[The Exiled]

• European Hardware Awards announced; AMD CPU and GPU division wins big
  

  AMD's CPU division has completely razed Intel's offerings when it comes to awards, with no Intel CPU even being credited with a single prize.

• AMD "Cezanne" APU to stick with "Vega" iGPU, "Van Gogh" tets RDNA2
  

  AMD plans to launch "Cezanne" in 2021, which makes it the immediate successor to "Renoir." On the other hand, the "Van Gogh" silicon slated for 2021 is expected to receive RDNA2 graphics

• AMD Ryzen 4000 "Vermeer" CPUs almost ready to hit the market
  

  The CPUs are now at B0 stepping and are going through the usual validation process. The B0 stepping is where the CPU is fully working and now it just needs to go on mass production.

• AMD B550 motherboard shown running Zen+ "Pinnacle Ridge" and "Picasso" CPUs
  

  The AMD B550 chipset isn't supposed to run 1st- and 2nd-generation AMD Ryzen processors, or even Ryzen 5 3400G and 3200G APUs based on the older "Zen+" microarchitecture. Given this, imagine our surprise when someone with access to a B550 motherboard was able to run older processors on it. ASUS TUF Gaming B550M-Plus motherboard running "Zen+" based Ryzen 5 3400G APU based on the "Picasso" silicon, and Ryzen 5 2600X processor based on the "Pinnacle Ridge" silicon

• The Rise, Fall and Revival of AMD
  

  AMD is currently in the strongest position that they've ever been in its 51-year history. With the ambitious Zen project showing no signs of hitting any limits soon, the company's phoenix-like rebirth has been a tremendous success.
  They're not at the top of the mountain though, and perhaps for the better. It's said that history always repeats itself, but let's hope that this doesn't come to pass.