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1. AMD culls Phenoms

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 03 November 2009

   Chipmaker AMD has dragged out several of its Phenom II X4 900 series CPUs for a long walk in a Berlin forest after which they will never be seen again. Chipmaker AMD has dragged out several of its Phenom ...

2. AMD optimizes Athlon II processors for Windows 7

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 19 October 2009

   AMD has rolled out several Athlon II processors which are "fully optimized" for Windows 7. According to AMD spokesperson Brent Barry, the most recent additions to the Athlon II family will allow manufacturers ...

3. EU publishes lurid details of Intel antitrust ruling

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 21 September 2009

   ... by the products of Intel's main competitor, AMD." The EU says that Intel rebates to Dell from December 2002 to December 2005 were conditioned on Dell purchasing exclusively Intel CPUs. For example, in ...

4. AMD introduces $100 quad-core processor

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 15 September 2009

   AMD has introduced a quad-core processor with a $100 price tag. The Athlon II X4 620 is based on 45nm processor architecture and fully optimized for Windows 7. San Francisco, Calif. AMD has introduced ...

5. Global Foundries has a fighting chance

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 29 July 2009

   Analysis - While it's true that Global Foundries has an assured business fabbing out Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) designs, it has to make a far bigger impact on the industry if it truly wants to go ...

6. Gateway introduces high-definition netbook

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 23 June 2009

   Gateway has introduced a high-definition netbook with an 11.6-inch display. The LT3100 - which weighs just 3.14 pounds - features an AMD Athlon 64 L110 processor, a full-size keyboard, multi-gesture ...

7. AMD aims for 45nm production by Q3

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 22 May 2009

   Motherboard makers are claiming chipmaker AMD plans to move production of its desktop processors to a 45nm process later this year. Taipei, Taiwan - Motherboard makers are claiming chipmaker AMD plans ...

8. AMD: EU’s Intel decision is not about the money

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 13 May 2009

   AMD is riding the wave of the EU’s $1.45 billion fine imposed earlier today on Intel – with good reason: The fine resulted from a complaint AMD filed about nine years ago. But AMD also knows that even ...

9. AMD’s Globalfoundries to ramp with 22 nm chips

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 05 May 2009

   Globalfoundries, the spun-off manufacturing arm of AMD, provided a first glimpse at the plans of its 1.3 million square foot chip factory to be built at Luther Forest Technology Park in Saratoga County. ...

10. HP dv2: Better than a netbook?

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Sunday, 26 April 2009

    ... find the perfect computer for more than 10 years and, finally, was certain I had found the best (note: I don’t say “perfect”) system last year: The HP Mini. Now AMD tells me there this a better option ...

11. Intel to pull x86 cross-licensing agreement with AMD in 60 days

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 16 March 2009

    AMD filed a Form 8-K today with the SEC stating Intel notified the company of plans to pull its 2001 cross-licensing agreement for x86-related patents within the next 60 days unless the smaller chipmaker ...

12. Overclock: Asus motherboard takes Intel Core i7 to 5.6 GHz!

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Friday, 23 January 2009

    ... "[it's] almost insurmountable for future challengers." Back in December, Hot Hardware posted a 5.51 GHz (73%) overclock with Core i7. They've also managed to take AMD's Phenom II X4 940 themselves to a ...

13. Intel asks AMD to a sit-down meeting over manufacturing spin-off

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 23 January 2009

      Intel has asked for a meeting with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to discuss how AMD's new manufacturing spin-off may affect cross-licensing agreements in place between the two chip-making rivals. AMD ...

14. AMD: Netbooks? No, thanks.

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 09 January 2009

    ... and Via is still trying to get some design wins here and there. We know that AMD does not have a small enough processor that could fit into a netbook and we also know that the company may not have such ...

15. AMD to introduce six 45 nm business class desktop CPUs in Q3 2009

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 05 January 2009

    Following AMD's recent update to it 45nm consumer desktop CPU schedule, sources at motherboard makers have revealed the company also plans to launch six 45nm processors for its business class lineup ...

16. It's time to dump soft limitations

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Friday, 02 January 2009

    ... Celeron 220, or AMD Geode LX, Athlon (2650E and Sempron 210U), or VIA C7-M ULV, Neon (U2300, U2400 and U2500). Note: None of these are dual-core CPUs, though several of them are well over 1 GHz. 5) Netbook ...

