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1. 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 ...

2. 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. ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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 ...

6. AMD aims at simplicity for the tech generation

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Wednesday, 09 September 2009

   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 ...

7. Nvidia touts CUDA-enabled GPUs for Snow Leopard

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 04 September 2009

   ... See also AMD touts benefits of OpenCL and Snow Leopard Chip Wars: NVIDIA and ATI spar over OpenCL GPU support       ...

8. AMD launches 40W six-core Opteron processor

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Sunday, 30 August 2009

   AMD has introduced a 40W six-core Opteron processor. The retooled chip reportedly offers 31 percent higher performance-per-watt over a standard quad-core Opteron. San Francisco (CA) - AMD has introduced ...

9. World + Dog licenses Nvidia SLI

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 10 August 2009

   ... PC platforms, including the Intel Core i7, Core i5, Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Duo processors, as well as those based on the AMD Phenom II CPU.  ...

10. Nvidia claims first with ray tracing engine

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 04 August 2009

    ... Siggraph graphics expedition starts - earlier today AMD announced its ATI stuff will support OpenGL 3.1, and ultimately OpenGL 3.2. The family of Nvidia engines include the OptiX engine for real time ...

11. AMD launches five new 6-core processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 12 July 2009

      AMD today announced five new 6-core Istanbul processors, three aimed at 2P servers and two at 4P/8P models. The new CPUs include two SE processors for performance-focused server environments and ...

12. 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 ...

13. IBM and Cray claim victory in battle for supercomputer supremacy

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 23 June 2009

    ... AMD Opteron processors. Meanwhile, a total of 399 systems (79.8 percent) on the Top500 list use Intel processors. IBM Power processors are found in 55 systems (11 percent), followed by the AMD Opteron ...

14. Centrino! Intel kills off platforms

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 17 June 2009

    ... "platform" was actually a runaway success, and was closely identified with notebooks - much to the annoyance of chip rival AMD. But Intel got carried away by the success of Centrino and attempted to ...

15. Is it time for Nvidia to ditch CUDA?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 17 June 2009

    ... Linux at this time. Our sources tell us that AMD also has Open CL drivers in the works, but is apparently cannot talk openly about its software, because of non disclosure agreements (NDAs) with the ...

16. Intel vs. AMD 6-core CPUs: Speed vs. power?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 01 June 2009

    ... would allow Intel to go. Today’s announcement of the Istanbul CPU shows that AMD is catching up, at least in some product segments. Opinion – When Intel introduced its Dunnington 6-core processors back ...

17. 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 ...

18. AMD readies notebook offensive

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 17 May 2009

    CPU firm Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is preparing to show off a new notebook set of designs at the forthcoming Computex show in Taipei, according to reportsCPU firm Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is preparing ...

19. AMD, Intel others sued over CPU execution

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 29 April 2009

    Chip firms Intel and AMD have found themselves in the company of seven other semiconductor giants and are being sued by a Georgia company for allegedly infringing a patent. ATLANTA, GEORGIA - Chip firms ...

20. AMD pushes Phenom II to 3.2 GHz, you can push it further

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 23 April 2009

    It seems that the excitement about new and ever faster processors has subsided quite a bit in recent years, but if you are looking for a faster processor for your system, then here’s an update: AMD ...

21. 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 ...

22. AMD revenue flatlines

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 21 April 2009

    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 ...

23. Evolved Machines fires up Nvidia Tesla supercomputer

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 09 April 2009

    Evolved Machines said that it has powered on a new GPU-focused supercomputer, which runs on 42 Tesla C1060 cards as well as 14 quad-core AMD Phenom processors, which has a theoretical maximum performance ...

24. AMD discounts 6-core processor upgrades ahead of launch

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 07 April 2009

    AMD decided to give its customers a monetary incentive to upgrade to a newer Opteron server processor. The program includes dual-, quad and 6-core processors and includes an upgrade discount of up to ...

25. AMD demos live machine migration across three CPU generations

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 24 March 2009

    The journey from Barcelona to Shanghai to Istanbul is 11,057 miles as the crow flies. Still, AMD has recently demoed a video showing that the migration across these three destinations takes only a few ...

