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AMD Picks Former Lenovo COO As New Boss
AMD has finally appointed a new boss, eight months after the board forced Dirk Meyer to resign
AMD To Focus On Tablets Over Smartphones
Chipmaker AMD is reportedly focusing its mobile ambitions on tablets rather than smartphones
AMD Offers Up Fusion SDK For Developers
AMD is offering developers a SDK in order to the exploit the capabilities of its Fusion processors
Project Aims To Use Renewable Energy For DC PODs
AMD and HP are joining a New York agency and university to investigate wind and solar power for data centres
AMD Grows At Intel Expense Thanks To Fusion Chips
AMD's market share of the x86 space rose almost two points, although Intel still dominates the sector
Chip Market Grows But IDC Warns Of Economy Fears
New chips from Intel and AMD are driving semiconductor demand but IDC is worried about the economy
Sales Dip But AMD’s Fusion Ramp Grows Profits
AMD's Fusion initiative helped it swing to a $61 million profit though overall sales fell five percent last quarter
Quad-Core Chips To Reach Half Of Notebooks By 2015
Quad-core chips will appear in 49 percent of notebooks by 2015 according to a new report
AMD Leak Reveals Hondo Tablet Chip
Leaked AMD marketing slides show the company’s ‘roadmap’ for Fusion APUs for tablets to coincide with Windows 8
AMD Launches First APU For Desktop PCs
AMD rolls out the Fusion A-Series, its first APU's for desktop users looking for a high-end graphics experience
AMD Chips To Offer Power-Capping Technology
Opteron chips with the "Bulldozer" core will allow power reduction without impacting performance
AMD Llano Platform Arrives In New HP Machines
AMD has officially launched its “Llano” platform, its Fusion A-Series accelerated processing units
AMD Officially Unveils Tablet Chips
At Computex 2011 AMD announced the Z-Series chips, aimed at the Windows tablet market
AMD Preps Chips For Tablet Devices
AMD is reportedly developing a CPU that is aimed squarely at the burgeoning tablet market
AMD, Nvidia Chips To Feature In Cray Supercomputer
AMD’s 16-core 'Interlagos' Opteron chip and Nvidia’s Tesla 20-Series GPU will feature in Cray’s XK6 supercomputer
HP And Dell Unveil GPU-Powered HPC Servers
Upcoming HP and Dell servers highlight growing interest in graphics processors for high performance systems
New Apple iMacs Feature Thunderbolt And Sandy Bridge
Apple has updated its iMac range to include Intel's Thunderbolt I/O and next-generation Intel chips
AMD Refutes ARM Speculation With x86 Pledge
AMD plans to stick with its x86 chips as it moves into tablets, dashing rumours of an ARM licensing deal
Chip Giants Look To Tablets, Smartphones For Growth
As the PC market slows, Intel and AMD are about to take on ARM in the booming market for mobile devices
Intel’s Oak Trail Processor Wrestles ARM In Tablets
Intel's Atom Z670 processors are thin and efficient, but most importantly they can run Windows on tablets
Report Finds Disappointing ‘Sandy Bridge’ Sales
Intel's 'Sandy Bridge' processors are not stimulating laptop sales as much as expected, after a chipset design flaw
AMD Aims Its Enterprise Chips At The Cloud
The trend toward cloud computing and virtualisation dovetails with AMD's enterprise strategy, according to Vladimir Rozanovich
Graphics-Enabled Processor Demand Rising Rapidly
IHS iSuppli says half of all notebooks and 45 percent of desktops will ship with graphics-enabled CPUs in 2011
IDC Sees Slowing Growth Of PC Processor Shipments
IDC has reported a slowdown in PC processor shipments in Q4, but Intel still leads the market
Acer Looks To Reboot Its Server Line
Acer wants to build on its PC success with a new line of Intel- and AMD-based server and storage devices
Interim AMD Boss Eyes Tablet Push, Not Smartphones
The interim boss of AMD has denied plans to enter the smartphone space but has admitted tablet intentions
Dell Builds New Opterons Into PowerEdge C6145
Dell has used AMD's new Opteron chips in the 96-core PowerEdge C6145 server
Two More Executives Quit AMD
AMD, already searching for a new CEO, is now losing COO Robert Rivet and strategist Marty Seyer
AMD Eyes Tablets But Focus Remains Its PC Business
While AMD admits to eyeing-up the tablet space, the company's focus is to deliver on current promises