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PS4 Neo? Check. Nintendo NX? Check. Xbox Two? Maybe. Chip manufacturer AMD has dropped the second hint in as many weeks that all three platform holders are very much gearing up for new hardware launches. Ars Technica reports that in an earnings call the company cited three semi-custom system-on-chip (SOC) …
Read More »PS4 and Xbox One component supplier says new products on the way this year
Chip manufacturer AMD has said that its Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom Business group, which supplies parts for PS4 and Xbox One, is preparing for the launch of new products in 2016. In our EESC segment, we had record shipments of our semi-custom SoCs powering the Playstation 4 and Xbox One …
Read More »AMD shows off wireless all-in-one VR headset
Newcomer to increasingly popular sector puts the processing power inside the headset, doing away with two of VR’s main gripes
Read More »AMD’s Sulon Q offers wire, PC and console free all-in-one VR
There’s a new virtual reality headset on the block that looks to address two of the key problems with most VR headsets. The AMD Sulon Q is an all-in-one solution that is not only wire-free, but also does not require users to plus it into a PC or console. There’s …
Read More »AMD’s Radeon Pro Duo offers unrivalled VR graphics power
The battle to be the world’s most powerful graphics card is always shifting, and today a new beast sits on the throne. It’s called the Radeon Pro Duo, the unit houses two Fiji GPUs, amounting to 16 teraflops of computer performance and 8GB of on board RAM. Also included is …
Read More »AMD is adding HDMI support to FreeSync
FreeSync is freeing itself of the need for a DisplayPort connection. AMD’s technology synchronises a PC’s and monitor’s refresh rate (the number of different frames shown on the screen every second), providing for smoother visuals and responsiveness. Until now both FreeSync and Nvidia’s equivalent tech G0Sync have required PCs to …
Read More »AMD ends support for almost all graphics cards released before 2013
A large number of AMD’s existing graphics cards will no longer be supported by the company. Accompanying the launch of its new Crimson driver, AMD has confirmed that it has dropped support for all non-GCN based cards, which includes the Radeon HD 5000 and Radeon HD 6000 series, as well …
Read More »Windows 10 update accused of uninstalling programs without permission
Some users have claimed that the most recent update to Windows 10 has uninstalled certain programs from their systems without asking for permission. VentureBeat reports that two programs used by gamers are among those affected – CPU-Z and AMD’s Catalyst Control Centre. The former is a processor monitor that allows …
Read More »AMD spins-off graphics division
New division to focus on GPUs, virtual reality and augmented reality
Read More »Early DirectX 12 benchmarks make good reading for AMD
An early look at the performance of DirectX 12 games on PC suggests that while AMD users will see some dramatic gains, the story isn’t quite as rosy for Nvidia. AMD has been languishing behind Nvidia in terms of both performance and popularity for quite some time, but PC Perspective …
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