AMD

Intel's main rival

AMD is a semiconductor company that makes computer processors and graphics cards, competing primarily with Intel and Nvidia.

The abbreviation stands for Advanced Micro Devices.

In tech discussions, AMD often appears as shorthand for products using their chips: I'm running AMD, The new AMD graphics card benchmarks well.

processor

Athlon

AMD microprocessor series

  • ZenMeditative Buddhist school
  • CPUMain computing chip
  • coresCentral essential parts

socket · chipset · cache · frequency · multithreading · wattage · thermal · overclocking · benchmarking · silicon

graphics

Radeon

AMD graphics card brand

DirectX · VRAM · shader · DisplayPort · RX · graphics card · driver · crossfire

gaming

Radeon

AMD graphics card brand

  • framerateImages displayed per second
  • FPSVideo smoothness metric
  • ultraAdvocate of extreme measures

resolution · lag · latency · refresh · monitor · esports · streaming · VR · performance · overclocking

company

NASDAQ

Electronic securities exchange

Silicon Valley · stocks · market · IPO · equity · merger · acquisition · subsidiary · board · management

medical

macular degeneration

Retinal disease causing central blindness

macula · ophthalmology · eye disease · photoreceptor · central vision · injection

Categories
Opposites
cpu/processor manufacturer rivalry

AMDIntel

Semiconductor corporation from California

Xeon

gpu manufacturer competition

AMDNvidia

Graphics processor manufacturer

RTX

chip architecture philosophy

AMDARM

Reduced instruction processor standard

Qualcomm · RISC

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