More competition for Intel, as AMD signals deepening push into data centre market with $35 billion purchase of US-based Xilinx

More competition for Intel, as AMD signals deepening push into data centre market with $35 billion purchase of US-based Xilinx
Group representing major US chip makers ask US federal authorities to be classified as essential businesses, so factories can remain open
The graphics board includes two Vega graphics chips along with enough memory to carry out heavy-duty remote workloads for up to 32 concurrent virtual users
Windows, macOS, Linux, VMware, Xen, KVM and others are affected by issues caused by their misinterpretation of chip documentation
The latest patches include operating system and processor microcode updates to protect users from Spectre Variant 2
A small security firm has warned of embarrassing flaws affecting AMD chips, giving the chipmaker only 24 hours to respond
‘Significant’ impact on some PCs and servers if the fixes to Meltdown, Spectre are applied, warns Redmond
Apple releases mitigations for Mac, iPhone and iPad and says a Safari fix is incoming as Meltdown and Spectre continue to plague technology industry
‘Not just us’ says Intel, as ARM and AMD are also said to be vulnerable to one of the flaws
AMD and partners announce availability of new systems powered by high-end CPUs and GPUs to accelerate the use of supercomputing in smaller data centers
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Performance, security and machine learning optimisation can all be found in AMD’s latest processors
A trio of AMD graphics cards aim to accelerate AI and smart algorithm training
32 core processors, 2TB of memory support and 128 lanes of PCIe are on offer with the Eypc chips
Large chunk of money handed to tech firms from US government to develop 1,000 petaflop supercomputer
The chipmaker is touting is first teraflop desktop processor
What’s in a name? AMD raids the naming repository for Ryzen Threadripper, EPYC, and Vega chips
The server chips offer a rack load of memory and PCIe lane support
Xilinx, Mellanox also join CCIX Consortium to give data centre CPUs an open sharing architecture to boost speed and efficiency
AMD’s Darren Grasby lays out his view on the year ahead
Opteron A1100 SoC series is a “key milestone” for establishing ARM in the data centre, says AMD
Manufacturing heavyweights to team up on new hardware from next year, report claims
Revenues down 35 percent as laptop and PC sales hit, but games console arm provides some reward
Spinning off part of chip business could help it take on rivals such as Intel, but AMD says no plans at the moment.
AMD’s EMEA head Darren Grasby talks about his career in IT, excitement for VR and why he’s firmly on the fence about cloud
Applied Micro Circuits’ X-Gene SoC passes PayPal performance benchmarks
AMD blames “challenging PC environment”, with revenues down 26 percent year-over-year
World’s second-largest chipmaker could be a target as Samsung looks to expand hardware division
AMD continues to feel the pain as it seeks to restructure its operations in a tough PC market
World’s number-two chip maker says its chief market and chief strategy officers are leaving in the latest shakeup