Hacker News with Generative AI: AMD

Ask HN: Why hasn’t AMD made a viable CUDA alternative? (ycombinator.com)
I appreciate developing ROCm into something competitive with CUDA would require a lot of work, both internally within AMD and with external contributions to the relevant open source libraries.
AMD, CUDA, Open Source
166 points by spacebanana7 16 hours ago | 163 comments
Linux 6.15 Goes Heavy on Intel and AMD x86_64 CPU Changes (phoronix.com)
Merged today for the recently-opened Linux 6.15 merge window were all of the "x86/core" changes that are particularly heavy on new feature work for both Intel and AMD x86/x86_64 processors.
Linux, Intel, AMD, CPUs, Kernel
15 points by rbanffy 7 days ago | 0 comments
An Interview with Zen Chief Architect Mike Clark (computerenhance.com)
Zen is one of the most important microarchitectures in the history of the x86 ecosystem. Not only is it the reigning champion in many x64 benchmarks, but it is also the architecture that enabled AMD’s dramatic rise in CPU marketshare over the past eight years: from 10% when the first Zen processor was launched, to 25% at the introduction of Zen 5.
AMD, Computer Architecture, Microprocessors, Interviews
151 points by Smaug123 8 days ago | 19 comments
RDNA 4's “Out-of-Order” Memory Accesses (chipsandcheese.com)
AMD's RDNA 4 brings a variety of memory subsystem enhancements. Among those, one slide stood out because it dealt with out-of-order memory accesses. According to the slide, RDNA 4 allows requests from different shaders to be satisfied out-of-order, and adds new out-of-order queues for memory requests.
AMD, Graphics Cards, Hardware, Memory, Performance
165 points by ingve 9 days ago | 11 comments
Aiter: AI Tensor Engine for ROCm (blogs.amd.com)
Artificial Intelligence, Hardware, AMD, Open Source, Software
179 points by hochmartinez 10 days ago | 88 comments
AMD launches Gaia open source project for running LLMs locally on any PC (tomshardware.com)
AMD, Open Source, Generative AI, Local Computing
52 points by 01-_- 11 days ago | 18 comments
AMD launches Gaia open source project for running LLMs locally on any PC (tomshardware.com)
AMD, Open Source, Local Computing
11 points by rbanffy 11 days ago | 0 comments
Gaia: An Open-Source Project from AMD for Running Local LLMs (amd.com)
AMD has launched a new open-source project called, GAIA (pronounced /ˈɡaɪ.ə/), an awesome application that leverages the power of Ryzen AI Neural Processing Unit (NPU) to run private and local large language models (LLMs).
Open Source, AMD, AI, Hardware
15 points by T-A 11 days ago | 1 comments
Beyond the ROCm Software, AMD Has Been Making Great Strides in Documentation (phoronix.com)
AMD recently allowed me some time with their AMD Accelerator Cloud (AAC) leveraging multiple Instinct MI300X accelerators. During this brief opportunity to try out their latest software advancements with the Instinct MI300X and the ROCm compute stack, one of the most striking takeaways was their documentation improvements compared to previous forays into ROCm+Instinct compute. In addition, AMD is now offering more robust container options for easier Instinct compute deployments with more software options available and being more regularly updated.
AMD, ROCm, Documentation, Software, Cloud Computing
5 points by rbanffy 14 days ago | 0 comments
AMD's Strix Halo under the hood (chipsandcheese.com)
At CES 2025 I got the chance to sit down with Mahesh Subramony, AMD Senior Fellow, to talk about AMD's upcoming Strix Halo SoC which is a brand new type of product for AMD and is the big iGPU SoC that many of us have been waiting for from AMD for a long while.
AMD, Processors, CES, Technology, Hardware
162 points by kristianp 19 days ago | 141 comments
TSMC Pitches Intel Foundry JV to Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom (cnbc.com)
Semiconductors, Technology, Business, Partnerships, Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom
9 points by alephnerd 21 days ago | 0 comments
TSMC pitches Intel foundry joint venture to Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom (seekingalpha.com)
TSMC, Intel, Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom, Semiconductor Industry, Partnerships
34 points by eagleislandsong 21 days ago | 3 comments
AMD EPYC 9845 Makes for a Persuasive Upgrade with Performance and Efficiency (phoronix.com)
With the new AMD EPYC 9005 processors there are SKUs up to 500 Watt with the likes of the EPYC 9965 flagship at 192 cores for Turin Dense cores or 128 Turin classic cores with the EPYC 9755. But for those looking at upgrading from an existing EPYC 9004 series server and bound by the motherboard BIOS support and/or cooling/power capacity, 400 Watts is a sweet spot.
AMD, Processors, Servers, Performance, Efficiency
3 points by ksec 22 days ago | 1 comments
Strangest AMD Ryzen 7950x Bug (hjr265.me)
I upgraded my primary computer to the AMD AM5 platform sometime in mid-2023.
