GPUs

AMD's Adrenalin 26.6.2 driver brings FSR 4.1 machine-learning upscaling to RDNA 3 Radeon RX 7000 cards using an INT8 model, but frame generation remains an RDNA 4 exclusive.

Intel's data-center inference GPU scales to 480GB of LPDDR5X in a 350W air-cooled PCIe card, sidestepping the HBM shortage that constrains Nvidia and AMD accelerators.

AMD's Instinct MI400 family debuts three CDNA 5 accelerators on TSMC 2nm alongside the 72-GPU Helios rack, but a production timeline dispute clouds the second-half 2026 launch.

Both GPU makers are shifting mainstream production to 8 GB models as DRAM prices surge 180 percent, MSI calls 2026 its hardest year since founding, and IDC warns the sub-$500 PC market may vanish by 2028.

AMD's first RDNA 4 graphics cards, the Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT, launched on March 6 at $549 and $599 with competitive rasterization performance, a machine-learning-powered FSR 4 upscaler, and 16 GB of VRAM — but sold out within hours as AMD described demand as 'unprecedented'.

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan reveals plans to build data-center GPUs and hires former Qualcomm architect Eric Demers to lead the effort.

NVIDIA announces its most ambitious AI platform yet at CES 2026, integrating six new chips designed to dramatically reduce the cost of running AI models.