17. AMD desktop CPU schedule updated

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 26 December 2008

    AMD plans to launch six 45nm CPUs under its Athlon line including the quad-core Athlon X4 615 and 605 and triple-core Athlon X3 420 and 410 in April next year and dual-core Athlon X2 240 and 235 in ...

18. AMD quietly launches first K10 dual-core CPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 15 December 2008

      Two new CPUs showed up in AMD’s processor price lists this morning – the Athlon X2 7750 in the public version as well as the 7550 model for OEMs. The new chips went largely unnoticed and even ...

19. CPU prices post huge drops in 2008, Intel delays CPU+GPU

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 05 December 2008

      Baird analysts sent out a research note earlier today, telling customers that Intel will delay its Havendale CPU+GPU processor by one quarter into 2010, while average CPU pricing for both AMD and Intel ...

20. More details of AMD 45nm desktop CPU schedule revealed

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 01 December 2008

    After the launch of its 45nm AM2+ Phenom II X4 900 series CPUs on January 8 next year, AMD is expected to introduce six 45nm AM3 CPUs in February: the quad-core Phenom II X4 925 and 910 with 6MB ...

21. UPDATE: AMD Shanghai versus Intel Nehalem at 45nm

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Monday, 01 December 2008

    Anandtech.com posted an article last week comparing Intel's Nehalem to AMD's Shanghai on the Linpack 9.1 benchmark. While running the same binary on both systems, the Core i7 2.66 GHz with HyperThreading ...

22. Nehalem: Intel gives the industry exactly what's needed

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Tuesday, 18 November 2008

    ... stone necessary to get from here to there (not just Sandy Bridge or Larrabee, but far beyond). Nothing AMD has today competes with Intel's highest end offering in any measurable way, at least not ...

23. AMD to release Phenom II in January with a refocus away from enterprise segment

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 14 November 2008

    AMD told analysts yesterday that Phenom II X4 would launch at CES 2009 in January. This Shanghai-equivalent desktop product of the Deneb core, will serve as a launching platform for AMD's new industry ...

24. AMD’s Atom rival offered in $430 notebook

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 31 October 2008

      AMD does not have a dedicated chip that would be able to aim at all the market segments addressed by Intel’s Atom processor. Offering an aging entry-level processor to compete in the "Ultra-Value-Client" ...

25. HP announces green PCs Pavilion Verde and Phoenix

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 20 October 2008

    ... Edition a6645f and HP Pavilion Phoenix Special Edition a6655f desktop PCs include AMD dual-core and quad-core processors and come packaged in 100% recyclable packaging. According to the manufacturer, both ...

26. Acer rolls out $680 triple-core Blu-ray PC

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 13 October 2008

    ... new desktop PC that lacks a monitor, but includes a triple-core CPU, 4 GB of memory and a Blu-ray drive. Also, Acer’s Emachines unit is first out the gate with a PC that integrates AMD’s answer to Intel’s ...

27. Timeline: How AMD changed over the past 39 years

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 07 October 2008

      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 the ...

28. Intel quietly launches dual-core Atom processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 22 September 2008

    ... Atom processors for about $6 per chip. AMD trails Intel in the nettop market, but recently leaked information indicates that AMD may be preparing its entry into this segment with two existing processors. ...

29. AMD preps Atom rival, Intel to launch dual-core Atom next month

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 10 September 2008

      A reader pointed us to AMD slides, which provide some evidence that AMD will be aiming to compete at least in certain markets that is targeted by Intel’s Atom processor, by using one of its existing ...

30. AMD to launch two low-power desktop CPUs for low-cost PC market in November

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 05 September 2008

    AMD is planning to launch two low-power desktop CPUs – Athlon 2650e and Athlon X2 3250e – under its UVC (Ultra-Value Client) product line targeting OEMs in November, according to sources at motherboard ...

31. Intel adds cheap dual-core, quad-core

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 01 September 2008

    ... main quad-core defense against AMD’s aggressively priced triple-core and quad-core processors - and protected the high margins of the 65 nm Q6700 (2.66 GHz) and the newer 45 nm quad-cores. The Q6600 is ...

32. Can AMD survive another Core 2 Duo?

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Friday, 15 August 2008

    ... such as Larrabee, the ready-to-launch WiMax mobile platform, CE processors such as Tolapai and new partners such as Dreamworks. IDF’s marketing machine typically buries anything from AMD, but this year, ...

