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1. Notebook benchmarks fail to convey performance, price

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Lone Star Briefings Death to SysMark, terminate 3DmarkAMD is pushing its Vision concept for all that it’s worth and has concluded that in an age when notebooks are all pervasive, the metrics used in the ...

2. Nvidia may be moving into X86 market

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... processors. In the long term it will be hard for Nvidia to sell chipsets and it can't turn to AMD because that owns ATI. Freedman reasons that if Nvidia can't sell parts to go with Intel or AMD processors ...

3. AMD calls for more realistic notebook benchmarks

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   Lone Star Briefings Chip firm AMD said here in Austin today that the current model of benchmarks for notebooks, on both speed and battery performance are fatally flawed. Chip firm AMD said here in Austin ...

4. Ubuntu bug subjects TG Daily hack to wrath of fanbois

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... seem to have regressions when booting the AMD64 ubuntu live desktop CD on systems with multiple disks. "On one system, the "side by side" radio button only showed sdc."Erase" would allow choosing sda, ...

5. LucidLogix boosts GPU gaming with Hydra 200 parallel processor

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... on it until we do," the spokesperson confirmed. "We thoroughly test our SLI solutions to be sure our products 'just work' and our customers have a great experience." Similarly, AMD was unable to comment ...

6. ATI introduces Radeon HD 5800 GPU for DirectX 11 gaming

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ATI has introduced its long-awaited Radeon HD 5800 GPU series. The 5800 - which is AMD's first DirectX 11 GPU - supports Eyefinity Technology, OpenCL and DirectCompute 11. ATI has introduced its long-awaited ...

7. AMD introduces $100 quad-core processor

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   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 ...

8. What's at the heart of HP’s Laptops and Lenovo’s Best Student Tablet

   (Opinion/Opinion Features)

   ... It is very thin and can be had with AMD or Intel processors, LED backlit screen, and discrete graphics.   Less than an inch thick and with a 4.2 pound carry weight this isn’t the thinnest or ...

9. AMD launches Tigris and Congo notebook platforms

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   AMD has introduced a "mainstream" notebook platform designed to provide improved performance for multimedia applications and 3D gaming. Tigris - which has already been adopted by 8 OEMs - supports full ...

10. AMD unveils Vision technology for the masses

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    AMD has announced plans to simplify the PC selection process with its Vision technology brand. According to AMD CMO Nigel Dessau, Vision radically alters the traditional consumer model which tends to ...

11. AMD aims at simplicity for the tech generation

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Interview Chip firm AMD has integrated its portfolio of products and platforms and has a strategy aimed at targeting the tech generation rather than talking pure tech to people who don’t want to understand bits ...

12. AMD touts benefits of OpenCL and Snow Leopard

    (Software/Software Features)

    AMD has told TG Daily that its ATI Radeon HD 4800 series "complements" Snow Leopard's fully compliant OpenCL Version 1.0 implementation. According to spokesperson Gary Silcott, OpenCL is a key enabler ...

13. Chip Wars: NVIDIA and ATI spar over OpenCL GPU support

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... both the CPU and GPU. The latest round between the rival industry heavyweights began after AMD introduced a free OpenCL for CPU download as part of its ATI Stream SDK v2.0 Beta Program. According to ...

14. Netbooks slow decline of PC market, but bring new headaches

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... but netbooks clearly are digging a hole the industry can’t get out of anymore, at least not at this time. And the situation may get worse. As Intel is pushing its good-enough Atom processor, AMD is preparing ...

15. AMD's Atom smasher - notebooks not netbooks and not yet

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    AMD says it is developing a netbook platform that features lower-power, smaller-size, better functionality and a lower price than Intel's Atom - but not until next year when the first samples will ship. ...

16. Intel and AMD may be radically changing the future of the PC

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Analyst Opinion - We had a major reorganization at AMD last week that should not only make them more efficient. It may also make them the leading change agent in the server space as we move to a more cloud-based ...

