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1. Intel claims it's driving supercomputers. Not AMD

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 16 November 2009

   And announces Nehalem-EX Chip firm AMD is blowing its own trumpet by saying its Jaguar system is the world's supreme supercomputer. But AMD's new friend Intel is not going to take that lying down. It ...

2. HP announces AMD 6- and 12-core workstations

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 01 July 2009

   Hewlett-Packard (HP) is the first major workstation vendor to announce systems that can be ordered with AMD’s monolithic 6-core Opteron 2400-series processors, previously code-named Istanbul. With up ...

3. AMD pulls in six-core CPU, announces 16-core for 2011

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 22 April 2009

   AMD updated its server processor roadmap with several surprises. The new monolithic six-core Opteron version, code-named Istanbul, will be introduced in June. We will also see a new integrated memory ...

4. Sparkle announces 2 GB consumer graphics card

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 07 April 2009

   ... by the company can be purchased with the regular 1 GB or with 2 GB memory; there is no other single-GPU card on the market that offers 2 GB as well. AMD’s RV770-based 4870 X2 dual-GPU card carries 2 x ...

5. AMD announces new low-power quad-core Opterons

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Sunday, 25 January 2009

     AMD today announced wide availability of five new 55 watt ACP quad-core Opteron processors. The 45nm CPUs operate from 2.1 to 2.3 GHz. Also, AMD announced two new 45nm Opteron SE processors (2.8 GHz) ...

6. AMD announces software toolkit for social issue game development

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

   Sunday, 25 January 2009

     Today, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) unveiled a new software toolkit entitled, Let the Games Begin: A Toolkit 4 Making Social Issue Games. The move is part of the AMD Foundation's AMD Changing the Game ...

7. 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 ...

8. 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 ...

9. Albatron announces mini-ITX motherboard supporting AM2+ CPUs

   (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

   Monday, 06 October 2008

   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 and ...

10. Microsoft announces widely supported virtualization initiative

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 08 September 2008

    ... in recent years with the addition of virtualization hardware into the x86 instruction set via technology extensions from AMD and Intel, such as Pacifica and Vanderpool respectively.  While not identical ...

11. Biohazard announces phase-change cooled 4.8 GHz enthusiast PC

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 21 July 2008

    ... at least about $6500 for an AMD system and at least $7300 for an Intel model. Your budget pretty much determines how expensive the PC will be in the end. A fully configured Skulltrail system and cost about ...

12. 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 ...

13. Update: AMD posts another huge loss, trading halted, announces new CEO

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 17 July 2008

      AMD announced its seventh consecutive quarterly loss. AMD lost $1.189 billion during the quarter, including a $920 million write down of ATI operations. Dirk Meyer has been announced as new president ...

14. PicoPC offers Windows XP embedded in home theater setting

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Thursday, 17 July 2008

    ... your media files. The PicoPC is a tiny little computer buddy for the home entertainment room, weighing just 13.1 ounces and measuring 1-3/16" in height. VidaBox says the PicoPC is powered by an AMD Geode ...

15. Intel announces Centrino 2

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 14 July 2008

    ... will run much more efficiently. The technology works with AMD/ATI and Nvidia graphics. New wireless chipset, WiMax (almost) and … Turbo Memory! Complementing Montevina is the new 5000-series wireless ...

16. 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, ...

17. Outrage over physics drivers: Is Nvidia guilty?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 25 June 2008

    ... this controversy was received as being rather doubtful. In the most case of accusations, AMD claims that Nvidia has been fiddling with the 3DMark Vantage benchmark. Just couple of hours after that story ...

18. A matter of choice: Sun announces B3 Opteron servers

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 12 May 2008

      Sun joins the growing number of companies to announce servers based on AMD’s “fixed”, quad-core Opteron processor with Barcelona B3 core. These new servers join Sun’s existing lineup of Intel ...

19. AMD announces 6-core and 12-core Opteron processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 07 May 2008

      AMD has updated its server processor roadmap with single-die 6-core and dual-die 12-core Opteron processors. The new processors will be manufactured in a 45 nm process that will be introduced ...

