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1. Weekly hardware roundup

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   ... performance in a multi-GPU computing environment. Lucid spokesperson Kimberly Stowe told TG Daily that Hydra 200-based motherboards were expected to reach consumers by Q1 2010. AMD powered Jaguar wins ...

2. ATI reveals Radeon 5970 overlocking details

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   ... applications," added Nekechuk. See Also AMD debuts ATI Radeon 5970 GPU ATI Radeon HD 5970 Slideshow Phenom II overclockers shatter 7GHz barrier AMD powered Jaguar wins supercomputer race AMD says ...

3. AMD to use Intel cash to pay off debt

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   $1.25 billion should keep the wolf from the door for a bit AMD says it plans to reduce its level of debt by $1.4 billion, using a large wedge of the $1.25 billion it received from Intel in exchange for ...

4. EU ombudsman slams Intel antitrust ruling

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... failed to find any maladministration in relation to Intel's second allegation, that the Commission encouraged Dell to enter into an information exchange agreement with AMD. Intel claimed that this agreement ...

5. Six rules are laid down for Intel to obey

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   AMD files Settlement Agreement The terms of the agreement between AMD and Intel were published as an SEC 8K filing last night. Apart from the patent cross license agreement, lasting five years, licenses ...

6. AMD debuts ATI Radeon 5970 GPU

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   Unlocked and overclocked AMD has introduced its long-awaited ATI Radeon HD 5970 (Hemlock) GPU. According to company spokesperson Devon Nekechuk, the 5970 features advanced Overdrive technology that allows ...

7. Adobe upgrades Flash player with improved HD support

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   ... devices where available, to conserve battery life and deliver an exceptional video playback experience." According to AMD, Flash 10.1 harnesses ATI Stream technology to accelerate video playback and reduce ...

8. Phenom II overclockers shatter 7GHz barrier

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 16 November 2009

   Heroes of the HPC world AMD has released an HD video chronicling the exploits of Phenom II overclockers who managed to shatter the infamous 7GHz clock barrier. "This video depicts the herculean efforts ...

9. Intel would like to give AMD a Glaswegian kiss

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 16 November 2009

   Opinion Nothing's really changed When AMD and Intel held their journalist conference calls last week, the contrast between the two companies could not be greater. AMD talked as though the $1.25 billion ...

10. 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 ...

11. AMD powered Jaguar wins supercomputer race

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    2.3 petaflops of peak performance The AMD-powered "Jaguar" system has been dubbed the world's "supreme supercomputer" by the TOP500 organization.  The upgraded Cray XT5 - which is based in the Oak Ridge ...

12. Weekly hardware roundup

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Saturday, 14 November 2009

    ... Hackintoshes, AMD Fusion and Nvidia's Fermi. Analog joystick mouse WarMouse and OpenOffice have introduced an alternative multi-button pointing device. The $75 OpenOfficeMouse features 18 buttons, an ...

13. Intel maintains innocence despite $1.25 billion cash payoff

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    Convictions have not "wavered" Intel has agreed to pay AMD $1.25 billion to settle a number of anti-trust and patent cross-licensing disputes. However, the Santa Clara-based company continues to insist ...

14. Intel-AMD deal doesn't end the bitter war

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    Analysis: Broad agreement to establish industry ground rules Updated: God alone knows how much lawyers have benefited from the latest spat between AMD and Intel. Today the two companies announced a settlement ...

15. AMD says Fusion will knock Intel for six. Or five

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    The graphics bone connected to the CPU zone At a reviewers’ day at the Lone Star facility in Austin TX last week, AMD chief technology officer Joe Macri waxed large on Fusion and the potential it has ...

16. Nvidia: Fermi production schedule remains on track

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    ... GT300 to April 2010. "TSMC has accelerated the improvement of its 40nm process and AMD is expected to launch entry-level Radeon HD 5600/5300 GPUs in the first quarter of 2010," wrote Monica Chen of Digitimes. ...

17. Microprocessor sales aided by Atom smasher

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    ... quarter. According to IDC, Intel owned 81.1 percent of the PC processor share worldwide, AMD owned 18.7 percent - down two percent, while Via had .2 percent of the market. Sales of Atom chips meant "notable ...

18. Nvidia reports 3Q revenue jump

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    ... of total revenue. Sales of chipsets designed for Intel- based desktop and notebook PCs were up 33 percent sequentially. However, sales of chipsets for AMD desktop PCs were down 27 percent due to an AMD ...

19. Windows 7 sales outpace Vista adoption

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    ... Apple with Windows 7 AMD joins Windows 7 launch party  ...

20. Notebook benchmarks fail to convey performance, price

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    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 ...

21. Chinese foundry violated Taiwanese secrets

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    ... said that Chartered Semiconductor, which is to merge with AMD foundry spin off Global Foundries, will become the second biggest foundry in the world, and plans to expand its production in its fabs in Singapore ...

22. AMD discovers several Fusion mantras, disses Larrabee

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    Lone Star Briefings Rick Bergman, general manager of AMD’s product group waxed long about the Fusion family of products today. Rick Bergman, general manager of AMD’s product group waxed long about the ...

23. AMD: The netbook category is all a bit of a blur

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    Lone Star Briefings While AMD rolled out its future strategy for notebooks, the conversation turned to categories of PCs. While AMD rolled out its future strategy for notebooks, the conversation turned ...

24. AMD calls for more realistic notebook benchmarks

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    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 ...

25. 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 ...

