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AMD exec was ‘very happy’ to see Nvidia‘s Vera performance results
By Jake Roach Published
Nvidia took the first stab with its Vera results earlier this week, and now AMD is biting back with SPEC results for its Zen 6 ‘Venice’ CPUs, as well.

AMD reveals CPU architecture roadmap through 2028, following Zen 6 'Venice' launch
By Anton Shilov Published
AMD's Lisa Su shows off the company's roadmap through 2030, including teases of Zen 7 and Zen 8 CPUs.

AMD’s new X100 chip lineup puts Strix Halo into robots
By Jake Roach Published
AMD takes on Intel (and Nvidia) in the robot wars.

AMD’s 256-core Epyc 9996 ‘Venice’ claims up to a 3.4x jump over Intel Xeon competition, 20% over Nvidia Vera
By Jake Roach Published
After over a year of teases, AMD has finally provided details on its 256-core Venice CPU with the Zen 6 architecture, now known as the Epyc 9996.

AMD’s Venice-X CPU launches in 2027 with 1152 MB of 3D V-Cache, 96 cores, and 5.15 GHz boost clock
By Jake Roach Published
AMD is returning to 3D V-Cache in its data center range of CPUs with Venice-X, which it has confirmed will launch in the second half of 2027, with 1152 MB of L3 and clock speeds up to 5.15 GHz.

Intel and AMD sign long-term server CPU deals with Chinese customers as prices jump over 40%, report claims
By Luke James Published
Some customers have discussed commitments running two years or longer, one source told Reuters.

Nvidia deep dives Vera CPU for AI data centers
By Jake Roach Published
Nvidia reveals all of the details about its Vera data center CPU, including an architectural breakdown of the Olympus core and the first (unofficial) SPEC CPU 2026 results.

Nvidia has ‘shipped hundreds of thousands of Grace standalone servers’
By Jake Roach Published
As Nvidia continues to roll out Vera, its first custom CPU for agentic AI, it revealed that its last-gen Grace design has seen mass deployments, even as a standalone CPU for non-agentic workloads.
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