Overview - The note of AMD ’s CEO Dirk Meyer that AMD is in the midst of its most significant transition in its history prompted us to take a closer look at AMD ’s past to get a better idea of th
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 10:35
Albatron Technology has announced the KI780G mini-ITX motherboard featuring the AMD 780G chipset. The mini-ITX board's most distinguishing feature is its AM2+ socket and support for quad -core an
Monday, October 06, 2008 09:15
...from the portable drive to the Fusion-io SSD. The desktop computer was powered by a 2.5 GHz quad -core AMD Phenom, 4 GB of RAM and an Nvidia 8800 series graphics card. After the folder copy, we ...
Friday, October 03, 2008 22:41
AMD is ready to jump into the 45 nm arena: According to Digitimes, AMD
will launch nine 45 nm Shanghai quad -core Opteron processors in October
and address the mid- and high-performance range
Thursday, October 02, 2008 11:57
AMD somewhat surprisingly confirmed in a conversation with Cnet’s
Brooke Crothers that the company’s first 45 nm processor is in full
production “right now”. First silicon from the production
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 10:39
...y from the most expensive upscaling DVD players anymore. Aldi’s triple-core PC may be another sign of AMD ’s aggressive strategy to push its triple-core processors, basically quad -core CPUs with one d...
Monday, September 29, 2008 00:05
...u could see dramatic performance improvements beyond a factor of 10. Adobe, by the way, said that both AMD /ATI and Nvidia graphic cards will provide (OpenGL-based) acceleration, as long as a graphics ...
Monday, September 22, 2008 22:27
... standard-sized PCs and the Intel Desktop Board DQ45EK is for small- form-factor systems. Like AMD before, Intel chose not to organize an elaborate on-sire industry event to launch the new vPr...
Monday, September 22, 2008 14:31
As the announcement of AMD ’s split-up announcement is drawing closer,
more puzzle pieces of what appears to be the big picture of the
company’s Asset Smart strategy are falling into place. On
Monday, September 22, 2008 13:23
...onable levels again. It is where Dunnington is most
impressive at first sight, but most vulnerable to AMD ’s attacks. And
besides its high power consumption, AMD claims that the 6-core does not
scal...
Friday, September 19, 2008 00:01
AMD ’s graphics division (ATI) today introduced the ninth update for its
Catalyst driver software today. Version 8.9 includes a new display
mode, Overdrive support four quad -Crossfire X config
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 16:01
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Available High-end x86-based
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX
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NVIDIA T10P
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008 09:26
...architecture will have a special
place in Intel’s history. Core reclaimed the performance crown from
AMD , it put Intel on the power-efficiency track and it brought the
first quad -core processors in...
Monday, September 15, 2008 20:09
AMD is planning to launch mid-range ATI Radeon HD 4000-series GPUs (the ATI Radeon HD 4600-series) this month and two 4 5nm quad -core CPU by the end of this year, according to sources at motherboard
Tuesday, September 09, 2008 09:24
AMD ’s triple-core Phenom X3 processor was designed as the firm’s answer
to Intel’s 45 nm Core 2 Duo CPUs and as a buffer to protect the tray
prices of its quad -core Phenom X4 models. However,
Monday, September 08, 2008 10:27
AMD has announced that its Quad -Core Opteron processors are been adopted for Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) latest ProLiant BL495c virtualization blade. Businesses requiring the flexibility to support
Wednesday, September 03, 2008 09:14
...instream PCs with prices below $800 and most recently served as Intel’s main quad -core defense against AMD ’s aggressively priced triple-core and quad -core processors - and protected the high margins o...
Tuesday, September 02, 2008 00:02
...vidia’s sudden switch to eutectic solders may have limited the availability of the material, impacting AMD production and putting actual chip fabs in the middle. There are questions why Nvidia may hav...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 00:04
...continuation of the company’s Core architecture, a technology that reclaimed the performance lead from AMD and brought a high-flying green team close to a break down. And Nehalem’s technology is witho...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:39
...hreaded quad -core processor (welcome back Hyperthreading) capable of running eight threads. Like AMD processors, the chip will feature an on-die memory controller and built on a monolithic die –...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 19:14
Remember AMD ’s promise to return to profitability in the third quarter
of this year? You may be wondering how this will be possible
considering the fact that the company has lost money over t
Monday, August 18, 2008 15:42
... is one of the big topics gamers and graphics enthusiasts
should pay special attention to these days. AMD already demonstrated
Transformers and Ruby Ray-traced demos using pre-rendered and real-time...
Monday, August 18, 2008 10:02
...8 CUDA parallel processing cores – Nvidia’s new marketing name for the graphic chip’s processor cores (AMD calls its graphics processor units stream processors.) Lenovo said that the W700 can be equi...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 10:23
...s that were introduced in July of 2006 and helped Intel to regain the processor performance crown from AMD . The new architecture, which initially will be available in quad -versions only, is widely ex...
Monday, August 11, 2008 13:18
...when they walk into a store to buy a new PC. Ever since Gigahertz numbers lost their appeal for AMD ’s and Intel’s marketing whizzes, both companies seem to have been desperately looking for a d...
Sunday, August 10, 2008 14:00
...e told that there is a possibility of mixing and matching Nvidia cards similar to what’s being done by AMD /ATI (3870 X2 + single 3870), but we'll see if that means users can pair one 9800GX2 with one ...