26. Ruiz quits Globalfoundries

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 02 November 2009

    AMD spinoff Globalfoundries has announced that Hector Ruiz has quit as chairman with immediate effect. AMD spinoff Globalfoundries has announced that Hector Ruiz has quit as chairman with immediate effect. ...

27. ATI HD 5900 spotted in the wild

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 02 November 2009

    Rumors that the new HD 5900 series could be just another chip refresh have been knocked on the head. Rumors that the new HD 5900 series could be just another chip refresh have been knocked on the head ...

28. TSMC yield problem to affect Nvidia, ATI

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 30 October 2009

    ... has promised to get the problem fixed during the current quarter.Customers using TSMC's process are AMD-ATI and Nvidia, said Digitimes, and that may well have an impact on shipping products such as the ...

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

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    ... 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, ...

30. Ex AMD CEO named in insider trading scandal

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    Hector Ruiz, AMD's former CEO and currently chairman of AMD spinoff Globalfoundries, has been named in the Galleon insider trading scandal that has so far seen six top executives arrested. Hector Ruiz, ...

31. TG Daily: A readers' Guide

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Monday, 26 October 2009

    ... stupid, we'll point it out. When it does something good, we might even praise them a bit. And so it is that, unlike most IT sites, we don't have a news agenda. We're not pro Intel or AMD, for Microsoft ...

32. Nokia, Apple suit reeks of desperation

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Friday, 23 October 2009

    ... talking about redefining what's happening."A law suit could certainly redefine what's happening but as watchers of the continual litigation between Intel and AMD know, these kind of court cases take years ...

33. AMD joins Windows 7 launch party

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    AMD has congratulated Microsoft on the official launch of its long-awaited Windows 7 operating system. According to AMD spokesperson Margaret Lewis, the two industry heavyweights "closely collaborated" ...

34. Otellini: Intel ‘knew nothing’ about insider trading probe

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... Galleon Group hedge fund, IBM’s Robert Moffat - widely tipped to become CEO - Rajiv Goel, head of Intel’s venture capital division, and Anil Kumar, an advisor to AMD, were among senior directors arrested ...

35. 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 ...

36. HP rolls out notebooks: Hails Windows 7

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 13 October 2009

    ... battery and wireless connectivity options. The ProBook b-series notebooks use AMD microprocessors and HP claims an astonish improvement in battery life for up to eight hours and 15 minutes, and a performance ...

37. Nvidia accuses Intel of 'improper claims,' pulls out of chipset development

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 08 October 2009

    ... as well." The spokesperson also claimed that Nvidia continued to sell "a higher quantity of chipsets" on AMD platforms than AMD itself. "MCP61-based platforms continue to be extremely well positioned ...

38. Intel: Xeon 5500 servers are "cash machines"

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 06 October 2009

    ... of 2009. Nevertheless, Intel remains wary of AMD which still controls 10 percent of the server market and recently introduced its indigenous, Opteron-based Fiorano platform. Intel is also concerned ...

39. High tech won't save the economy this time

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Monday, 05 October 2009

    ... Stagnation and recession were global conditions. But in Silicon Valley unemployment was only 7.5 percent. At the time mid-size companies there like Intel, AMD, Apple, and countless others who have since ...

40. Nvidia and "Starting the Next Age of Personal Computing"

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Opinion)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    Column I’m at the Nvidia GPU Technology conference and it suddenly hit me that we are at the forefront of another massive change in the computer industry.   Column I’m at the Nvidia GPU Technology ...

41. AMD talks up graphics as Nvidia kicks off GPU conference

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 30 September 2009

    It’s an unwritten rule of marketing that when your competition is holding a mega event, you should try to get some publicity off the back of it. Hence we saw AMD dragging Intel Developer Forum delegates ...

42. ARM confirms it's chatting to GlobalFoundries

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 29 September 2009

    As we exclusively reported last week, ARM and AMD spin off GlobalFoundries are in deep congress over cooperating on semiconductor production.As we exclusively reported last week, ARM and AMD spin off GlobalFoundries ...

43. Nvidia kicks off 2009 GPU conference

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 29 September 2009

    ... market. As TG Daily reported, AMD recently released the (DX 11) Radeon HD 5800 GPU series, which supports Eyefinity Technology, OpenCL and DirectCompute 11. The 5800's debut prompted AMD's Rick Bergman ...

44. LucidLogix boosts GPU gaming with Hydra 200 parallel processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    ... 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 ...

45. Settlement looks likely in AMD-Intel civil case

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sunday, 27 September 2009

    The word on the chip strasse is that Intel and AMD may well reach a settlement before the long-running civil case between the companies comes to court in spring 2010.The word on the chip strasse is ...

46. Apple plus graphics gurus = semiconductor mystery

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Saturday, 26 September 2009

    ... While its competition have suggested that it's got nothing much up its sleeves, sources suggest that's not so, and that AMD-ATI may well have something to fear from Nvidia during 2010. Nothing suggests ...

47. Intel and Apple are at the crossroads

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 23 September 2009

    ... all resulted from an excessive focus by Intel on AMD as a competitor - and from a lack of top-level business sense. This seems to happen a lot. A dominant market vendor needs to grow the market ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    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 ...

49. Is Intel's Atom really the future?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    ... even seem to care about a British company called ARM and a pretty  important firm called Qualcomm, nor any of the competition.But the Atom costs quite a bit less than $50, and we believe AMD was right ...

50. AMD bullish about server market

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    Chip firm AMD is holding an alternative event just a block away from the Intel Developer Forum and wheeling in stray hacks off the street, briefing them about the stuff it makes.Chip firm AMD is holding ...