20. Analysis: How AMD Asset Light will reveal MAD AMD

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 17 April 2008

      It’s easy to get lost in the continuous wave of bad news surrounding AMD, competitive threats and predictions that the company is on its way out. Over the past few weeks we spent time with AMD ...

21. AMD announces first ‘fixed’ quad-core Opteron systems 7 months after launch

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 09 April 2008

    About one year ago, pretty much all tech publications were speculating about a possible launch date of the quad-core Opteron processor, code-named “Barcelona.” Back then, AMD officially communicated a ...

22. ASRock announces AMD 780G-based motherboard

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 01 April 2008

    ASRock has launched a motherboard based on AMD's 780G and SB700 chipsets, the A780FullDisplayPort, which features outputs including D-Sub, DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort through a dongle. The A780FullDisplayPort ...

23. AMD announces quad-GPU driver package

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 04 March 2008

    AMD today announced CrossfireX, a multi-GPU technology that will allow users to run up to four graphics cards within one system. CrossfireX will bb officially supported with the release of the Catalyst ...

24. AMD touts upcoming AMD LIVE! Ultra, releases Explorer - UPDATE

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 09 January 2008

    AMD announces an upcoming technology designed to deliver the maximum multimedia experience ever delivered by AMD, called AMD LIVE! Ultra.  AMD has also released a 3D multimedia catalog browser for ...

25. ZRAM announces latest advances in floating-body memory

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 19 December 2007

    ... Semiconductor licensed it on August 13, 2007, as a possible replacement technology for future DRAM implementations.  AMD has also licensed two generations of ZRAM for use in future microprocessors.  ...

26. UPDATE: Phoenix announces HyperSpace: Instant-on computing for the masses

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 06 November 2007

    ... version 1.0 has been designed to work with both Intel and AMD virtualization technology hardware.  It could arrive in notebooks as soon as 6 to 9 months from now.  Whether or not there will be ...

27. MSI announces AMD Barcelona motherboard and server barebone

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 04 October 2007

    Micro-Star International (MSI) has announced the K9NU Speedster motherboard and P1-106 server barebone, which support the recently launched AMD Quad-Core Opteron processors (Barcelona). Paired with the ...

28. UPDATE: AMD announces Barcelona quad-core processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 10 September 2007

    AMD today announced what the company calls the "most advanced x86 processor) as well as the first "native quad-core processor". Code-named Barcelona, the quad-core Opteron will be shipping ...

29. Intel announces Tigerton Xeon MP processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 05 September 2007

    Five days ahead of the launch of AMD's Barcelona processor, Intel today announced its 65 nm Xeon 7300/7200 series, the latest and final product based on the company's Core microarchitecture.  ...

30. AMD announces Athlon 64 X2 6400+ "Black Edition"

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 13 August 2007

    AMD has announced what is expected to be the final and highest performing version of its 90 nm dual-core desktop processor series. Tokyo (Japan) – AMD has announced what is expected to be the final ...

31. AMD announces new workstation graphics cards

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 07 August 2007

    ... from the V3600 and 256 MB of memory for $299 to the high-end V8650 for $2799, which holds 2 GB. The V8600 (1 GB) sells for $1899, the V7600 (512 MB) for $999 and the V5600 (512 MB) for $599. AMD said that ...

32. Wrap-up: AMD outlines a bright future at Technology Analyst Day

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 26 July 2007

    If you have been waiting for some news on how AMD will counter Intel in the next one, two years, then the Technology Analyst Day provided many answers. Not a lot of finished products, but AMD outlined ...

33. Update 1: AMD gets more aggressive, announces next-gen CPU cores

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 26 July 2007

    There are very few options for AMD other than moving into the offense these days: The company’s chief technology officer today revealed at a meeting with analysts more details about the first Fusion ...

34. Emachines announces summer line-up

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 29 June 2007

    ... the first week of July. The low end of the new computers is eMachine's T3616 desktop.  It comes with an AMD Sempron 3600+ processor, 6150SE graphics card from Nvidia, 512 MB of DDR2 memory, and ...

35. AMD announces arrival of HD 2400 and 2600 graphics cards

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 28 June 2007

    AMD has announced the imminent arrival of its HD 2400 and 2600 mainstream graphics cards. Sunnyvale (CA) – AMD has announced the imminent arrival of its HD 2400 and 2600 mainstream graphics cards.  ...