17. AMD releases graphics driver for Win 7

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Chip firm AMD said its Windows 7 graphics driver has received certification from Microsoft. Chip firm AMD said its Windows 7 graphics driver has received certification from Microsoft. The WHQL (Windows ...

18. HP dv2: Better than a netbook?

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    ... 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 ...

19. AMD revenue flatlines

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    AMD's trickling revenue stream has flatlined. Total first quarter losses equaled $416 million, or 66 cents a share, compared with a loss of $364 million, or 60 cents a share, for the year-earlier period. Sunnyvale ...

20. AMD releases Radeon HD 4890 with 1.36 Teraflops

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    AMD today released the ATI Radeon HD 4890 with an 850 MHz core clock, memory clock at 976 MHz, 1 GB of GDDR5 memory and a maximum board power of 190 watts on a 55nm process technology, with an idle power ...

21. AMD demonstrates OpenCL-based Havok physics

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    If you are a frequent reader of TG Daily, this should not be entirely news to you, but it is now official. AMD has shown its idea of physics effects at the 2009 Game Developers Conference, based on ...

22. AMD releases graphics toolset for gaming performance analysis

    (Software/Software Features)

    Today, AMD announced its GPU PerfStudio 2.0 performance analysis tool for games. Available as a free, closed beta program, the product was designed "to easily integrate with existing projects, and help ...

23. Will Apple lose its power to drive market trends?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    ... efforts from Nvidia and AMD's ATI group. Each of these efforts, while impressive in terms of potential, wasn't making any headway with mainstream applications, because they were incompatible with each ...

24. AMD ready to demo Havok physics on its graphics cards

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    About nine months ago, we learned that AMD was partnering with Intel acquisition Havok to enable physics acceleration on its graphics processors. Now it seems that the company is ready to show what ...

25. ATI’s GPGPU software adds support for dual-GPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    AMD’s graphics team is getting much more aggressive in increasing the visibility of the general-purpose GPU (GPGPU) capabilities of its graphics processors. The company today released version 1.4 of ...

26. Intel declares war

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... also has profound effect on other players – AMD, Qualcomm (Snapdragon), Nvidia, TI, and even Marvel to whom Intel sold off its own ARM-based processor (XScale). A win-win for Intel and TSMC Intel gets ...

27. ATI releases new 40nm 4800-series Mobile GPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Today, AMD announced two new ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4000-series GPUs for notebooks, the HD 4830 and HD 4860, both built on ATI's new 40nm process technology and both supporting DDR3, GDDR3 and GDDR5 memory ...

28. Up next for Apple TV: Networked cable television

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... the technology, including AMD, Cisco, Intel, Sony and Toshiba. The software platform enables cable's interactive services to be deployed across different devices via set-top boxes or enabled digital TVs ...

29. Where are the WOW! products?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... be seeing any WOW! products - quite possibly ever again. Not from Intel, Samsung, Microsoft, IBM, AMD, VIA, Nvidia, or even the the John Kanziuss of the world - at least not those that weren‘t fully ...

30. Outsourcing wave to hit Hollywood actors

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... in AMD’s CES suite – a demo that was incredibly stunning, and yet scary at the same time. So, what was it? To show off the horsepower of its Dragon platform (Phenom II processor, 4000-series graphics), ...

31. AMD: Netbooks? No, thanks.

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... 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 ...

32. CES 2009: AMD releases Phenom II X4 and Dragon desktop platform

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

      AMD took the opportunity to use the CES 2009 forum to officially release its latest update to its 64-bit line of 45nm microprocessors. Phenom II X4 and Dragon platform for desktop PCs represent an "elite-level" ...

33. AMD lays off more people, expects additional ATI charge

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

      AMD announced that it laid off more people than previously anticipated in an effort to get closer to a breakeven point. The company also expects another impairment charge related to the $5.4 billion acquisition. ...

