One last tidbit related to AMD’s last conference call that doesn’t have much to do with AMD itself, but sheds light on Microsoft’s plans for Windows 10. During the call, CEO Lisa Su was asked whether she could clarify how Q2 results were expected to play out with regards to both the semicustom and embedded business (Xbox One and PS4) against the more mainstream APU and GPU business. Su responded by ...
Microsoft’s Xbox division took a significant hit in Q1 2015 after holiday price cuts drove unit shipments upwards, but decreased the amount of profit Redmond earned on each system. The company reports that Xbox division revenues fell by $306 million or 24% compared with the first quarter of 2014. Microsoft chalks up 20% of the decline to price cuts, with a 4% drop thanks to currency adjustments and a strong ...
Over the past few months, there’s been an ongoing question over whether or not AMD’s upcoming Fiji GPU would use High Bandwidth Memory. Most reports have pointed towards yes, and that’s been our assumption, but official confirmation has been lacking. Now, for the first time, we’ve got unofficial-official confirmation, courtesy of Hot Chips 27. Hot Chips is an annual tech symposium ...
Didn't sea you there, turtle. A green sea turtle photobombed Diovani de Jesus' group picture while he was on vacation on Apo Island, in the Philippines earlier this month, according to a caption from Caters, a news agency based in the United Kingdom. On his blog, de Jesus explains, the "shallow area" where the picture was taken "is a feeding ground for sea turtles." "This is a reminder that humans and creatures ...
AMD’s Analyst Day is set for next week and it now appears certain that the company will spend at least some time discussing its Zen architecture. This new slide is designed in AMD’s colors and style — if it’s a fake, it’s a good one. In this case, however, I don’t think it’s fake. The architectural details make sense and are reasonable based on what we might expect AMD to build. ...
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