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AMD hits 1GHz mark for budget laptops

The chipmaker unveils a 1GHz mobile Duron processor, and Compaq taps the chip for a Presario 700 laptop PC priced as low as $899. Advanced Micro Devices has broken the 1GHz mark for low-priced notebooks. The Sunnyvale, Calif., chipmaker on Monday announced a new 1GHz...

Tags: Notebook, Mobile, AMD Duron, AMD Athlon, AMD Athlon 4, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Laptop Computer, Chip, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, ZDNN Staff

News items 2001-12-17

AMD to chip away at mobile market

Advanced Micro Devices plans to pick up speed in the mobile market with its latest announcement of two new microprocessors--an inexpensive Duron and a more-powerful Athlon 4. Advanced Micro Devices on Monday launched the first play in its new game plan to gain ground in the notebook market....

Tags: Mobile, AMD Duron, AMD Athlon, AMD Athlon 4, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, Processors, Advertising & Promotion, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Marketing, John G. Spooner

News items 2001-11-12

AMD's Duron to hit 1GHz; Athlons upgraded

Later this quarter, AMD says it will push its budget-conscious Duron chips past the 1-gigahertz barrier. Plus, new power-saving 1.1GHz Athlon 4 and a 900MHz Duron notebook chips are now available. Advanced Micro Devices on Monday gave its Athlon 4 and Duron chips...

Tags: AMD Duron, AMD Athlon, AMD Athlon 4, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, Morgan, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, ZDNN Staff

News items 2001-08-20

HP: First laptop with Athlon chip coming

The PC maker will unveil its long-awaited Athlon 4 Pavilion notebook later this month, say sources. It's a vote for chip maker Advanced Micro Devices. Hewlett-Packard will soon announce its first notebook based on Advanced Micro Devices' Athlon processor, according to...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., AMD Duron, AMD Athlon, AMD Athlon 4, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Laptop Computer, Chip, Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, ZDNN Staff, Technology News

News items 2001-06-21

New NEC laptops to pack Athlon 4 chips

The PC maker gives Advanced Micro Devices' latest mobile processor a vote of confidence by using it in a new line of notebooks-the LaVie G series-set to debut in Japan. Advanced Micro Devices' new Athlon 4 mobile processor has received a boost from PC maker NEC....

Tags: Mobile, AMD Duron, AMD Athlon, AMD Athlon 4, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., NEC Corp., Laptop Computer, Chip, Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, ZDNN Staff, Technology News

News items 2001-05-23

AMD revs mobile chips up to 1GHz

Advanced Micro Devices announces its new 1GHz mobile chip, the Athlon 4, and says Compaq will be the first PC maker to offer it in a notebook.   ...

Tags: Mobile Chip, Mobile, AMD Athlon, Intel Pentium, AMD Athlon 4, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Chip, Processor Brand Name, Processors, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Components, Networking, Michael Kanellos, Technology News

News items 2001-05-14

AMD dubs new chip Athlon 4

Advanced Micro Devices takes a page from rival Pentium's book and is calling its new chip the Athlon 4. It's one of many branding shenanigans aimed at gaining market share. Forget the Athlon 2 or 3. Advanced Micro Devices is going to call its next...

Tags: AMD Athlon, Intel Pentium, AMD Athlon 4, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Chip, Processor Brand Name, Processors, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Components, Networking, ZDNN Staff, Technology News

News items 2001-05-09

Additional Resources

AMD turbo boosts Flash Player 10.1 with ATI Stream technology

AMD seems to be the more viable choice nowThey certainly have improved their offerings over Intel and NVIDIA, which both seem to be up in the air at the moment. Intel isn't focused on offering good mainstream performance for the dollar - they're only working on Atom and the...

Tags: Chipsets, Processors, Semiconductors, Macromedia Flash Player, NVidia Corp., Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATI Technologies Inc., AMD 785G, GPU, AMD Athlon, chipset

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Gateway NV5207u

The Gateway NV5207u is what happens when a slow processor happens to an otherwise respectable budget-priced laptop. It's a good-looking notebook with a large screen, a decent port assortment, and a couple of extra features to sweeten the deal. But its AMD processor is a poor performer despite being dual...

