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System76 unleash a quad-GPU Linux monster with the 'Thelio Mega'

By Liam Dawe, Oct 20, 2020

What has four GPUs and could probably heat up your entire house? System76 have announced the Thelio Mega and it's absolutely ridiculous.

AMD reveals Zen 3 and the Ryzen 5000 series - out November 5

By Liam Dawe, Oct 8, 2020

Today AMD revealed the Zen 3 CPU architecture along with the Ryzen 5000 series, with quite a big focus in single-threaded performance as they continue to fight Intel.

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TUXEDO announce the Ryzen 7 4700U powered Aura 15

By Liam Dawe, Oct 3, 2020

After a new AMD Ryzen powered Linux laptop for work and some gaming too? TUXEDO are back with another announcement with the Aura 15.

Get your first look at the AMD Radeon RX 6000 series

By Liam Dawe, Sep 15, 2020

AMD have given us a first look teaser at the upcoming Radeon RX 6000 series powered by their new RDNA 2 architecture, ahead of their upcoming event.

A new security flaw is revealed with 'BlindSide' on Linux affecting Intel and AMD

By Liam Dawe, Sep 12, 2020

VUSec have published and shown an example of a newly discovered flaw present with both Intel and AMD processors when used with Linux.

AMD tease two dates in October for Zen 3 and RDNA 2

By Liam Dawe, Sep 9, 2020

Are you ready for the next generation of AMD processors and graphics? Well, AMD have two events planned in October so it's time to get excited again.

TUXEDO Computers announce the lightweight AMD Ryzen powered TUXEDO Pulse 14

By Liam Dawe, Aug 25, 2020

Need new hardware? TUXEDO Computers believe they have revealed the "the lightest Linux powerhouse in the world" with the new AMD Ryzen powered TUXEDO Pulse 14.

AMD confident in Zen 3 CPUs and RDNA 2 GPUs launching in 2020

By Liam Dawe, Jul 29, 2020

Another quarterly earnings report is out from AMD, along with the usual conference call and it seems all is going well over in camp AMD.

Valve gets another developer to work on Linux graphics drivers, starting with AMD RADV

By Liam Dawe, Jul 28, 2020

It appears that Valve aren't stopping their push to improve Linux gaming, as they just recently hired another developer to help improve open source graphics drivers.

A System76 engineer is porting coreboot to newer AMD Zen systems

By Liam Dawe, Jul 28, 2020

System76 have begun providing more AMD based hardware for Linux enthusiasts, and the next step in their plan to be as open as possible appears to have begun.

TUXEDO Computers announce the Pulse 15, a high-end AMD Ryzen laptop

By Liam Dawe, Jul 21, 2020

TUXEDO Computers, a hardware vendor that specialises in providing Linux systems has today revealed the TUXEDO Pulse 15 and it sounds like a wonderful beast.

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Mesa 20.2 gets Valve-backed ACO shader compiler on by default for AMD RADV

By Liam Dawe, Jun 26, 2020

With the upcoming release of Mesa 20.2 which should hopefully be in late August, it seems AMD GPU owners will get a nice boost thanks to the Valve-backed ACO shader compiler.

AMD announce the Ryzen 9 3900XT, Ryzen 7 3800XT and Ryzen 5 3600XT

By Liam Dawe, Jun 16, 2020

Expanding their reach across more of the market, AMD today announced the Ryzen 9 3900XT, Ryzen 7 3800XT, and Ryzen 5 3600XT as well as the the AMD B550 chipset availability and the new A520 chipset.

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AMD slides show Zen 4 CPUs and RDNA 3 GPUs before 2022

By Liam Dawe, Jun 11, 2020

AMD has released their latest set of slides going over the roadmap and it has some interesting tidbits inside.

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Mesa 20.1.0 drivers released

By Liam Dawe, May 28, 2020

The latest in open source graphics drivers for Linux has released, with Mesa 20.1.0 now out with tons of changes and improvements everywhere.

AMD Zen 3 will work with older 400 Series motherboards

By Liam Dawe, May 19, 2020

AMD recently announced that for Zen 3, it wouldn't work on older motherboard chipsets but they've taken on feedback and found a way around it.

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AMD relaunch their GPUOpen website and expand the open source FidelityFX toolkit

By Liam Dawe, May 12, 2020

AMD have given their GPUOpen website, a place that hosts various resources for game developers with open source and open standards at its heart, a new look.

AMD detail future plans for socket AM4 and Zen 3 compatibility, no Zen 3 for older chipsets

By Liam Dawe, May 7, 2020

If you're keeping an eye on the latest AMD processors coming, you might want to sit down and take a look at a recent post from AMD detailing their support plans for socket AM4 and Zen 3 compatibility.