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Pirate Bay, AMD Chip Plans, Creative Capitalism
(News) This week our readers engage on a wide range of topics, from software piracy to capitalism.
(News) This week our readers engage on a wide range of topics, from software piracy to capitalism.
AMD introduces new Phenom chips
(News) Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday announced new Phenom chips, including quad-core chips and its first triple-core processors for desktop PCs.
(News) Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday announced new Phenom chips, including quad-core chips and its first triple-core processors for desktop PCs.
AMD Starts Shipping Triple-Core Phenom Processors
(News) Advanced Micro Devices has started shipping triple-core Phenom processors.
(News) Advanced Micro Devices has started shipping triple-core Phenom processors.
AMD's Fusion chip will be based on Phenom processor
(News) Advanced Micro Devices gave further details of its upcoming Fusion processor, saying it will be based on the design of a microprocessor used in the desktops currently shipping to enthusiast PC users such as gamers.
(News) Advanced Micro Devices gave further details of its upcoming Fusion processor, saying it will be based on the design of a microprocessor used in the desktops currently shipping to enthusiast PC users such as gamers.
First Tests: AMD's Phenom CPU Won't Scare Intel
(Reviews) AMD's new CPU has impressive technology but turns in disappointing performance. Can AMD remain competitive if its high-end processor isn't much faster than a year-old Intel CPU?
(Reviews) AMD's new CPU has impressive technology but turns in disappointing performance. Can AMD remain competitive if its high-end processor isn't much faster than a year-old Intel CPU?
Tracking AMD's Road to Recovery
(News) In 2007, AMD was plagued by rising debt, shrinking market share and mounting financial losses. What's in store for 2008?
(News) In 2007, AMD was plagued by rising debt, shrinking market share and mounting financial losses. What's in store for 2008?
AMD Gives Up on 2007, Aims Barcelona, Profitability for 2008
(News) Chipmaker delays general availability of some key products until early next year.
(News) Chipmaker delays general availability of some key products until early next year.
AMD outgrows R&D facility in India
(News) AMD has opened a second R&D center for its team of chip engineers based in Bangalore, India, having outgrown the first one in just three years.
(News) AMD has opened a second R&D center for its team of chip engineers based in Bangalore, India, having outgrown the first one in just three years.
AMD's New Spider Spins Multimedia
(News) Platform targets gamers, other video users with quad-core Pheom processors paired with graphics power.
(News) Platform targets gamers, other video users with quad-core Pheom processors paired with graphics power.
First Tests: AMD's New Phenom CPU Won't Scare Intel
(News) Our look at AMD's Spider desktop platform reveals impressive technology but disappointing results. Can AMD compete if its high-end chip is slower than a $230 Intel CPU?
(News) Our look at AMD's Spider desktop platform reveals impressive technology but disappointing results. Can AMD compete if its high-end chip is slower than a $230 Intel CPU?
AMD could bite Intel with cash infusion
(News) With Advanced Micro Devices on thin ice with severe pressure from chip rival Intel and four consecutive quarterly net losses, the cash infusion by an Abu Dhabi government investment arm could help the struggling chip maker remain competitive.
(News) With Advanced Micro Devices on thin ice with severe pressure from chip rival Intel and four consecutive quarterly net losses, the cash infusion by an Abu Dhabi government investment arm could help the struggling chip maker remain competitive.
Abu Dhabi firm takes $622 million stake in AMD
(News) AMD said Friday it has received a US$622 million investment from a unit of Mubadala Development Company, an investment company based in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
(News) AMD said Friday it has received a US$622 million investment from a unit of Mubadala Development Company, an investment company based in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Abu Dhabi firm takes $622M stake in AMD
(News) AMD said Friday it has received a US$622 million investment from a unit of Mubadala Development Company, an investment company based in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
(News) AMD said Friday it has received a US$622 million investment from a unit of Mubadala Development Company, an investment company based in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
AMD brings GPU technology to high-performance computing
(News) AMD is introducing a high-performance chip package that uses a technology commonly found in graphics processors, called parallelism, and applies it to general purpose computing, the company announced Thursday.
(News) AMD is introducing a high-performance chip package that uses a technology commonly found in graphics processors, called parallelism, and applies it to general purpose computing, the company announced Thursday.
Large order for AMD's Barcelona chip starts new Intel fight
(News) In the Presidio, a former U.S. Army base in San Francisco, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Monday is announcing delivery of its Barcelona quad-core processor. It's a historic setting, and one the company may use to remind its customers of its own history as an upstart.
(News) In the Presidio, a former U.S. Army base in San Francisco, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Monday is announcing delivery of its Barcelona quad-core processor. It's a historic setting, and one the company may use to remind its customers of its own history as an upstart.
AMD finally launches Barcelona server chip
(News) After months of delays, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s latest processor, a quad-core server chip called Barcelona, is at last expected to hit the market Monday.
(News) After months of delays, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s latest processor, a quad-core server chip called Barcelona, is at last expected to hit the market Monday.
AMD seeks server rebound with Barcelona
(News) Advanced Micro Devices Inc. hopes to seize a larger share of the server chip market from its rival Intel Corp. on Monday when it launches the Barcelona quad-core processor.
(News) Advanced Micro Devices Inc. hopes to seize a larger share of the server chip market from its rival Intel Corp. on Monday when it launches the Barcelona quad-core processor.
AMD proposes speedier x86 instructions for multimedia
(News) Advanced Micro Devices Inc. wants developers to start thinking about how they can speed up their software using new instructions that will appear in the company's processors from 2009. The additions could simplify the way developers code the iterative calculations used to shade graphics, render photos or add spatial effects to audio.
