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AMD releases back-to-school dual-core Athlon
News AMD has released a new version of its dual-core desktop chip as the back-to-school buying season heats up. AMD will also cut processor prices on Monday, a spokeswoman said. In the second quarter, processor sales at AMD increased by 38 per cent over...
1 August 2005, 9:17 > More matches in News
AMD's share of PC market soars
News Market-share figures released by Current Analysis on Wednesday show that Intel lost significant PC market share to AMD in the US retail sector in the fourth quarter. Intel executives said on Tuesday that they expected to have lost about one point...
19 January 2006, 9:41 > More matches in News
AMD to splash out $5.4bn on ATI
News AMD on Monday announced a deal to acquire graphics chipmaker ATI Technologies for $5.4bn, a move intended to increase AMD's mobile computing and consumer electronics capabilities and help it battle archrival Intel.
25 July 2006, 8:53 > More matches in News
AMD cuts prices on many chips
News AMD cut the prices on a wide variety of processors on Monday as it gears up for back-to-school buying. The new prices can be found on AMD's Web site. Years ago, setting pricing was easy for AMD. The company would obtain a copy of Intel's new price...
2 August 2005, 9:00 > More matches in News
AMD seeks to jump-start software changes
News AMD has released a program called SimNow that simulates its next-generation chips, a move to try to speed up the development of software that supports upcoming features. AMD announced the simulator on Tuesday at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo.
10 August 2005, 9:39 > More matches in News
AMD edges Intel in early dual-core benchmarks
News AMD was second in coming to market with a dual-core desktop chip, but it's first in benchmark scores, according to chip-testing Web sites. In multitasking tests, however, the Intel chips often edged out the equivalent AMD processors.
2 June 2005, 8:39 > More matches in News
AMD 4000+ chip to provide thrust to jumbo laptops
News AMD has released a new set of mobile processors designed for consumer laptops it hopes will sell well enough to take a chunk out of Intel's Centrino empire. The company said its Mobile AMD Athlon 64 processor 4000+ is meant for full-size laptop...
17 August 2005, 9:53 > More matches in News
AMD blasts off Quad for PC gamers
News But AMD is betting that hardcore gamers won't care about the architecture used to build its new Quad FX Platform. AMD was expected to launch the new product, formerly known as '4x4', on Thursday via a motherboard built by Asustek.
30 November 2006, 9:19 > More matches in News
AMD targets living room with new PC
News AMD has created a prototype PC designed to go in the living room, a place where several companies have tried to go before but almost none has succeeded. Credit: AMD They won't look like PCs," said Joe Menard, corporate vice president of consumer...
17 November 2006, 11:17 > More matches in News
AMD ups ante against Intel with new factory
News For years, AMD has dreamed of nabbing 30 per cent of the market share for PC microprocessors. In terms of manufacturing, AMD has typically done better than most other chipmakers, according to Dan Hutcheson, CEO of VLSI Research, one of the chief...
14 October 2005, 10:12 > More matches in News
AMD puts 'Live' up against Intel's Viiv
News If you have excessive facial hair and only wear pre-1990 band tour t-shirts, AMD has the computer for you. Live PCs will come with 7.1 surround-sound capabilities, for instance, said Hal Speed, a marketing architect for AMD.
4 January 2006, 9:38 > More matches in News
AMD focuses on 'x86 everywhere'
News With some wind in its sails thanks to the popularity of its Opteron and Athlon microprocessors, AMD is committed more than ever to the future of the x86 computer-chip platform, CEO Hector Ruiz said. AMD won't make big changes to x86, "but we will...
13 June 2005, 8:35 > More matches in News
News.blog: AMD revs up PC gaming
News AMD on Thursday announced a new setup for PC gamers that combines two dual-core processors and two graphics processors, which should keep plenty of processing power supplied to even the most demanding games.
2 June 2006, 10:03 > More matches in News
AMD releases chip for gadgets
News The Geode NX, meanwhile, derives more from the Athlon line created at AMD. These chips are used in the Personal Internet Communicator promoted by AMD in India. AMD, meanwhile, earlier released the Geode NX line.
23 May 2005, 8:35 > More matches in News
AMD to go quad-core with Phenom
News AMD says its badly needed quad-core desktop processors are on the way, and they'll arrive bearing a new name. Later this year, AMD will unveil its Phenom processors in quad-core and dual-core iterations.
14 May 2007, 8:49 > More matches in News
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