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1. AMD culls Phenoms

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 03 November 2009

   ... only the Phenom II X4 900 series which has been axed. AMD will also stop taking orders for several Phenom II X4 800, X3 700, X2 500, Athlon II X4 600, X3 400 series CPUs next year. This will leave the ...

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

   ... Athlon PC CPU, an internal HP presentation from 2002 stated that it "had a unique architecture", was "more efficient on many tasks", and had been "CPU of [the] year [for] 3 consecutive years". The fact ...

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

   ... expertise that even Intel was forced to follow - the design of the Opteron and Athlon made the chip giant miss a step. Intel eventually turned the ship round and put AMD on the back foot. However, Global ...

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

   ... fabbed at 45nm. The Callisto dual-core Phenom II X2 500 series and the venerable Athlon II X2 200 chips will move to 45nm in June with the Rana quad-core Athlon II X4 600 series and triple-core Athlon ...

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

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 13 May 2009

   ... height of AMD’s success with its Opteron and Athlon X2 dual-core processors? Today, AMD is split in two companies, and will have to, no matter how we look at it, find a way to become successful again. ...

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

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 05 May 2009

   ... Back then, in June of 2006, AMD was flying high with its Opteron and Athlon X2 processors that took over market share from Intel almost at will. AMD’s market share gains were limited by its production ...

10. HP dv2: Better than a netbook?

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Sunday, 26 April 2009

    ... probably another two years. But AMD decided to challenge Intel with the Neo CPU. It is a 65 watt CPU based on the Athlon single-core architecture, which results in a chip that is considerably larger than ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 16 March 2009

    ... timeframe Athlon CPU was 130 square millimeters). AMD also saw a huge opportunity for expanding x86-32 into the 64-bit world as there was already a huge x86 code base out there. Itanium used a new EPIC ...

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

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Friday, 23 January 2009

    ... their "AMD Athlon Processor Rockets to 1 GHz" press release.] See Hot Hardware for the current 5,611.22 MHz overclock. Whew!  ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 23 January 2009

    ... on modern processors - ever since the Athlon 64 (whenever we use the 64-bit versions of popular operating systems, we are using a version of AMD's proposed extension).Had Intel been successful in getting ...

14. AMD: Netbooks? No, thanks.

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 09 January 2009

    ... Intel’s Atom, but rather focus on the slim and light segment with a 15 watt Athlon Neo processor (part of the Yukon platform), which is basically a single-core K8 Athlon CPU. It consumes four to seven ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 05 January 2009

    ... in the third quarter of 2009. The planned CPUs are the dual-core Athlon X2 B23 (2.9GHz/2MB) and B21 (2.7GHz/2MB), triple-core Phenom II X3 B73 (2.8GHz/7.5MB) and B71 (2.6GHz/7.5MB), and quad-core Phenom ...

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

    ... CPU families. Over 2008, Intel’s Core 2 Duo series dropped by 17%, Core 2 Quads (including Extreme) by 22% and Xenon chips by 10%. AMD reduced its prices even more aggressively, with Athlon 64 X2 ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 01 December 2008

    ... launch 45nm CPUs under its Athlon brand, which does not include the L3 Cache feature. More here at Digitimes.  ...

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

    Opinion - I have been very surprised reading the commentary from other websites regarding Core i7. Many of those authors believe Intel fell short with this Tock cycle, essentially stating they did 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

    ... we are not talking about netbooks, but about notebooks here.      Following a $298 desktop PC with AMD’s Athlon 2650e processor, the chip is now also available in a notebook for $430. ...

25. HP announces green PCs Pavilion Verde and Phoenix

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 20 October 2008

    ... dual-layer DVD burner that. The Verde Special Edition includes an Athlon X2 4850e dual-core processor (2.5 GHz) and a 500GB hard drive. The Phoenix model runs on a Phenom X4 9150e quad-core CPU (1.8 GHz) ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 13 October 2008

    ... two PCs that use AMD’s Athlon 2650e (single-core processor). This CPU is a trimmed down version of its Athlon processors that targets “ultra value clients” – essentially what is targeted by Intel’s Atom ...

