SMM technology was first introduced by Intel with the 386SL 32-bit processor as a power management feature, while AMD implemented its version of SMM in the Am386 processors released in 1991.

The recent launch of AMD’s desktop Ryzen 9000 family of processors was a bit of a mess, and AMD officially admits it — along with providing new, optimized code that improves overall performance.

Here’s how it works. Asus has prematurely listed AMD’s Ryzen 9000X3D processors on its microsite for incoming 800 series motherboards, in what’s another hint that next-gen 3D V-Cache CPUs ...

Upcoming chips seem to be stacking up, with Intel's Arrow Lake Core Ultra 200-series just around the corner and AMD Ryzen 9000X3D chips appearing to approach launch, too. After Intel 13th/14th Gen ...

After a brief delay, AMD’s Ryzen 9000 hit shelves earlier this month—but to everyone’s surprise, the first processors came with caveats. Despite offering plenty to like, the $279 Ryzen 5 ...

AMD has responded to the ongoing issue of its Zen 5, Zen 4, and even Zen 3 CPUs having lower performance in Windows when users aren’t logged in with an admin account, suggesting a fix is coming ...

AMD has witnessed great success from its new MI300X chip, but the company simply can't keep up with Nvidia. The delay for the Blackwell chips could be a good opportunity for AMD to finally gain ...

AMD says Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 11 version 24H2 update will improve performance for its new Zen 5 CPUs. The Ryzen 9000 series launched earlier this month, and failed to live up to AMD’s ...

At Hot Chips this week, AMD went into detail abhout the journey of its Zen core architecture and how it launched in 2017 to fight Intel at levels never before seen, and AMD hasn't let up since.

It was recently discovered that branch prediction optimizations in the upcoming Windows 11 version 24H2 can significantly boost performance on AMD-powered computers. The sad thing is that Windows ...

AMD just acquired ZT Systems for $4.9 billion. The move continues an acquisition strategy for AI companies. AMD is seeing growth accelerate in its data center division. Over the past decade, the ...

AMD's Ryzen 9000 launch hasn't exactly gone according to plan with enthusiasts generally regarding it as the least impressive launch of a new range of CPUs in the Ryzen area that began in 2017.