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Hardware Unboxed tracked retail GPU prices across ten countries and found that the cheapest cards actually in stock became more expensive again in October, continuing a months-long climb. The monthly increase was 10% excluding the GeForce RTX 5090, and 11% when that card was included. October's rise followed increases of 15% in August and 7% in September. -
At a Chinese American Semiconductor Professional Association fireside chat on October 24, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan said Intel's 14A process is moving toward PDK 0.9 and that the company has already discussed possible cooperation with AMD CEO Lisa Su, though he did not say what form that partnership might take. -
Geekbench 7.1.0 has now put AMD's 256-core EPYC 9996 server chip under the microscope, offering one of the first looks at Zen 6C in action. The score does not necessarily represent standard desktop Zen 6 performance, but it does show the architecture in a promising light. -
AMD has added three new graphics IDs to HIP-RT 3.2.0, which are being linked to future Medusa APUs. The update shows that AMD is already preparing software for the integrated graphics of its next-generation processors. The company plans to launch the Medusa lineup in 2027. -
AMD is giving AM4 owners one more upgrade path with the return of the Ryzen 7 5800X3D as a 10th Anniversary Edition in June 2026, and the chip still keeps users on DDR4 memory. AMD Senior Director of Client Product Management Travis Kirsch said CEO Lisa Su pushed for the comeback as a final gift to longtime users who had stayed with the platform for years. -
AMD and Intel announced a collaboration to channel their PyTorch x86 acceleration work into oneDNN. As part of the effort, AMD is moving its ZenDNN optimizations into the shared library, with no completion timeline specified. -
AMD says FSR (FidelityFX Super Resolution) Upscaling 4.1 is now reaching Radeon RX 6000 Series graphics cards, with Ryzen processors, handhelds and Xbox consoles also on the list; support for Xbox Series X and S is coming soon. Earlier, FSR 4.1 to Radeon RX 6000 delved into the technical hurdles that prevented AMD from fast-tracking support on the RX 6000 series. -
Micro Center is now selling AMD's upgraded Ryzen AI Halo mini PC in a Linux configuration for $7,299.99, but only for in-store purchase. The system is built around a Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 processor and is aimed at running AI workloads locally. -
At the 2026 OCP Global Summit in San Jose on October 12, AMD detailed its Zen 6-based EPYC Verano server processor and the Helion open rack platform for agentic AI. Verano belongs to the EPYC 9006 family and is expected in 2027, while Helion is planned in CPU-only and combined CPU-and-GPU configurations. -
Computex 2027 now looks like the earliest possible stage for AMD to talk about its RDNA 5 graphics cards, according to leaker Kepler_L2. The event is scheduled for the first week of June, but the leaker suggested the announcement could still slip to later in the year. This is a prediction about an announcement, not a confirmed release date. -
Intel is already making changes after Microsoft used WinHEC 2026 in May to launch the Driver Quality Initiative, a push aimed at improving the quality, reliability, and security of Windows drivers from Intel, AMD, and Nvidia. Microsoft also plans to tighten driver requirements and how they are distributed. -
Jack Huynh, AMD's senior vice president and head of its Computing and Graphics Group, said the company will expand FSR 4 to APUs, gaming laptops and handheld devices by the end of 2026.
He announced the plans at a meeting with Korean media in Seoul on October 7, 2026. -
A Chiphell forum user shared photos of an engineering sample of the unreleased AMD Ryzen 9 5900X3D, an AM4-era Zen 3 chip that appears to have been built for testing rather than retail. The sample has 24 threads, a 105 W TDP and a maximum clock speed of up to 4.85 GHz; monitoring tools reportedly showed it running at 4.65-4.73 GHz. -
Gotou_3rd has added more detail to the rumored AMD Ryzen Z3 handheld chips, saying the semi-custom Medusa Point parts are aimed at gaming devices and could still change before release. The leak separately lists four Zen 6 cores, two low-power Zen 5 cores and 12 RDNA4m Compute Units for the lineup. -
On Linux, d4r 0.1.2 now lets Radeon RX 9000 owners try experimental DLSS 4 and DLSS 4.5 support through Proton, although the feature has not yet been tested on actual RX 9000 hardware. Developer Countervolts added the support for AMD's RDNA 4 cards, but performance and image quality remain unknown. -
Fei-Fei Li's World Labs will keep developing spatial-intelligence models after AMD said it will buy the AI research lab in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $8.2 billion. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2026, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. -
The RX 9070 XT and RTX 5070 Ti are nearly neck and neck in games, but the price gap between them has reached $400. NVIDIA's cost per frame is 51% higher at 1440p. The extra money doesn't pay off in performance, though Team Green still has stronger software and DLSS 4. -
Insiders: GeForce RTX 60 won't arrive until 2028 — in 2027, only AMD may release a new graphics card
Gamers are being advised to hold on to their current graphics cards: it looks like the wait for the new generation will be a long one. -
AMD shares briefly topped $613 on Monday, setting an intraday record of about $613.92 before easing back below that level by the close. The move capped another sharp rally for the stock and pushed the company into a new valuation bracket, even though the milestone did not hold through the session.
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AMD has shown how to trace rays in a scene with hundreds of millions of animated triangles without running into video memory limits. The difference from the conventional approach is tens of times.
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