Hardware, AMD, Ryzen, Bugs
4 points by ingve 24 days ago | 0 comments
AMD Announces Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D Pricing and Availability (forbes.com)
AMD announced today that its final two Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 3D V-Cache processors, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D, will be available starting March 12th and confirmed pricing.
AMD, CPUs, Hardware, Pricing, Availability
5 points by shevis 25 days ago | 0 comments
AMD YOLO (geohot.github.io)
AMD is sending us the two MI300X boxes we asked for. They are in the mail.
AMD, Hardware, AI, Computer Vision
120 points by trulyrandom 25 days ago | 82 comments
AMD Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT review: RDNA 4 fixes a lot of AMD's problems (arstechnica.com)
AMD's Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT are its first cards based on the RDNA 4 GPU architecture.
Graphics Cards, AMD, Hardware Reviews
6 points by LorenDB 27 days ago | 0 comments
AMD Announces "Instella" Open-Source 3B Language Models (phoronix.com)
AMD Announces "Instella" Fully Open-Source 3B Language Models
AMD, Open Source, Language Models, Artificial Intelligence
165 points by rbanffy 27 days ago | 53 comments
AMD Announces "Instella" Open-Source 3B Language Models (phoronix.com)
AMD, Open Source, Generative AI
7 points by dralley 27 days ago | 0 comments
AMD Radeon RX 9070 Series Linux GPU Compute Performance (phoronix.com)
In addition to the Radeon RX 9070 series Linux gaming/graphics benchmarks with today's embargo lift, I've also spent some time working on some GPU compute benchmarks for these first RDNA4 graphics cards.
AMD, Linux, GPU, Graphics Cards, Performance
13 points by mfiguiere 27 days ago | 1 comments
UEFI-Only Support for AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series Graphics and Later (amd.com)
This article provides information about UEFI requirements for AMD graphics cards based on the AMD RDNA™ 4 Architecture and later.
AMD, Graphics Cards, UEFI, Hardware, Software
38 points by doener 29 days ago | 48 comments
The Framework Laptop 13 has just been upgraded to AMD's Strix Point (theverge.com)
Framework has done it again — it’s built a new AMD-powered modular computer that fits into any previous version of its 13-inch laptop for $449, or that you can buy as a brand-new laptop starting at $899 for DIY or $1,099 entirely prebuilt for you.
Hardware, Laptops, AMD, Modular Design, DIY
27 points by naomiclarkson 30 days ago | 18 comments
Zen 5's AVX-512 Frequency Behavior (chipsandcheese.com)
Zen 5 is AMD's first core to use full-width AVX-512 datapaths. Its vector execution units are 512 bits wide, and its L1 data cache can service two 512-bit loads per cycle.
CPU Architecture, Performance, AMD, Zen 5, AVX-512
213 points by matt_d 32 days ago | 66 comments
AMD Radeon RX 9070 Series Technical Deep Dive (techpowerup.com)
The next generation of AMD Radeon is here! The company today formally announced its Radeon RX 9070 series of performance-segment graphics cards, powered by the new RDNA 4 graphics architecture.
AMD, Graphics Cards, Technology, Hardware, Gaming
11 points by dagmx 33 days ago | 1 comments
AMD RDNA 4 – AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series Graphics Cards (amd.com)
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today unveiled the highly-anticipated AMD RDNA™ 4 graphics architecture with the launch of the AMD Radeon™ RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 graphics cards as a part of the Radeon™ RX 9000 Series.
Graphics Cards, AMD, Hardware, Technology, Gaming
105 points by pella 33 days ago | 182 comments
Frameworknew Laptops AMD Ryzen AI 300 CPUs (pcworld.com)
Today, repairable laptop maker Framework previewed the new Framework Laptop 12 — a smaller budget option — alongside a new version of its flagship Framework Laptop 13 with AMD’s recent Ryzen AI 300 series processors inside.
Laptops, AMD, Processors, Hardware, Technology
6 points by markgavalda 35 days ago | 0 comments
AMD's game-changing Strix Halo, formerly Ryzen AI Max, poses for new die shots (tomshardware.com)
AMD, Processors, Computer Hardware, Gaming
33 points by rbanffy 42 days ago | 19 comments
AVX-512 gotcha: avoid compressing words to memory with AMD Zen 4 processors (lemire.me)
The recent AMD processors (Zen 4) provide extensive support for the powerful AVX-512 instructions.
Processors, Optimization, AMD, Hardware, Performance
6 points by ibobev 46 days ago | 0 comments
GCC 15 Compiler Showing Off Nice Performance Improvements on AMD Zen 5 (phoronix.com)
There were a number of other applications with small but consistent performance improvements when built by GCC 15.
GCC, Compilers, Performance, AMD, Zen 5
7 points by rbanffy 53 days ago | 1 comments
AMD Announces Open-Source "Schola" Library for Reinforcement Learning (phoronix.com)
AMD announced today the release of Schola 1.0 as an open-source reinforcement learning library that is being made available under an MIT license and as part of their GPUOpen software collection for helping game developers.
AMD, Open Source, Reinforcement Learning, Machine Learning
5 points by mindcrime 55 days ago | 0 comments