AMD releases new Radeon Software Adrenalin WHQL driver for Radeon RX 9070 GRE
New game support for FSR4
AMD has released the latest Radeon Software Adrenalin 25.5.1 WHQL driver update, adding support for the recently released Radeon RX 9070 GRE graphics card and FSR4 support for new games.
AMD breaks records, but tariffs and gaming slump spoil the party
Strong CPU and datacentre wins
AMD has just posted the strongest first quarter in its history, pulling in $7.438 billion in revenue for Q1 2025. That’s a 36 per cent surge year-on-year, driven by robust sales of high-margin Ryzen client CPUs, booming datacentre demand for its EPYC server chips, and growing adoption of its Instinct MI300-series AI accelerators.
Trump scraps Biden’s AI chip export rule
Nvidia happy for now
The Trump administration has torched the Biden-era “AI Diffusion Rule” just days before it was set to take effect on 15 May. The rule, described by a Commerce Department official as “overly complex, bureaucratic, and would stymie American innovation,” carved up the globe into chip access tiers.
US trade ban slaps $1.5bn hole in AMD’s results
Su says AI demand remains strong despite MI308 blockade
AMD warned that new US export rules will cost it $1.5 billion in lost sales this year, mainly due to a ban on shipping its MI308 chips to China.
Nvidia and MediaTek plot Arm-based PC coup
New chip could rattle Qualcomm, Chipzilla and AMD at Computex
Nvidia and MediaTek are teaming up to launch an Arm-based chip for AI-ready Windows PCs. The official reveal is set for Computex 2025.
AMD dumps Samsung for TSMC USA
AMD's chip love affair with Korea over
AMD has pulled the plug on a once-promising deal with Samsung Foundry, ditching the Korean giant’s SF4X process in favour of TSMC’s shiny US operations in Arizona.
TSMC's 2nm chips on track
AMD beats Apple and Intel to tape-out
TSMC's 2nm process node is cruising through development and is already showing better defect rates than 3nm and 7nm did at the same stage.
Intel dangles 3D cache tease
Trying to copy AMD
Chipzilla might have found a way to copy AMD’s X3D cache magic, using its shiny new 18A-PT process and hybrid bonding trickery.
Chipzilla’s Battlemage “G31” leaks
New ARC GPU push
Troubled Chipzilla has apparently slipped another ARC Battlemage graphics card into the pipeline, as a new “G31” model turned up in a shipping manifest en route to Intel Vietnam.
Radeon RX 9070 GRE launching 8 May
JD.com leak confirms launch date and pricing
So much for the rumours. AMD’s Radeon RX 9070 GRE 12 GB is now officially launching on 8 May, despite earlier mutterings about a delayed Q4 window.