Back when we first looked at its Bulldozer core, AMD told us that ‘the AMD FX processor, with its radical new design, represents a new way of processing that can be limited in previously compiled ...

It's been a rocky year for AMD. In retrospect, Bulldozer's disappointing performance was the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Since it launched, Sunnyvale has laid off thousands, is preparing to lay off ...

AMD released the FX series Vishera - Piledriver based processor. And though everybody has been focusing on that most high-end AMD FX 8350 processor, another three processors have been released.

We review the AMD FX 8350 processor. Also known as the Vishera generation with PileDriver cores, today FX 8300 series is tested. It is AMD's most high-end and processor series to date, yet will remain ...

After the crushing disappointment that was the Bulldozer architecture and its line of FX-CPUs last year, AMD’s new CPUs now face an even sterner test. Since the release of the FX-8150 and the ...

Before giving our impression of the Piledriver FX series, let's rewind for a minute and recap what we had learned up to this point. When the original Bulldozer-based FX chips landed roughly a year ago ...

The AMD FX-8350's heritage means that while it can look really impressive in handpicked tests, it cannot tick as many desirable checkboxes as the competing Intel Core i5. AMD realised some time ago ...

AIDA64 demonstrates that AMD hasn't changed anything to improve the memory subsystem of the Piledriver FX processors. Although the FX-8350 had 4% more read bandwidth at its disposal, keep in mind that ...