brings 3D V-Cache gaming to AM5 at $329, but the real story is AMD extending socket support through 2029 — potentially seven years on a single platform.
AMD's RX 9070 GRE Goes Global, and the Price Tag Tells You Everything About This Market
AMD's China-exclusive Radeon RX 9070 GRE launches worldwide at $549 with cut-down Navi 48 silicon and 12GB GDDR6. Here's what the pricing strategy reveals about the midrange GPU market in 2026.
Gamers Are Funding the AI Buildout Now: The RTX 5090 Is the Receipt
The RTX 5090 sells for $2,700 to over $5,000 because the memory it needs is being bought up for AI servers. This isn't a shortage story — it's a story about who pays for the AI boom, and the answer is increasingly: gamers.
Nvidia's RTX Spark Is a Bet That AI PCs Are Just APUs With Better Marketing
Nvidia's RTX Spark superchip combines CPU and GPU on one die and claims to 'reinvent the PC.' The architecture isn't new — AMD and Intel have been doing this for years. Nvidia's real edge is CUDA, DLSS, and brand power. That's real, but it's not a revolution.