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AMD Hires Ariel Kelman as Chief Marketing Officer​


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“I’m thrilled to join AMD at such an exciting moment in the company’s journey,” said Kelman. “I’m looking forward to working with the team to elevate the AMD brand, deepen engagement with customers and partners and capture the massive AI data center opportunity enabled by AMD’s uniquely differentiated products. That combination is what energizes me most.”
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AMD's pivot to AI is now more real than ever.
 
AMD is, yet, again at a crossroad.

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AMD Seemingly Stops Driver Updates for Ryzen Z1 Extreme Processor

AMD has reportedly stopped driver updates for its Ryzen Z1 Extreme APU solution for handheld consoles, according to the latest Lenovo Korea update. This means that only after 2 and a half years, AMD is pulling support for its SoC, leaving many enthusiasts in a difficult spot. Confirmation from...
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AMD Seemingly Stops Driver Updates for Ryzen Z1 Extreme Processor​


AMD has reportedly stopped driver updates for its Ryzen Z1 Extreme APU solution for handheld consoles, according to the latest Lenovo Korea update. This means that only after 2 and a half years, AMD is pulling support for its SoC, leaving many enthusiasts in a difficult spot. Confirmation from multiple sources are piling up as Reddit users and customers of other handheld consoles are stating that support for their specific devices, based on the Ryzen Z1 Extreme SoC, are also stuck using drivers that are several months old. For example, a user has commented that his ASUS ROG Ally non-X version based on the Ryzen Z1 Extreme SoC has been stuck with six-month-old SoC drivers from August 2025. This means that AMD has effectively placed the Ryzen Z1 and Ryzen Z1 Extreme chips into a periodic update window, with no latest driver support coming to this 2023 SoC.

However, the situation is quite complex. OEMs like Lenovo and ASUS receive drivers from AMD and test them for their specific configurations. AMD offers configurable TDP (cTDP) for the Z1 Extreme with values ranging from 9 to 30 W. This means that OEMs can get a SoC with reduced clocks and power settings to match their desired handheld designs, or simply run the most aggressive 30 W configuration that will sacrifice some battery life but deliver overall higher CPU and GPU clocks. Hence, drivers must be tested to ensure they work properly on the specific TDP configuration by the OEM before they are installed by the user. Finding the "blame" is proving to be difficult, as it could be that AMD is not bothering with new updates, or OEMs are not eager to test their specific configurations.
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I hope that this isn't true, and AMD have been here. Though this is more related to APUs, schit like this trickle. The architecture types could continue to live on in Linux, but it would have to be supported. How much AMD will contribute to that? Dunno.

There are people on Asus's ROG discussion board that claim you can use AMD's "Auto-Detect and Install" to update, but those who make the claim also haven't tested it themselves. The Z1 Extreme is RDNA 3.0, so the current b-branch, or combined c-branch, could in theory be tested. I haven't looked into the drivers so I won't know whether these device IDs are still included. When not included, presume it not to be tested and thus not 'optimised'.
 
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TRUMP PLANS U.S. CONTROL OVER GLOBAL AI CHIP SALES

The Trump administration is drafting rules that would require U.S. approval for nearly all AI chip exports, giving Washington sweeping power over companies like Nvidia and AMD. The draft framework sets licensing rules based on shipment size, from simplified reviews for small orders to government-level approval for massive deployments, potentially tying exports to security guarantees or U.S. investment.

Officials say the goal is to make American AI the global standard while controlling critical infrastructure, though delays or strict conditions could disrupt international AI projects.
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At this rate, almost all silicon products are AI chip exports. I have read this, though I am aware about it, this could potentially kill the consumer business.

Schit like this I can't agree with, but then again, I am not an American. Our country would likely end up on a prohibited list due to circumventions.
 
Park@82 said:
I suspect we will see the same kind of thing happening locally as well. Hope I don't need to RMA anything in the near future.
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Yeah, that is why I posted it, and uMart (or whatever) is not a small computer retailer in Australia. This might not even be on the retailers or even distribution, but simply because there are no reserves to cover returns. This has happened in the GPU space, especially when a series is being winded down, at least then there are still options. DRAM is like a locked-down space.
 
Lol finally joining the RTX bandwagon. A friend overseas, had a spare RTX 2080 he wasn't using, and decided to sent it my way. Post office phoned today, ready to collect, only took 4 weeks. Customs ain't too bad, R206.00.

With the retarded secondhand market here, I ain't complaining, so will swap out the 1660 for the 2080, move the 1660 to the back up machine and put the RX470 in that machine in storage as a back up GPU.

Starting next month I will start looking for a intel 12700 or 14700 secondhand, at a decent price.

Then try and source secondhand DRR4 board and ram secondhand and sell the old back up system to make some cash back for back up system upgrade

But will wait and see, might consider repurposing the old back system as a back up server/media box. Backup system is only 4790k with 16gig ram.

But it all hinges on getting a good price on the i7.
 
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wizardofid said:
Lol finally joining the RTX bandwagon. A friend overseas, had a spare RTX 2060 he wasn't using, and decided to sent it my way. Post office phoned today, ready to collect, only took 4 weeks. Customs ain't too bad, R206.00.

With the retarded secondhand market here, I ain't complaining, so will swap out the 1660 for the 2080, move the 1660 to the back up machine and put the RX470 in that machine in storage as a back up GPU.

Starting next month I will start looking for a intel 12700 or 14700 secondhand, at a decent price.

Then try and source secondhand DRR4 board and ram secondhand and sell the old back up system to make some cash back for back up system upgrade

But will wait and see, might consider repurposing the old back system as a back up server/media box. Backup system is only 4790k with 16gig ram.

But it all hinges on getting a good price on the i7.
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Just look for an amd AM4 board. I've got 16gb 3200mhz and a 1600af cpu to sell
 
Lupus said:
Just look for an amd AM4 board. I've got 16gb 3200mhz and a 1600af cpu to sell
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Yeah then I need to sell the 14400, bit stupid really. Would like to stick to the LGA 1700 platform for the backup PC if anything happens, I can just swap parts around with exception of the ram of course and then work on getting replacement parts or whatever is needed to get back up and running.

Switching to AMD would be a hassle to be honest. It was always the idea to have the back up and main on the same platform, that way min downtime, just plug n' play.
 
Intel is making some announcements tomorrow, related to their CPUs, on their GDC agenda. Likely more on handhelds, gaming laptops, etc. Maybe some AI tech, ugh.
 
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