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The Latest Breaking News from AMD

The week in chip news: Intel gets a new CEO, China chip smuggling, AMD dominates

We cover the biggest stories of the week.

Tom’s Hardware

What is GDDR7? The latest VRAM technology explained

TechRadar explains everything you need to know about what GDDR7 is and how it works

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What is XMP? The Intel RAM technology explained

TechRadar explains XMP, Intel's RAM technology, how it works, and if you should use it in 2025

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Qualcomm just got closer to fixing gaming on Snapdragon laptops — but don't get too excited

This week, Epic Games announced Windows on Snapdragon support for the Epic Online Services Anti-Cheat also known as Easy Anti-Cheat. This will make Fortnite playable on Copilot+ PCs.

Laptop

MSI skips RDNA 4 and will not manufacture AMD Radeon 9000-series GPUs

MSI has confirmed to Tom's Hardware that it won't make RDNA 4 GPUs. There are many potential reasons behind the decision, though MSI was reticent to share those.

Tom’s Hardware

Well, AMD's Radeon RX 9070 series launch isn't going as smoothly as we thought - and it's because retailers have inflated prices

Color me surprised, AMD's Radeon RX 9070 series GPU prices have already been hiked across multiple retailers.

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AMD describes its recent RDNA 4 GPU launch as 'unprecedented' and promises restocking the Radeon RX 9070 XT as 'priority number one'

AMD has committed to restocking its RDNA 4 graphics cards following an "unprecedented" launch for the company.

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AMD's Radeon VP calls RX 9070 XT demand 'unprecedented' — RDNA 4 launch 'milestone event'

AMD VP and GM David McAfee called the demand for RX 9070 and 9070 XT GPUs "unprecedented" on a podcast appearance with Hot Hardware this week.

Tom’s Hardware

Nvidia teams up with Microsoft to put neural shading into DirectX, giving devs access to AI tensor cores

Microsoft will enabled neural shading and cooperative vectors in a DirectX preview this April. This will allow for better use of AI features mixed with shaders in games, and it looks like it should have support from other GPU vendors and not just Nvidia.

Tom’s Hardware

AMD RDNA 3 professional GPUs with 48GB can beat Nvidia 24GB cards in AI — putting the 'Large' in LLM

AMD published DeepSeek R1 benchmarks of its W7900 and W7800 Pro series 48GB GPUs, massively outperforming the 24GB RTX 4090.

Tom’s Hardware

Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Apex is available for pre-order on Newegg — Launches April 4 at $749

Newegg is taking pre-orders for Asus' flagship-grade ROG Crosshair X870E Apex motherboard, designed for extreme overclocking.

Tom’s Hardware

Retailers selling base model RX 9070 GPUs at 22% markup compared to MSRP — 9070 XT now typically starts at $799

Radeon RX 9070 and Radeon RX 9700 XT graphics cards that are supposed to be sold at MSRP sell at prices that are 12%–22% higher in the U.S. And that's assuming you can even find cards in stock.

Tom’s Hardware

Google expands PC game support and introduces new earn-back program

Google is broadening its support for native PC games through a new earn-back program, coinciding with the Game Developers Conference (GDC).

Android Central

Ranking AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics cards by their visual design, cuz, you know, I can't buy one for MSRP so have to kill my time somehow

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AMD Stock: Can the PC Refresh Cycle Spark a Rally?

Advanced Micro Devices hasn't been able to get out of NVIDIA's data center shadow. However, what could its client segment contribute going forward?

PC Gamer

This gaming PC build smashes together the very latest components but if I did it again, I'd do it differently

The H9 Elite looks glorious, but with an RTX 5090 plus AMD's 9950X, it makes for a toasty little number.

Tom’s Hardware

Nvidia says it has shipped twice as many 50-series GPUs as 40-series since launch, but it's a misleading comparison

In advance of next week's GTC and GDC trade shows, Nvidia discussed Blackwell availability, where it specifically stated that it has shipped twice as many Blackwell GPUs in the first five weeks as it did Ada GPUs for the first five weeks in 2022 — but that's effectively comparing only…

PC Gamer

Looks like a reference design AMD RX 9070 XT card has shown up in China, but let's not get carried away with thoughts of MBA cards just yet

Looks like an engineering sample.

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Inzoi PC requirements for Minimum, Recommended and High specs

Sorry The Sims 4 gamers, you'll probably need to upgrade your PC to play Inzoi. Here's the full PC requirements for minimum, medium, recommended, and high settings, as well as some info on what you'll need to use Smart Zoi.

TechRadar

AMD's most powerful processor ever actually runs better on Windows 10 than Windows 11

Benchmarks posted online claim that the Ryzen 9 9950X3D runs better on Windows 10.

Fortune

Intel's incoming Malaysian-born CEO is the latest Fortune 500 semiconductor exec to hail from Asia

Lip-Bu Tan, who was born in Malaysia and went to university in Singapore, will take over as Intel's CEO on March 18. The news sent shares up over 10%.

Windows Central

Xbox Ally and Ally X "Kennan" ASUS ROG gaming handheld: Price, specs, compatibility, launch window, and everything we know so far

Codenamed Kennan, the Xbox Ally is Xbox's first OEM partner handheld, but what exactly is this shiny new device going to be like? We have some details.

TechRadar

I compared Apple's Mac Studio M3 Ultra with 10 Windows workstations and I am truly shocked by what I found

I've pitted the Mac Studio M3 Ultra against its biggest Windows rivals

PC Gamer

Here comes Intel's new CEO: a semiconductor veteran that won the same prestigious award as Jensen Huang and Lisa Su

Lip-Bu Tan has a degree in physics, a masters in nuclear engineering, and won the semiconductor industry's top award, the Robert N. Noyce award.

Tom’s Hardware

Biwin launches 192GB DDR5-6400 and DDR5-6000 memory kits for AMD's AM5 platform

Biwin introduces two new 192GB memory kits optimized for AM5-based Ryzen CPUs. The new kits are advertised towards AI-centric workloads and enterprise applications.

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