AMD made some key changes to its second generation 3D V-Cache design that allows it to be more flexible with clock speeds, and rumor has it that both the upcoming Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D ...

A CPU relies on various kinds of storage to optimally run programs and power a computer. These include components like hard ...

CPUs have a number of caching levels. We've discussed cache structures generally, in our L1 & L2 explainer, but we haven't spent as much time discussing how an L3 works or how it's different compared ...

I have a G4 Digital Audio 733 that, while still fairly fast, is beginning to show it's age and leaving me wanting some more speed. I've been checking out accelerator upgrades from Giga Designs namely ...

AMD's Zen 4 CPUs are the company's second-generation version of the technology, as it first appeared on the Ryzen 7 5800X3D in the Zen 3 days. Both versions are technically similar, with a 64MB L3 ...

Necessity is the mother of invention, and advances in chip packaging are catching up to those in transistor design when it comes to working in three dimensions instead of the much more limited two.

March 21, 2022 Timothy Prickett Morgan HPC Comments Off on “Milan-X” 3D Vertical Cache Yields Epyc HPC Bang For The Buck Boost Last fall ahead of the SC21 supercomputing conference, AMD said it was ...

Following up on its launch of the Ryzen 7 5800X3D in the consumer sector, AMD today unveiled its 3rd Gen EPYC "Milan-X" processors for the data center with similar stacked 3D V-cache enhancements and ...

In context: AMD's pioneering 3D V-Cache technology vertically stacks additional L3 cache onto the processor die, which has given the company an edge over the competition in PC gaming performance. The ...