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

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 23 March 2009

    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 ...

27. AMD releases extreme low-power FirePro 2450 quad-display graphics

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 10 March 2009

    ... 18-watts on average, supports PCI Express 2.0 and has two VHDCI connectors with breakout cables for quad DVI-I or VGA monitors. AMD suggests the graphics card serves as a replacement for the ATI FireMV ...

28. UPDATED: The 100 oldest registered dot com, org, net, edu domains

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 05 March 2009

    ... n/a 038 rosemount.com 10/27/86 n/a 039 vortex.com 10/27/86 502710 040 alcoa.com 11/05/86 104909 041 gte.com 11/05/86 n/a 042 adobe.com 11/17/86 56 043 amd.com 11/17/86 2001 044 das.com 11/17/86 n/a 045 ...

29. AMD’s six-core CPU gets first public demo

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 25 February 2009

    AMD said that it has successfully demonstrated its first six-core processor code-named Istanbul. The processor is still on schedule to debut in the second half of this year. Sunnyvale (CA) – AMD said ...

30. 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) ...

31. Nvidia bundles Quadro CX with Adobe Premiere Pro CS4

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 21 January 2009

    ... 9 Series 9600GT,9800(single GPUvariant) Nvidia Quadro FX 1700 Mid-Range Nvidia Quadro FX 4600 High Nvidia Quadro FX 5600 Ultra High-End AMD / ATI Radeon X1000 Series 1900 AMD / ATI Radeon HD2000 Series ...

32. Sandia simulation shows that many-cores reduce compute power

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 14 January 2009

    ... the same time, saying, 'I want this information.' Then they have to wait until the answer to their request comes back. This causes delays." He continues, "The original AMD processors in Red Storm were ...

33. 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 ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 08 January 2009

      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" ...

35. CES 2009: HP to launch series of low cost computers

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 06 January 2009

    ... will hit the shelves in March. HP also has plans to debut a larger HP Pavilion dv3 notebook model that is equipped with a 13.3-inch screen, a 2.3 gigahertz AMD Turion dual-core processor, ATI Radeon ...

36. 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 ...

37. 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 ...

38. 2.93 GHz Core i7 Dual-socket Xeon X5570 breaks SAP records

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Tuesday, 16 December 2008

    ... products from AMD. Compared to a quad-socket Xeon X7460 (24 cores) at 2.66 GHz, the dual-socket X5570 at 2.93 GHz with HT enabled (two fewer physical CPUs, but 16 virtual cores and 8 physical cores) ...

39. 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 ...

40. 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 ...

41. 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 ...

42. 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 ...

43. Intel unleashes Core i7, beats itself

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 17 November 2008

    ... 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 ...

44. 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 ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Thursday, 13 November 2008

      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 ...

46. AMD delays Fusion processor to 2011

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 13 November 2008

      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 ...

47. AMD on track to introduce 32 nm chips in 2010

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 13 November 2008

    Save During its 2008 Financial Analyst Day, AMD chief executive officer Dirk Meyer confirmed that 32 nm chip designs are being “finalized” and prepared for a 2010 introduction. Meyer did not ...

48. AMD unleashes 45 nm Opteron processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 12 November 2008

      The introduction of AMD’s quad-core Opteron processor with the 45 nm Shanghai core may be five months late, but the CPU builds on hopes of an AMD that has recovered from a disastrous TLB bug that ...

49. More details of AMD 45nm CPU lineup revealed

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 04 November 2008

    AMD is planning to launch two 45nm quad-core desktop CPUs (Deneb) – the Phenom X4 20550 and 20350 for socket AM2+ systems with core frequencies of 3GHz and 2.8GHz, respectively in November this year, ...

50. Atom pushes Intel past 87% market share mark for mobile PCs

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Sunday, 02 November 2008

    ... while AMD finished with 11.5%, a loss of 1.1 points. VIA posted 1.2%, a gain of 0.3 points. The green team looks much better in the server segment, in which the “fixed” Barcelona quad-core CPUs are showing ...