36. Biostar announces AM2+ motherboard

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 22 June 2007

    Biostar has released its T-Series TF560 A2+ motherboard which supports AMD's upcoming socket AM2+ CPUs. Although socket AM2+ CPUs will not launch until later in the year, the socket is backwards compatible ...

37. AMD announces it has begun shipping Radeon HD 2400 and 2600 GPUs to customers

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 11 June 2007

    AMD has said that it has begun shipping its ATI Radeon HD 2400 and ATI Radeon HD 2600 series graphics processors (GPUs) in volume to its add-in board (AIB) customers. Graphics cards based on these processors ...

38. Computex 2007

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    Sunday, 03 June 2007

    ...  Read more... Big announcements Sandisk announces 64 GB SSD PNY to launch 256 GB SSDs this year AMD announces low power X2 processors, ...

39. AMD announces details of next-gen mobile processor “Griffin”

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 17 May 2007

    AMD claims that it has been gaining market shares with its Turion mobile processor over the past two years, but the CPU is far from being a threat to Intel’s Core 2 Duo. In 2008, the company will ...

40. Sony announces 30 Playstation 3 games

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 17 May 2007

    Sony today announced 30 new games headed to the PS3 platform. San Diego (CA) - Sony today announced 30 new games headed to the PS3 platform.  Among the new titles include new additions to the Socom ...

41. AMD officially announces ATI HD 2000 graphics line

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 13 May 2007

    AMD has announced their new HD 2000 series of cards.  Boasting up to 320 stream processing units and the industry’s first 512-bit memory bus, the cards hope to dislodge Nvidia from graphics ...

42. AMD to miss Q1 revenue goal, announces restructuring

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 09 April 2007

    AMD today updated its first quarter outlook and mentioned that it will not be able to meet its revenue goals given during the Q4 2006 conference call. Sunnyvale (CA) – AMD today updated its first ...

43. AMD announces availability of AMD M690 chipset

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 02 April 2007

    AMD on March 29 announced the availability of its M690 chipset for its Turion64 X2 dual-core mobile CPUs.AMD on March 29 announced the availability of its M690 chipset for its Turion64 X2 dual-core mobile ...

44. Intel aims for one million quad-core processors by mid-2007

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 16 January 2007

    The production volume of Intel's quad-core processors is still very limited, but the company hopes to deliver a total of one million Kentsfield and Clovertown processors by the time AMD announces ...

45. CES 2007: A preview of what you can expect to see on the showfloor

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 05 January 2007

    ... AMD Live! systems Sandisk surprises with Flash hard drive announcement Toshiba to debut external USB hard drive Lexar upgrades Jumpdrives for Windows Vista MSI to showcase medical notebook Westinghouse ...

46. Consumer Electronics Show 2007

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    Sunday, 31 December 2006

    ... a Hard Drive Crusher Intel answers AMD with an 8-core desktop computer Westinghouse's Quad HDTV Shuttle Goes Big With a Tower Computer  ...

47. Ibuypower announces sub-$2000 Quad FX system

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 30 November 2006

    Ibuypower was one of the first system builders to offer AMD's new Quad FX platform, previously code-named 4x4. Chicago (IL) - Ibuypower was one of the first system builders to offer AMD's new Quad FX ...

48. Sun announces 1.2 TFlop rack server

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 14 November 2006

    ... squeezes 30 instead of 20 blades into one rack. Each 8000p blade is capable of carrying four dual-core AMD Opteron 800-series processors with a clock speed of up to, integrates 16 DIMM slots for a maximum ...

49. IBM announces quad-core servers, supercomputer cluster

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 10 November 2006

    ... environment which can be built with AMD Opteron-based x3455, x3655, x3755 and BladeCenter systems, Intel Xeon-based x3550, x3650 and BladeCenter servers, as well as IBM's own Power-based p5 and Cell processors. ...

50. Nvidia announces new drivers for 3D software

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 07 November 2006

      Nvidia has announced the immediate availability of its MAXtreme 9 D3D and POWERdraft 2007 - new performance drivers developed in close collaboration with Autodesk, for 3ds Max 9 software and AutoCAD ...