Monday, August 04, 2008 11:52
Asustek Computer has released the M3A79-T Deluxe motherboard equipped with the AMD 790FX/SB750 chipset and support 140W CPUs. The M3A79-T Deluxe supports HyperTransport 3.0, four PCI Express 2.0 x
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 09:20
...enue opportunity of six network computers. As a side note, Dukker said that Ncomputing is working with AMD to deploy host PCs. He told us that AMD concluded that there is no possible to market a PC wi...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 01:13
...prices the market widely seems to have accepted. However,
it is clear that the company is reacting to AMD ’s aggressive dual-,
triple- and quad -core pricing strategy: Entry-level quad -core
processor...
Monday, July 21, 2008 17:56
...dcrest and quad -core Clovertown processors, both of which reclaimed server processor market share from AMD ’s dual-core Opteron CPU, are being replaced with the 45 nm 5400-series chips with Harpertown ...
Thursday, July 17, 2008 12:24
...switch to integrated graphics and the system will run much more efficiently. The technology works with AMD /ATI and Nvidia graphics. New wireless chipset, WiMax (almost) and … Turbo Memory! Comple...
Monday, July 14, 2008 21:57
...learned how Nvidia is using its PhysX API to
convert PhysX calculations and accelerate them on a GPU. AMD wasn’t
happy and Nvidia was accused of benchmark cheating. Now there is an
opportunity to g...
Monday, July 14, 2008 17:45
It is earnings season again and we are expecting both Intel and AMD to
publish their second quarter results. Neither company released an
unusual heads-up before the release, which leads us to
Friday, July 11, 2008 19:46
...we were told. DreamWorks so far has been a strong supporter for AMD and heavily pitched its partnership with AMD following the production of Shrek 3 and the intr...
Tuesday, July 08, 2008 11:26
If we believe the public statements of AMD executives, then the
company’s market strategy has always been based on maintaining and
growing market share at virtually any expense. So far, this
Wednesday, July 02, 2008 12:44
AMD is kicking off the critical third quarter of 2008 with three new
quad -core processors – two low-power models and a new high-end version
for enthusiast PCs. The company maintains its mains
Tuesday, July 01, 2008 09:44
...g applications, there is a good chance that you are still familiar with this brand, even if Nvidia and AMD (ATI) are dominating these market segments and there are very few niches left for Matrox to c...
Monday, June 30, 2008 15:48
...g cGPU, which is still 18
months away. But it appears that Intel may be defeated in its own game,
as AMD ’s graphics chips are supporting a 100% ray-traced pipeline, TG
Daily learned. San Francisco ...
Friday, June 27, 2008 00:01
AMD just released its Catalyst 8.6 driver package, which brings the usual myriad of performance improvements for benchmarks and current games, but there are two completely new features as well. Versi
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 13:57
...nsole. The six fastest supercomputers in the world are installed in the U.S. with three of them using AMD ’s Opteron processors. The fastest supercomputer using Intel processors and being installed ou...
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 09:28
AMD is planning to launch several low-power triple-core and quad -core CPUs during the second half of 2008 all featuring a TDP of 65W, according to sources at motherboard makers. Two low-po
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 08:30
... the GTX280 and GTX260 have secured their place just behind the dual-GPU version 9800 GX2 and ahead of AMD ’s Radeon HD 3870 X2 in terms of gaming performance. The GTX280 is setting new record levels i...
Monday, June 16, 2008 10:26
...puting (HPC) applications are likely to see several new technologies this week. In the hardware arena, AMD already announced its 1+ TFlop GPU earlier today and Nvidia is following with a GT200 based G...
Monday, June 16, 2008 08:29
...nts, most of which target high-end and enterprise computing,
but some in fact have mainstream appeal. AMD ’s ATI division, for
example, unveiled its Firestream 9250 card, based on the upcoming RV770
...
Monday, June 16, 2008 00:36
Amazon.com accidentally put AMD ’s upcoming Radeon 4850 graphics cards
on sale earlier today and thanks to Google’s page cache we now have a
confirmation of a few more technical specifications
Friday, June 13, 2008 22:43
Intel is planning to launch a Core 2 Quad Q8000 CPU series, offering entry-level prices to counter AMD 's triple-core CPUs in the mainstream market, according to sources at motherboard makers. Inte
Friday, June 13, 2008 14:48
AMD had to find an answer to Nvidia’s Ageia acquisition and the
conversion of the PhysX engine into CUDA. We knew that AMD ’s graphics
team was up to something, since the manufacturer was high
Thursday, June 12, 2008 00:01
...eld CPU to slip into this range, while the Extreme version should cost at least $1000. Meanwhile, the AMD rumor mill has been spinning this morning. HKEPC reports (Xbit Labs) that AMD has cancelled ...
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 13:07
AMD has pulled a rabbit out of its hat to increase the performance of
its existing Phenom triple-core (8000-series) and quad -core
(9000-series) processors. Six “hidden pins” on the processors
Thursday, June 05, 2008 14:55
...h its market presence with a CrossFire micro-ATX motherboard. Unlike all mainstream motherboards with AMD 's 780G or 790GX chipset, this mATX board has two PCIe Gen2 x16 slots, which allow users...
Thursday, June 05, 2008 09:59
Multi-touch display 
Nvidia rolls out Tegra 
Overclocking:
Electric Motorcycle inventor crashes at NextFest 
