AMD has submitted a Linux overclocking driver for Ryzen processors, giving enthusiasts official tuning controls after a lengthy wait outside the Windows club.
AMD engineer Shyam Sundar S K posted the proposed AOD WMI driver, which connects Linux to platform firmware. The initial patches expose Package Power Tracking, Thermal Design Current and Electrical Design Current limits through sysfs, together with their supported ranges. Users can toggle simultaneous multithreading at the firmware level and read current memory clocks.
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Nvidiaâs latest GeForce driver adds Advanced Shader Delivery, promising to cut the tedious wait while PCs compile shaders.
According to TeakTown Driver 621.01 introduces support for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 and Gears of War: E-Day, with Windows 11 and the Xbox PC app required.
Microsoftâs technology can reduce shader compilation times by up to 95 per cent in supported games. That is a welcome improvement for anyone who bought a graphics card to play games and ended up watching progress bars. The system compiles shaders ahead of timeâŚ
The Hot Take: Intel roaring back to a manufacturing powerhouse.
Intel is accelerating work on its long-delayed US semiconductor manufacturing projects, with equipment installation underway at its Fab 62 facility in Arizona and construction progressing at its Ohio site. The developments come as stronger demand for AI data center processors supports the chipmaker's efforts to expand capacity and strengthen its foundry business.
The Hot Take: I guess we'll see if this pans out, question is does Ai/Si start helping write code for these chips.
Running complicated algorithms on quantum computing hardware is going to require the use of logical qubits, where collections of hardware qubits are linked together in ways that allow errors to be detected and corrected. In general, the more hardware qubits you dedicate to each logical qubit, the better the chances are of identifying errors. But, given that the hardware qubits are prone to errors, adding more of them also increases the probability that errors will occur. If the hardware error rate is too high, then growing the logical qubitâŚ
AMD's first Arm-based CPUs in over a decade, codenamed Soundwave, are heading to Surface laptops from Microsoft. AMD Soundwave APUs To Bring Arm's Competitive Value To Surface Laptops As Apple's Pressure Mounts on Microsoft The AMD Soundwave SoCs were first spotted back in 2024, when they were listed as a next-generation 3nm APU design. Few details were known back then, but a year later, we learned about Soundwave being AMD's attempt at the Arm ecosystem. Initially primed for a 2026 launch for Microsoft's 2026 Surface lineup, the plans changedâŚ
The Hot Take: Doubling the CPUs in the rack yes will be better performance per watt, but is also stacking it against the competition. If you focus on CORE vs CORE, AMD and CISC/x86 still beats it in my eyes.
Arm claims its AGI CPU delivers nearly twice AMDâs EPYC Turin performance per rack, thanks to its higher server density.
Research outfit Signal65 tested early Arm systems against AMDâs Zen 5-based EPYC 9755 across seven workloads. Arm commissioned the study, and it seems reasonably pleased with its purchase.
The headline result is an average of 1.99 times the modelled performance per rack, with individual results ranging from 1.43 to 3.19 times AMDâs performance. That distinction between measured processor results and modelled racksâŚ
The Hot Take: Well when they take over TSMC yeah, no doubt.
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan believes that China is not significantly behind the US when it comes to chip manufacturing prowess. The CEO made the remarks in an interview with Nikkei Asia, where he also discussed Intel's restructuring efforts and attempts to establish a foundry business that is on par with Taiwan's TSMC, which is the world's largest contract chip manufacturer. Intel CEO Tan Asserts Foundry Business Can Become A Growth Driver But Stresses Patience To Do It Right China's relationship with the US when it comes to chip manufacturingâŚ
While we see multiple reports indicating the discontinuation of the flagship Blackwell GeForce GPU, NVIDIA, on the other hand, denies such reports. NVIDIA's Jeff Fisher Says RTX 5090 isn't Discontinued After Acknowledging Supply Constraints Multiple Taiwanese publications have reported NVIDIA's refutation of reports that the RTX 5090 is being discontinued. If you have been following us, you must be aware that a few days ago, there were reports suggesting NVIDIA has ended the supply of the GeForce RTX 5090, the flagship Blackwell GeForce GPU,âŚ
The Hot Take: Still not sure I want to use it. LOL I love my carbon pads all day over any paste.
YouTuber hardware enthusiast and Thermal Grizzly boss der8auer tested a two-year-old liquid metal thermal interface material (TIM) application with an electron microscope in his new video, discovering that it doesnât dry out. Instead, the gallium bonds with the copper in a reaction to form a solid compound. On copper, that layerâs heat conduction performance is about one-quarter of the bare metalâs, and nickel plating keeps it about 10 times thinner.His test showed the TIM as liquid after one hour, no liquid visible with crystals everywhere atâŚ