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AMD names new VAR and SI commercial sales chief for EMEA
Computer hardware and processor manufacturer AMD has announced the appointment of James Blackman as head of VAR and SI commercial sales for the EMEA region. A seasoned industry veteran, Blackman brings more than 30 years’ experience to the role and has spent more than 13 years at AMD, most recently leading the firm’s HP sales activity across EMEA. In his…
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AMD & G42 will build a powerful AI computing center in France
France’s president Emmanuel Macron recently announced a total of 109 billion Euros ($112 billion) in private investments in the artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem. Shortly after, G42, a prominent AI technology group from Abu Dhabi, has also shared that it’s setting up a cutting-edge AI computing center in Grenoble, France. The project, announced at the AI Action Summit in Paris, will…
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Building a gaming PC with the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D: What to expect?
For the past few weeks, I’ve been building and using a new PC designed to be fast, powerful, and cool. It’s been an exciting experience – from making sure it looks good to testing and managing my daily tasks on it. I had high expectations, and so far, this build has exceeded them. Built with a variety of Corsair, MSI,…
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AMD patches microcode security holes after accidental early disclosure
Matt Kimball, VP and principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, also said he believed that AMD did well in how it handled this situation. “It’s good to see AMD working with its community to solve for these vulnerabilities quickly. The amount of work that goes into providing a fix — and thoroughly testing it — is extensive. It’s a…
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Which is better at FSR: AMD or NVIDIA?
If you’re a gamer, you probably know about the technology called AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR). It boosts graphics performance and works on almost any graphics card, even older ones! With FSR, you can enjoy higher frame rates and smoother gameplay, whether you have a Radeon or a GeForce card. It even works on Intel graphic cards. However, the question…
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GPU cloud startup Vultr secures AMD backing in $333 million investment round
Cloud infrastructure company Vultr has raised $333 million in funding as part of an investment round that values the firm at $3.5 billion. Founded in 2014 by David Aninowsky and self-funded until now, Vultr operates a global, full-stack AI infrastructure and cloud computing platform with 32 cloud data center regions around the world. Led by LuminArx Capital Management and AMD…
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Researchers claim an AMD security flaw could let hackers access encrypted data
Researchers have exposed an issue with the memory implementation on AMD’s data center chips that could threaten the integrity of data, but the chipmaker has hit back at the claims. In a paper due to be presented at IEEE in 2025, researchers from University of Lübeck, KU Leven, and University of Birmingham highlighted a potential weakness in AMD’s secure encrypted…
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What is AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) and how does it work?
Have you come across the term AMD FSR on the internet or maybe somewhere in your favorite game’s graphics settings? Are you wondering what AMD FSR is? Or maybe you want to enable FSR, but you’re not sure if your graphics card is on the AMD FSR-supported GPU list? If you want to understand the reasons behind this technology, why…
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Recall arrives for Intel and AMD devices after months of controversy
Microsoft is finally rolling out its controversial Recall feature after months of delays sparked by security and privacy concerns. Recall takes a screenshot every few seconds, saving the images in a protected folder to make it easier to find what you were working on even if you can’t remember what application you were using. These snapshots can be searched for…
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Windows 11 Recall arrives for AMD and Intel Copilot+ PCs (build 26120.2510)
Windows 11 build 26120.2510 expands Recall and Click to Do to AMD and Intel Copilot+ PCs. The update also rolls out Cocreator for Paint and Restyle Image and Image Creator for Photos for AMD and Intel Copilot+ PCs. In addition, devices in the Dev Channel will receive the new visual improvements for Windows Hello, and the System Tray will show…
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