Neowin News Feed for: Vega

AMD releases new driver for Polaris and Vega GPUs after a long time

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 21 May 2026 16:08:01 +0000

AMD rarely releases new drivers for its classic graphics cards from RX 400/500 and Vega generations, but a new bug-fixing release has just landed. Read more...

SpaceX crew prepares to go to space after delay - TWIRL #179

Paul Hill — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 06:58:02 +0000

We have several missions This Week in Rocket Launches but the most interesting will be the launch of SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission. Read more...

Amazon's in-house operating system, Vega OS, found pre-installed on the 3rd Gen Echo Show 5

Steve Bennett — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 20:34:02 +0000

Amazon has begun rolling out its internally developed operating system to devices starting with the 3rd generation Echo Show 5. The OS, known as Vega, is a web-centric platform based on Linux. Read more...

AMD reduces driver support for Vega and Polaris graphics cards

Taras Buria — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 16:20:01 +0000

An AMD spokesperson has confirmed that the company is reducing driver support for Vega and Polaris-based graphics cards. From now on, those GPUs will only get separate drives with critical updates. Read more...

Amazon's Project Kuiper internet satellites launching this week - TWIRL #132

Paul Hill — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:14:01 +0000

We have a number of satellite launches coming up this week but the most notable is the launch of two prototype Project Kuiper satellites from Amazon. Like Starlink, they will beam internet to Earth. Read more...

TWIRL 39: Arianespace and Rocket Lab set to launch satellites this week

Paul Hill — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 09:38:02 +0000

There will be two launches in the upcoming week. Arianespace will launch satellites for the French military while Rocket Lab will use its Electron rocket to put two BlackSky satellites in orbit. Read more...

TWIRL 26: Starlink rival set to add new satellites in constellation boost

Paul Hill — Sat, 14 Aug 2021 12:54:02 +0000

The launches this week will be quite ordinary. OneWeb will get 34 new internet satellites in space and China even wants to launch an internet satellite as a test before establishing a constellation. Read more...

Arianespace Vega rocket fails shortly after launch, Spanish and French satellites lost

Ather Fawaz — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 05:58:01 +0000

After igniting its upper stage eight minutes after liftoff, the Vega rocket lost nominal speed and went on a degraded trajectory, taking with it the Spanish and French payload onboard. Read more...

AMD's 7nm Radeon VII GPU is selling for just $499

Sayan Sen — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 21:30:01 +0000

AMD's Radeon VII is selling for a very attractive price of $499. The GPU is the world's first 7nm consumer-level graphics card. The unit comes equipped with an impressive 16GB of HBM2 memory. Read more...

AMD Radeon 19.9.3 driver brings Radeon Image Sharpening to Vega

Sayan Sen — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 20:16:01 +0000

AMD's Adrenalin 19.9.3 driver is bringing Radeon Image Sharpening to Vega-based GPUs due to high demand from the community. The new driver also adds support for Ghost Recon Breakpoint. Read more...

Stardock broadens partnership with AMD, Star Control: Origins to debut at PAX West

Boyd Chan — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 09:58:01 +0000

With less than a month to go before its official release, AMD will be hosting the unveiling of the full version of Star Control: Origins. Stardock will also optimize the title for AMD technologies. Read more...

AMD reveals a new APU with a bigger Vega GPU

Tim Moon — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 15:54:01 +0000

AMD is having a great success with Raven Ridge chips featuring a quad-core Ryzen and a small integrated Vega GPU. Now the Red Team revealed a new chip with an even bigger Vega GPU. Read more...

7nm Vega 20 3DMark 2011 benchmark leaks

Saumitra Bhagwat — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 16:46:01 +0000

What's next after working 7nm GPU samples? Some sweet leaked benchmarks of course. If this alleged 3DMark entry for Vega 20 is to be believed, AMD could be sitting on a beast of a GPU. Read more...

AMD's got working 7nm silicon in its labs, sampling later this year

Saumitra Bhagwat — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 08:02:01 +0000

Radeon parts based on the new 7nm process node already in testing and on track for sampling in H2 2018. Optimized for AI/ML workloads, lower TDP and modest bump to compute performance. Read more...

The first Ryzen APUs with integrated Vega graphics go on sale today

Dreyer Smit — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 08:28:01 +0000

AMD has announced that its latest APU range, will go on sale worldwide, offering gamers console-like 1080p gaming at prices too hard to ignore, combining both Ryzen and Vega in a single chip. Read more...

Intel leaks more details on its Core i7 chip with Radeon GPU

John Keefer — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 17:44:01 +0000

Intel revealed in November that it was working with AMD on a CPU-GPU combination chip that would be aimed at gamers. Now, through a potential slip up, Intel has given us more details on the new chip. Read more...

Samsung confirms it's working on a new smart speaker to rival the Amazon Echo

Andy Weir — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 20:50:01 +0000

Samsung mobile chief DJ Koh confirmed that the company is developing a new smart speaker, like so many other big tech companies. "Maybe soon we will announce it. I am already working on it," he said. Read more...

AMD4U announced as AMD and Square Enix partner up to give customers free games

Dreyer Smit — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 10:02:01 +0000

If you just purchased a new AMD-powered desktop PC from several OEM's, you might be eligible for several free games thanks to a new initiative by AMD and Square Enix that was announced today. Read more...

New AMD Threadripper CPUs arrive next month, will start at $799

Dreyer Smit — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 16:54:01 +0000

AMD is heating up the high-end market after it announced the official pricing and specifications of its new Threadripper platform and took the fight to Intel with extremely competitive prices. Read more...

Samsung reportedly working on smart speaker powered by its Bixby assistant, codenamed 'Vega'

Andy Weir — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 14:16:01 +0000

Samsung is said to be working on a new smart speaker running its Bixby digital assistant, which it introduced on the Galaxy S8 and S8+. But its development seems to have been hindered by Bixby issues. Read more...

AMD's Radeon Vega Frontier Edition priced at $999, water-cooled model coming in at $1499

Timi Cantisano — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 00:28:01 +0000

AMD's first announced its Radeon Vega Frontier Edition a few months back. Now, it has made the card available for purchase, with the standard air-cooled variant retailing for $999. Read more...