The company has decided to restore the memory encryption feature on consumer Ryzen CPUs after the backlash. AMD To Restore TSME Feature on Consumer Ryzen Chips After Removing it Silently With a BIOS Update AMD recently removed the TSME aka Transparent Secure Memory Encryption feature from the mainstream consumer Ryzen processors. It was a silent process that AMD didn't mention for the latest AGESA firmware, but was only found out after some users accidentally found that the TSME was "not supported" on their Ryzen chips, even though it was enabled previously. Some users discovered it after the latest BIOS updates, […]

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Once again, we are expecting a price hike for the latest Radeon RX 9000 series GPUs as the DRAM market keeps pushing prices of components upwards. AMD to Raise RX 9000 Series GPU Price by 10-15%, While NVIDIA is Expected to Continue With the Current Price Trends AMD might be implementing another price hike soon, as reported by Gazlog. It's not the first time, and it certainly doesn't appear to be the last time we see such a price hike. For the last 6 months, we have been witnessing major GPU manufacturers and AIBs adjusting the prices for their GPUs […]

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ACE, the upcoming set of x86 Extensions defined by both AMD & Intel, has seen the latest spec release, focusing on AI acceleration. AMD & Intel Focus on AI Acceleration Through Next-Gen x86 Architectures That Are ACE Compliant Last year, Intel and AMD partnered to strengthen the x86 ecosystem through their "x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group" initiative. The plan was to offer a standardized set of features across architectures to make x86 accessible, scalable, and compatible with future requirements. Four key features were announced: FRED, AVX10, ChkTag, and ACE. Now, the latest ACE "AI Compute Extensions" specifications have been published by AMD […]

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Without the TSME support, the Ryzen-based systems will be prone to cold boot attacks, but AMD didn't consider informing users before removing it. AMD Removes TSME Support from Ryzen Chips as It Reserves It Only for the "PRO" Family TSME, or Transparent Memory Secure Encryption, is a hardware security feature that encrypts everything stored in the system RAM using a key generated by the processor during boot. Unlike AMD's SME (Secure Memory Encryption, the TSME feature works automatically once enabled in the BIOS and doesn't rely on the operating system. For 'privacy-conscious Linux hobbyist' Ben Kilpatrick, this came as a […]

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