Tags: Processors, Gateway Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., processor

Product reviews 2009-11-05

Asus Eee Top ET2002

Nvidia wants us to tell you that its GeForce 9400M graphics chip, aka Nvidia's Ion technology, pulls Asus' Eee Top ET2002 up from the depths of Nettop misery by imparting it with better-than-terrible graphics and video processing. We agree that the 9400 chip improves the ET2002's visual chops, but a...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Games, Semiconductors, Keyboards, Video cards, Game players, nettop, chip, game, HDMI, ASUS, graphics

Product reviews 2009-10-20

AMD rolls out 8 new Athlon CPUs in time for Windows 7

Too littleI've bought AMD CPUs in the past, but they lost their edge with Intel's release of Core 2. AMD has yet to recover. I just don't see myself going AMD to save $50. Frankly, $100 won't move me when I consider I will keep a new...

Tags: Processors, CPU, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Intel Core i5, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., processor, Core i5, Intel Corp., AMD Athlon

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Will Windows 7 have the right touch?

The touch interface has arrived on smartphones, thanks largely to the iPhone. But it hasn't found much mainstream success on the PC despite years of trying. The imminent arrival of Windows 7, which has multi-touch support built-in, and a separate Touch Pack with sample apps and games, has rekindled interest...

Tags: John Morris

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Averatec D1133 All-In-One

Does a certain price make a nonmobile computer a Nettop? How about a particular CPU or case design? The Averatec D1133 All-In-One blurs the lines. Its low price and relatively slow performance make an argument for calling it a Nettop. But even though it's slow by conventional PC standards, thanks...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Monitors & displays, Averatec Inc., nettop

Product reviews 2009-09-30

MSI X340 might be the best laptop you've never heard of

Glossy LCD? No thanksA Lenovo X300 from the Lenovo Outlet for about $1100 seems to be the best deal to me. For an extra $400 beyond the MSI you get a fast SSD, higher resolution non-glossy display though the viewing angle and contrast is rather disappointing, a second processing core,...

Tags: Notebooks, MSI web site, MSI, laptop computer, MSI X340

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Lenovo C300-3012 (Atom 230 1.6GHz, 4GB RAM, 640GB HDD, Vista Home Premium)

If we to adopt a relativist approach and consider Nettops apart from the larger desktop market, we might actually recommend the $549 Lenovo C300. It includes an uncommonly large 20-inch wide-screen display and performs better than many of its peers because of a slightly faster Intel Atom CPU. Standing in...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Wi-Fi, Desktops, hard drive, Lenovo Group Ltd., Lenovo C300

Product reviews 2009-09-23

Quad-core CPU for $99 ... from AMD

The Athlon II X2 comes with 1MB...L2 per core. It's too bad they didn't use 1MB per core for the X4.2M divided by 4 is 512KNope, it comes with 2MB of L2, divided by 4 cores gives us 512K per core.Adrian has it right.BradDid you read his Post?He said "Too...

Tags: Network technology, money saving, quad-core CPU, Adrian, DDR3, motherboard, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., chip, HyperTransport, DDR3 RAM, CPU

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

The choices for thin, low-cost ULV laptops expand

Just when I was starting to wonder what happened to all those ultra-low voltage ULV laptops, computer makers opened the flood gates. These laptops, which are thinner, lighter and less costly than mainstream notebooks, are now available in a range of display sizes, including some models with 11.6-inch displays that...

Tags: Hard Drive, Battery, Acer Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Intel Corp., MSI, Aspire 1410, IdeaPad U450p, X600, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-09-01

$299 laptop specials keep back-to-school shoppers happy; would you buy over a Netbook?

This will only drive down the cost of netbooksSo laptops drop to $299, netbooks will drop to $199. Or less. This is really a bad news trend for MS. As hardware prices drop, Windows becomes a higher percentage of the unit cost. When it comes to...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, netbook, laptop computer, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

Why not all 12-inch netbooks are the same

I've been skeptical of 12-inch netbooks, especially as prices for real notebooks continue to fall fast. At that size, netbooks start to run up against laptops, so it's no surprise that the PC industry is feeling its way. Acer has been selling an 11.6-inch model since May, but Asus has...

Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd., Netbook, Intel Corp., IdeaPad S12, Aspire, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-08-10

HP rolls out more Compaq budget laptops

Laptop unit sales have been better than the dire predictions, but buyers are clearly choosing cheap notebooks. Lately HP has been making good use of its Compaq brand to meet this demand for budget netbooks and notebooks. Verizon has been offering new FiOS customers a free...

Tags: DVD-drive, Hewlett-Packard Co., Memory, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-08-04