AMD aims to make multi-core software faster
AMD is announcing plans to extend its CPU instruction set to make it easier for software developers to exploit the power of multi-core processors when building applications.
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Making sense of AMD's processor road map
AMD has given 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.
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AMD unveils quad-core plans
Executives at Advanced Micro Devices Inc. are pursuing a new strategy to combine CPUs and graphics processors into one unit and put them into everything from workstations to HDTVs to wireless phones.
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AMD talks up quad-core chip for workstations
AMD is getting ready to launch Barcelona, its first quad-core and workstation server chip.
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AMD and Intel play nice on graphics
Advanced Micro Devices will continue to supply ATI graphics chips for PCs based on Intel microprocessors despite the fierce competition between the two companies, AMD's chief technology officer said in an interview.
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AMD pumps PC content to TV screens
Claiming it has forged a new link for consumers who want to connect their TVs and PCs, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) announced Wednesday at Cebit it has designed a mix of technologies that solve the perennial challenge of converging the computer and the television.
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AMD speeds up desktop processors
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has pumped up the performance of its Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor and cooled down two single-core Athlon 64 processors.
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Analysis: desktop CPUs in 2007
What a difference a year makes. One year ago, we were dazed, dazzled, and beguiled by the arrival of dual-core processors. Offerings from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices had analysts, journalists, creative IT professionals and enthusiasts all gushing with praise for a bright new multitasking future.
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ATI loses ground after AMD purchase
ATI lost ground in every major graphics product category during the third quarter, and its acquisition by AMD is likely to blame, according to Jon Peddie Research.
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AMD completes ATI merger
Advanced Micro Devices plans to make chips integrating its x86 with a graphics processor on a single piece of silicon by early 2009. The announcement came as AMD completed its $5.4 billion merger with graphics chip manufacturer ATI Technologies on Wednesday.
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Intel rumoured to buy NVidia
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) may be moving fast to complete a planned acquisition of ATI Technologies -- offering $1.7 million in salary and bonuses to hire the graphics card vendor's chief executive officer, David Orton -- but it's the rumoured purchase of NVidia by rivial Intel that is generating an Internet buzz.
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AMD gets green light to buy ATI
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) said Wednesday it has gained approval from key US, Canadian and German antitrust regulators for its $5.4 billion plan to buy Canadian chipset developer ATI Technologies Inc.
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Opterons still losing out to Intel's 'Woodcrest'
AMD launched its Opteron line of processors for workstations and servers yesterday, but Digit's tests show that the dual-processor model is still significantly less powerful than Intel's latest rival Xeon chip. Using near-identical workstations from Armari, our tests show that the 'Woodcrest' Xeon 5100 can be up to 35 per cent faster than an equivalent 'Socket F' Opteron 2000.
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AMD Opteron 2000 vs Intel Xeon 5100 review
Yesterday, AMD released its latest generation of Opteron processors, the 'Socket F' 2000 line. We place them head-to-head with Intel's 'Woodcrest' Xeon 5100 to see which is best.
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AMD launches 'Rev F' Opteron chip
AMD has released a new version of its Opteron processor, the popular workstation chip that has made AMD a serious competitor of rival Intel.
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AMD 'to buy ATI for $5.4 billion'
AMD plans to buy graphics chip vendor ATI for $5.4 billion, The Wall Street Journal newspaper reported on Sunday. The deal could be announced later today, it said.
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AMD confirms ATI buy
AMD has agreed to buy Canadian graphics chip vendor ATI for about $5.4 billion in cash and stock, the companies have announced.
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AMD ups Opteron line of chips
AMD has added a new model to its dual-core 64-bit Opteron portfolio targeted at dual processor workstations, just five months after the initial launch of the dual-core Opteron last April. Hardware vendors announcing support for the chip included HP, who will offer the Opteron 280 in its xw9300 workstations designed for creative and scientific applications.
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AMD prepares software emulator
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is expected to release a software program Tuesday that will allow software developers to simulate the virtualization capabilities of AMD's forthcoming Pacifica technology before it appears in AMD's Opteron and Athlon 64 chips, according to a company executive.
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IBM extends PowerPC with dual-core, low-power chips
IBM unveiled two new PowerPC chips Thursday at an event in Tokyo, one month after its primary customer for those chips announced plans to switch to Intel's processors.