AMD plots earlier Phenom II support for DDR3 memory
Advanced Micro Devices could bring DDR3 memory support to Phenom II desktops earlier than it had projected, the company said on Monday.
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AMD pushes out three more triple-core chips
Advanced Micro Devices Monday unveiled more triple-core processors, adding to several models released earlier this year.
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AMD aims high-end graphics cards at Nvidia
Advanced Micro Devices Tuesday unveiled a graphics card, the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2, that is widely expected to outperform rival Nvidia's top-end graphics card, the GeForce GTX 280.
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AMD takes on Intel with its own low-power chip
Advanced Micro Devices is developing a low-power processor for mobile devices and sub-notebooks, the company confirmed Friday, quashing months of speculation that it had abandoned the project.
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AMD goes Hollywood with new graphics chips
Imagine turning a movie into a game instantly, with the audience driving storytelling by defining the character. Advanced Micro Devices wants to make that possible in the future, with the company releasing new graphics chips that allow moviemakers and game developers to render three-dimensional images in real time.
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AMD lets cat out of bag with Puma launch
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will uncage its Puma laptop chip platform at events in Taipei and Paris on Wednesday. It's the first new laptop platform the microprocessor manufacturer has developed since it acquired graphics chip specialist ATI -- and perhaps the last such platform in which central processor and graphics processor will be separate components.
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AMD releases 3 new triple-core Phenom processors
Continuing its recent new product push, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Wednesday released three new triple-core Phenom processors.
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AMD releases two energy-efficient Athlon chips
Advanced Micro Devices, Monday released two more 45-watt, energy-efficient Athlon desktop processors.
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AMD starts shipping triple-core Phenom processors
Advanced Micro Devices on Wednesday said it has started shipping triple-core Phenom processors, bringing desktops with the chip closer to release.
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AMD launches 780 chipset for Puma, Cartwheel
Advanced Micro Devices took a step closer to the introduction of its upcoming Cartwheel and Puma chip packages with the introduction of its 780 series chipset at the Cebit exhibition in Hanover, Germany.
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AMD unveils new graphics chip set
Advanced Micro Devices is announcing a new graphics chip set at the CeBIT conference in Germany Tuesday.
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Intel plans dual-core version of Diamondville
Intel's low-power processor, code-named Diamondville, will initially be available as a single-core processor, but the company is planning a dual-core version, said a source familiar with Intel's plans.
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AMD releases dual-processor graphics card
AMD has introduced a high-end graphics card whose core will also be part of its next-generation Fusion processors.
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AMD's Fusion chip will be based on Phenom processor
AMD 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.
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AMD delays 2 Phenom chips, moves up energy-saving quad-core
Advanced Micro Devices is pushing back the release of two Phenom processors just as it speeds up the release of what it's calling an energy-efficient quad-core chip.
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CES: AMD lights Puma platform up with hybrid graphics
Advanced Micro Devices on Monday provided further details about its next-generation Puma platform for notebook PCs, which is designed to maximize battery life while meeting the heavy graphics performance demanded by the Windows Vista OS.
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First look: AMD's Phenom chip
AMD's new Phenom processors and Spider platform for desktop systems incorporate some impressive steps forward for the chip maker. The chips, which are made using a 65nm manufacturing process, feature both a native quad-core design and enhanced power-management technology. But when we ran a Phenom- and Spider-based computer through our lab, the results revealed that AMD still has a lot of work to do.
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Analysis: how AMD will use investment to catch up with Intel
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.
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AMD charged with exposing worker to hazardous chemicals
A former employee has sued AMD in the US for allegedly exposing her to chemicals that caused severe birth defects in her son.
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Analysts weigh in on AMD, ATI merger
Worldwide lawsuits against Intel and four straight quarterly losses have distracted AMD during its integration of ATI Technologies, but the merger remains on track, according to industry analysts.