34. Nvidia updates CUDA, adds Tesla support for Windows Vista

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... of improvements to OpenGL interoperability” as well as “support for recent releases of Linux including Fedora9, OpenSuse 11 and Ubuntu 8.04.”   Nvidia, like AMD, recently announced that developers ...

35. ATI Stream driver now available for download

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... which uses this technology to accelerate the conversion of a video in different formats. AMD claims that the speedup on 4600 and 4800 cards is about 17x. Catalyst 8.12 also comes with performance improvements ...

36. Nearly 50 Open Handset Alliance members now backing Android

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

      Feature - The Open Handset Alliance (OHA) that backs the Android project is flexing its muscles by adding 14 new members to the list that now features nearly 50 heavyweights in the mobile arena. ...

37. Apple gets official acceleration spec for Snow Leopard

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... AMD, ARM, Barco, Broadcom, Codeplay, Electronic Arts, Ericsson, Freescale, HI, IBM, Intel, Imagination Technologies, Motorola, Nokia, Nvidia, QNX, RapidMind, Samsung and Texas Instruments.  “We ...

38. DisplayPort and HDCP in your Mac: What you need to know

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... Whatever the motivation may be, here is what you need to know about DisplayPort and HDCP in Macs. DisplayPort (DP) is a royalty-free technology that has been adopted by Nvidia, AMD and Dell, which now ...

39. Disassembling a 768 MB EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX video card for kicks

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... a real heft to it when held - much more so than I was expecting. For anyone who's worked with modern Intel or AMD CPUs, the physical package of the NVIDIA G80-300 GPU is close to the same size, maybe ...

40. Update: ATI graphics cards (almost) streaming

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

      There is big news for owners of ATI Radeon graphics cards today. AMD’s graphics unit released the final driver package for this year, which includes stream support to accelerate applications that ...

41. Intel unleashes Core i7, beats itself

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... already sizeable lead over AMD. Santa Clara (CA) – Following a first wave of reviews of the Core i7 processor, still mainly known under its code-name Nehalem, Intel is officially introducing its next-generation ...

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

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    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 ...

43. AMD unlikely to gain ground on Intel at 32 nm. Does it matter?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

      Opinion – AMD’s 2008 Financial Analyst Day, held yesterday, saw a much more upbeat AMD than last year. The first 45 nm CPU is out of the gate, there is a fantastic graphics chip lineup, a new ...

44. AMD delays Fusion processor to 2011

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

      In a rather unexpected announcement, AMD today said that it shelved the development of its 2010 Fusion with 45 nm Shrike core and decided to introduce the Fusion concept with the 2011 Llano CPU ...

45. AMD gets serious about stream processing

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

      AMD unveiled a new stream processor card and announced a new stream software development kit as well as a new Catalyst driver update that promises showcase the floating point horsepower that is currently ...

46. AMD rolls out sub-$150 Radeon HD 4830

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    AMD announced today a sub-$150 ATI Radeon HD 4830 card positioned against Nvidia's GeForce 9800 GT. It has 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 memory, full support for DirectX 10.1, CrossFire, and claims better gaming ...

47. Gateway rolls out 8 GB desktop PC for $780

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... AMD’s Phenom X4 9500 quad-core CPU, a 750 GB hard drive, a DVD burner and Windows Vista Premium 64-bit. The compromise is an ATI Radeon 3200 graphics card, which however, can be easily replaced with a ...

48. A graphics card just for Photoshop

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... recent software.     Both Nvidia and AMD are waiting for compelling GPGPU applications, software than takes advantage of their GPU architectures to achieve visible levels of acceleration ...

49. Pricewatch: Desktop processor bargains?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... is still growth in the processor market. AMD and Intel have to adjust to a changing purchase behavior as consumers are looking for cheaper computers. TG Daily took a closer look at the current desktop ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... 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 ...