With the first Zen 5 CPUs and SoCs shipping later this month, AMD offered a closer look at the architectural improvements behind the platform’s 16 percent increase in instructions per clock (IPC) during its Tech Day event in LA last week. House of Zen’s 9000 series was announced at Computex in June and follows a … Read more
The new iFi ZEN CAN 3 can drive IEMs using the latest xMEMS drivers, a speaker technology that looks … [+] will be the next big innovation in headphone performance. iFi audio The British company iFi Audio is one of my favorite brands of headphone amplifiers. Now iFi Audio is launching the ZEN CAN 3, … Read more
AMD announces Ryzen 9000 and Zen 5, the second CPU architecture for its AM5 platform. AMD AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X leads the new Ryzen 9000 family. AMD There are three other variants here, with 12, 8 and 6 Zen 5 CPU cores. The Ryzen 7000 series launched with chips at the same levels. AMD AMD … Read more
Since AMD re-emerged as a major competitor within the x86 CPU scene, one of AMD’s top priorities has been to win over customers in the highly lucrative and profitable server market. It’s a strategy that has paid off well for AMD, as while they are still the minority player in the space, they have continued … Read more