(News) Advanced Micro Devices Inc. wants developers to start thinking about how they can speed up their software using new instructions that will appear in the company's processors from 2009. The additions could simplify the way developers code the iterative calculations used to shade graphics, render photos or add spatial effects to audio.
Making sense of AMD's processor road map
(News) Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) Thursday gave journalists and analysts a peek at its road map of upcoming processors, including more details on the company's quad-core processors and plans for a family of server chips with 16 cores.
(News) Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) Thursday gave journalists and analysts a peek at its road map of upcoming processors, including more details on the company's quad-core processors and plans for a family of server chips with 16 cores.
Three Minutes: AMD on Barcelona
(News) Chipmaker exec describes upcoming launch of its first quad-core chip.
(News) Chipmaker exec describes upcoming launch of its first quad-core chip.
AMD keeps Barcelona specs under wraps
(News) Some of the first servers based on Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s (AMD's) upcoming Barcelona quad-core chip are on display at Computex, but details of the chips are being kept tightly under wraps.
(News) Some of the first servers based on Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s (AMD's) upcoming Barcelona quad-core chip are on display at Computex, but details of the chips are being kept tightly under wraps.
Toshiba to use AMD chip in entry-level laptop
(News) After a break of several years Toshiba Corp. is about to introduce a laptop computer powered by an Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) processor.
(News) After a break of several years Toshiba Corp. is about to introduce a laptop computer powered by an Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) processor.
AMD set to launch 'Phenom' desktop chip
(News) Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will make a quad-core chip for desktop PCs, replacing its venerable Athlon processor with the new "Phenom" design in an attempt to compete better with Intel Corp.
(News) Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will make a quad-core chip for desktop PCs, replacing its venerable Athlon processor with the new "Phenom" design in an attempt to compete better with Intel Corp.
AMD aims to pre-empt Intel's Santa Rosa launch
(News) Advanced Micro Systems Inc. introduced a new chipset for mobile computing on wireless networks Wednesday in an attempt to get ahead of similar news expected soon from rival Intel Corp.
(News) Advanced Micro Systems Inc. introduced a new chipset for mobile computing on wireless networks Wednesday in an attempt to get ahead of similar news expected soon from rival Intel Corp.
AMD Slashes Prices on High-End CPUs
(News) Advanced Micro Devices heats up price war with Intel, cuts prices on dual-core high-end CPUs--some now below $100.
(News) Advanced Micro Devices heats up price war with Intel, cuts prices on dual-core high-end CPUs--some now below $100.
AMD speeds up and cools down desktop processors
(News) Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) has pumped up the performance of its Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor and cooled down two single-core Athlon 64 processors.
(News) Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) has pumped up the performance of its Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor and cooled down two single-core Athlon 64 processors.
AMD Releases Mobile Graphics Technology for Licensing
(News) Swiss company is first to license AMD's mobile graphics technology, for use in chips for 3G mobile phones and PDAs.
(News) Swiss company is first to license AMD's mobile graphics technology, for use in chips for 3G mobile phones and PDAs.
AMD Hopes Quad-Core Server Chip Is Answer to Its Financial Woes
(News) Chipmaker will try to beat Intel with high performance instead of low prices.
(News) Chipmaker will try to beat Intel with high performance instead of low prices.
News In Brief
(News) AMD's Quad FX platform seeks to challenge Intel's quad-core chip; Sprint's Power Vision M610 cell phone, by Samsung, is the thinnest now available.
(News) AMD's Quad FX platform seeks to challenge Intel's quad-core chip; Sprint's Power Vision M610 cell phone, by Samsung, is the thinnest now available.
Dell Won't Fight AMD Request for Intel Documentation
(news) Dell Won't Fight AMD Request for Intel Documentation
(news) Dell Won't Fight AMD Request for Intel Documentation
HP Moves AMD Turion Processor Into Updated Laptops
(news) HP Moves AMD Turion Processor Into Updated Laptops
(news) HP Moves AMD Turion Processor Into Updated Laptops
HP's First AMD Turion-Based Notebook Helps Cancer Charity
(news) HP's First AMD Turion-Based Notebook Helps Cancer Charity
(news) HP's First AMD Turion-Based Notebook Helps Cancer Charity
First Tests: AMD's Dual-Core Chip Delivers Real Power Boost
(news) First Tests: AMD's Dual-Core Chip Delivers Real Power Boost
(news) First Tests: AMD's Dual-Core Chip Delivers Real Power Boost
AMD to Ship Dual-Core Athlon 64 Chip by Year's End
(news) AMD to Ship Dual-Core Athlon 64 Chip by Year's End
(news) AMD to Ship Dual-Core Athlon 64 Chip by Year's End
IBM, AMD Work to Shrink Chips
(news) Extended collaboration could result in chips built on 32-nanometer technology.
(news) Extended collaboration could result in chips built on 32-nanometer technology.
AMD Unveils Low-Cost Processors
(news) New Sempron chips target budget buyers, but leave out 64-bit compatibility.
(news) New Sempron chips target budget buyers, but leave out 64-bit compatibility.
AMD Keeps Its Value Crown
(news) New Athlon XP 3200+ gets a faster 400-MHz bus and is still a good deal.
(news) New Athlon XP 3200+ gets a faster 400-MHz bus and is still a good deal.
Is AMD Slipping?
(news) Price and power long gave Athlon the edge, but performance-minded PC buyers are turning to the P4.
(news) Price and power long gave Athlon the edge, but performance-minded PC buyers are turning to the P4.