33. AMD has four new business Phenoms

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 14 August 2008

      AMD announced four new “business class” Phenom processors, which essentially means that these processors are made available for a platform that won’t change for at least two years and include ...

34. Continuing a tradition at AMD: Leaving the sinking boat

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Thursday, 17 July 2008

    ... – in several ways. First, Ruiz leaves a company that is in shambles and way before the saving move, Asset Smart, is announced. Second, the departure is perfectly consistent with AMD’s history. But the ...

35. Acer announces (cheap) compact desktop PC

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 08 July 2008

    ... computing needs are covered. The entry-level system comes with and AMD dual-core processor (Athlon X2 4850e), a GeForce 8200 IGC, a 320 GB hard drive and a 16x DVD burner. However, there is 4 GB of memory, ...

36. Radeon 4850 briefly on sale, more specs revealed

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 13 June 2008

      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 ...

37. Intel aiming to quickly roll out Nehalem across most user segments

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 11 June 2008

    ... 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 its dual-core ...

38. AMD has an ace up its sleeve

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 05 June 2008

      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 ...

39. ASUS predicts the need for five billion cheap PCs by 2011

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    Tuesday, 03 June 2008

    ... reiterated that overall global market for notebooks is expected to be just around 220 million units, with LCPC taking around 50 million. While 50 million LCPCs is a hefty number of AMD Geode/Athlon, Intel ...

40. AMD’s best idea in years: Want to play?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Sunday, 18 May 2008

      There is not a whole lot coming out of AMD that can get you excited and there is a good chance that the company’s latest pitch, which does not even include a new product, may cause little more ...

41. AMD aims to increase desktop processor sales with business platform pitch

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 27 April 2008

    ... while AMD may be trailing this trend a bit, it is on the same path. Of course, this means that the desktop business units have to get more creative in pitching their products: Just like Intel, AMD is ...

42. Windows data copy limits exposed, sort of

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 25 April 2008

    ... varying limits: 760,000 in Windows XP 32-bit and about 2.7 million in Server 2003. But there is a spicy twist to the story: Systems equipped with AMD Athlon Socket 940 (nForce3 chipset) and Socket 939 ...

43. Apple to build a PA Semi iPhone? Not so fast.

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Wednesday, 23 April 2008

    ... as a competitor against embedded versions of Intel’s Core 2 Duo and AMD’s Athlon X2 processors.   “Because the 1682M achieves dramatically better performance per watt than do competing multigigahertz ...

44. Apple to acquire multi-core processor developer PA Semi

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 23 April 2008

    ... claims that the platform can scale to 2.5 GHz and up to eight cores. Previously, the processor was pitched as a potential rival for Intel’s Core 2 Duo and AMD’s Athlon X2 processors, which raises questions ...

45. Triple-core and quad-core processors show up in sub-$600 PCs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 21 April 2008

      The competition between AMD and Intel may appear to have calmed down a bit over recent months, but the retail market shows every sign that a new battle has begun: Following the dual-core fight, ...

46. AMD’s Chief Technology Officer resigns

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 11 April 2008

      AMD today confirmed that Phil Hester has resigned from his position of chief technology officer at the company. Sunnyvale (CA) – AMD today confirmed that Phil Hester has resigned from his position ...

47. Zotac jumps the gun on new Nvidia Hybrid SLI chipset for AMD

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 25 March 2008

      A well-known Asian manufacturer of Nvidia-based graphics cards just pre-announced a new nForce 750a-based motherboard. The 750a is the first Nvidia chipset for AMD systems since the nForce 590, ...

48. AMD releases a new HTPC CPU

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 04 March 2008

    AMD today released the Athlon X2 4850E, a new processor in its dual-core 45-watt portfolio. The processor is designed to operate in quiet and space-constrained environments, such as small form factor ...

49. Intel six-core coming in 2008

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 25 February 2008

    ... first hexa-core will debut this year.       I has not been a secret that 2008 will ring in the end of the front side bus at Intel. The company’s Nehalem follows in the footsteps of AMD's ...

50. Exclusive: Dell set to introduce AMD Tri-Core Phenom

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Saturday, 16 February 2008

    Still think that Dell is dropping AMD? Think again: TG Daily got to the bottom of the Dell/AMD rumors and discovered that Dell is far from dropping its AMD line-up. In fact, there will be a surprise in ...