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

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 07 October 2008

    ... the foundation for the K7 manufacturing process. 1999: AMD debuts the Athlon (K7) microprocessor. The processor was designed by a former DEC team led by Dirk Meyer who was one of lead DEC Alpha engineers ...

28. Intel quietly launches dual-core Atom processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 22 September 2008

    ... A presentation slide showed that AMD will be targeting “ultra value clients” (UVC) with 65 nm Athlon processors - the Athlon 2650e and the dual-core Athlon X2 3250e, which will be paired with the 740 chipset. ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 10 September 2008

    ... leaves the entire field to Intel. Well, sort of. According to slides published on CHW.net, AMD is target what it calls the “ultra value client” (UVC) segment with two 65 nm Athlon processors. The company ...

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

    ... the CPU is about 25% cheaper than the least expensive 65 nm E4000 series chip (the 2.2 GHz E4500 lists for $113). Pricewise, the E5200 is aligned with AMD’s Athlon X2 6000+ ($112). For the entry-level ...

32. Can AMD survive another Core 2 Duo?

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Friday, 15 August 2008

    ... touch the Opteron and Athlon X2 in terms of performance and power efficiency. We all know that Core 2 Duo and its derivates almost bankrupted AMD, stripping AMD of virtually all advantages and market gains ...

33. AMD has four new business Phenoms

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 14 August 2008

    ... to a total of 11 processors. The new models include the Phenom X4 9750B (2.4 GHz/95 watt), the Phenom X3 8750B (2.4 GHz/95watt), the Athlon X2 5600B (2.9 GHz/65 watt) and Athlon X2 4850B (2.5 GHz/45 watt) ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Thursday, 17 July 2008

    ... – a product which eventually turned into the Athlon 64 family of products that brought Intel down to its knees in 2005. Meyer’s position is similar, but a bit more challenging: The company’s balance sheet ...

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

    ... ATI Radeon 4850 and the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4850PE processor are one generation apart from each other. It would have been a special treat to see two 4850 processors in one system. But if numbers make you ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 11 June 2008

    ... Kuma processors (next-gen Athlon X2) as well as dual-core and quad-core Agena FX processors based on its triple- and quad-core designs. The cancellation of its dual-core chips apparently has been triggered ...

38. AMD has an ace up its sleeve

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 05 June 2008

    ... matches the clock speed of the Athlon X2 6400+ - the highest clocked processor AMD ever offerred. We have seen motherboards with 780G, 790FX and 790GX chipsets in ATX and mATX form factors, which all ...

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

    ... version.   The baseline “Experience” will call for at least an Athlon X2 5600+ CPU, an AMD 770 or Nvidia nForce 500 chipset as well as a discrete HD Radeon 3650 graphics card to enable 30 fps ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 27 April 2008

    ... will range from just over $300 to about $900. Prices for the new processors are $230 for the Phenom X4 9600B, $175 for the Phenom X3 8600B, $120 for the Athlon X2 5400B and $110 for the Athlon X2 5200B, ...

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

    ... systems with AMD’s Athlon X2 CPUs are overlapping into the quad-core price level and are, in some cases, actually more expensive than newer processors with more cores. At Best Buy, the AMD triple-core ...

46. AMD’s Chief Technology Officer resigns

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 11 April 2008

    ... teh „64-bit CTO“ and father of AMD's Athlon 64 processor. As chief technology officer, Hester reported to Dirk Meyer and was responsible for setting the architectural and product strategies as well as ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 25 March 2008

    ... bit confusing, which prompted us to compile a quick product list below:  Present 90nm Single-Core Sempron for Socket AM2 90nm Dual-Core Sempron for Socket AM2 65nm, 90nm Single-Core Athlon 64 for ...

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

    ... K8 architecture (Opteron/Athlon 64), which introduced the Integrated Memory Controller (IMC) and Direct Connect Bus (HyperTransport), which provides offers a complex design that, in theory, represents ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Saturday, 16 February 2008

    ... hood. Code-named “Heineken”, the official names of these new computers will be OptiPlex 740 and 740 Enhanced. The OptiPlex 740 comes with either a single or a dual-core Athlon 64 and GeForce 6150LE ...