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Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion as companies end litigation war; Is it a new chip era?

Inhell got off cheaplyProbably AMD needed the cash now because it would have gotten a lot more in a trial.This is good news for computer usersGood news all around. The cross licensing will allow advancements with a minimum of lawyer intervention.Won't matter, AMD is toastThey haven't produced a CPU worth...

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, litigation, phenom, amd, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., chip

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

AMD Istanbul Field Upgrade

ZDNet Jason Perlow field upgrades his 2P Opteron Quad core system to Opteron Six-core using AMD's lastest Istanbul server processor. by Jason Perlow

Tags: Jason Perlow, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, AMD, Istanbul

Image galleries 2009-05-30

Phenom II

Phenom II slide gallery by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, amd, phenom, x4

Image galleries 2009-01-08

Gallery: AMD demos 'Shanghai'

AMD held a demonstration of its new quad-core, 45nm Opteron processor, Shanghai, on Wednesday at a datacenter belonging to the second largest ISP in Europe, Strato, in Berlin. by Andy Smith

Tags: Shanghai, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Data Centers, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Processors, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Semiconductors, Components, Andy Smith, AMD, server, Operteron

Image galleries 2008-11-17

ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series

Today AMD has announced the ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series of mainstream graphics cards priced at well under $100. These are described as being able to deliver exceptional gaming and HD multimedia performance while consuming less power than a standard light bulb. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: ATI Radeon, ATI Technologies Inc., Video Cards, Games, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, amd, ati, radeon, 4600, 4650, 4670

Image galleries 2008-09-10

Hardware 2.0 Best Kit List for Aug/Sep 08

OK, it's time once again for The Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Aug/Sep 08. Here I've put together a list of the best high-end and mid-range components currently available, with some decent budget parts listed too, along with a few honorable mentions. So if you're thinking of buying, building...

Tags: Hardware, List, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, cpu, gpu, nvidia, ati, intel, amd, wd, velociraptor

Image galleries 2008-07-25

Gallery: AMD launches Phenom chips

AMD launches new triple-core and quad-core Phenom processors which are chips for the high-end power player and the home theater enthusiast. by Andy Smith

Tags: chips, AMD, processors, home theater

Image galleries 2008-03-27

Catalyst 8.3 graphics drivers

Taking a look at the new Catalyst 8.3 drivers from AMD/ATi. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: amd, ati, catalyst, drivers, radeon, graphics, video, gaming

Image galleries 2008-03-11

AMD's Spider platform

Hands-on with the AMD Spider - Phenom 9700, 790 chipset and Radeon 3850 graphics by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chipsets, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, screenshots, AMD, phenom, 790, radeon, ATi, spider

Image galleries 2008-01-10

AMD breaks out the heavy equipment to build its next-generation of chips

Data is not unlike dirt. It’s pretty much ubiquitous, but difficult to move by hand and even harder to store in anything other than a big pile. But AMD’s got some new equipment coming out of its garage to meet that challenge. The chipmaker has on its drawing board Bulldozer...

Tags: semiconductors, PC graphics, multicore processors, Intel, AMD

Blog posts 2007-07-26

Photo: AMD execs at work

21st century knowledge workersAMD execs catching up on email or surfing the Web waiting for the press Q&A to start: Phil Hester, senior vice president and CTO; Henri Richard, executive vice president and chief sales and marketing officer; and Doug Grose, senior vice president for manufacturing and supply chain...

Tags: AMD

Blog posts 2007-07-26

Barcelona will give AMD the upper hand in quad core

With Barcelona, AMD will regain performance leadership and will be able to control pricing for a while, versus Intel, which has been hammering AMD on pricing at the low end processor segment, said industry analyst Nathan Brookwood of Insight 64."It looks like AMD is trying to match Intel in terms...

Tags: AMD

Blog posts 2007-07-26

AMD details roadmap beyond Barcelona

AMD executives are holding court at the company's Sunnyvale, CA headaquarters before an audience of press and analysts. Of late, AMD has been taking some belly punches as arch rival Intel has gained momentum. Last quarter, AMD posted its third quarterly loss in a row, with a loss of $600...

Tags: AMD

Blog posts 2007-07-26

AMD thinks Green

AMD has announced new goals designed to lessen its impact on the environmental. The chipmaker is pledging to further reduce its emissions of so-called greenhouse gasses, such as carbon dioxide, as part of its 2007 Global Climate Protection Plan, unveiled today. Since 2001, AMD says it has reduced its greenhouse...

Tags: semiconductors, Power conservation, Intel, Energy efficiency, AMD

Blog posts 2007-07-24

AMD 690G versus Intel G965 PC shootout

The integrated graphics market is one of the least glamorous platforms in desktop computing, but it is probably one of the most important since 90% of the PC market is dominated by integrated graphics.  Not only is the chipset itself a valuable price to AMD and Intel, but the chipset...

Tags: Vista, Intel, Energy efficiency, Processors, Servers, Desktop, Consumer electronics, Storage, Microsoft, Hardware, Fun Stuff, Apple, AMD

Blog posts 2007-07-24

AMD losing money like its going out of fashion

Another quarter and AMD loses another chunk of change - $600 million to be exact.This latest $600 million loss (amounting to $1.09 a share) comes after two previous quarters of loss - $574 million during Q4 2006 and $611 million for Q1 2007.  Sales rose but revenues slumped due to...

Tags: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD, Intel Corp.

Blog posts 2007-07-20

AMD: Is it getting off the carpet after Intel knockdown?

Advanced Micro Devices may have just weathered Intel's best shot. The big question is what happens next. After Intel's second quarter results, which were solid but revealed some wounds from lower chip prices, it was clear that AMD's financials would be a train wreck. And they were. AMD lost $600...

Tags: Intel, Hardware Infrastructure, General, AMD

Blog posts 2007-07-20

Intel: Penryn at the ready?

Some signs are pointing to an effort by Intel attempting to bring out its 45-nanometer Penryn processors during the fourth quarter. (And no, I’m not just messing around with the office's Magic 8 Ball.)Normally, when Intel is planning to introduce a processor early in the coming year, it Intel begins...

Tags: Uncategorized, semiconductors, quad-core processors, multicore processors, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Desktops, Dell, AMD

Blog posts 2007-07-19

Intel quarter hints at AMD trainwreck

Following Intel's decent--but not good enough to make Wall Street happy--second quarter it seems to be a good bet that AMD's financial results will be a debacle.We'll know Thursday when AMD reports its second quarter earnings, but Intel is willing to suffer self-inflicted wounds on the chip pricing front. And...

Tags: Intel, Hardware Infrastructure, General, AMD

Blog posts 2007-07-18

Intel: Solid quarter; cuts capital spending; hit on chip pricing

Intel delivered a solid second quarter Tuesday with net income of $1.3 billion, or 22 cents a share, on revenue of $8.7 billion. That net income figure included tax gains that boosted earnings by 3 cents a share. According to Thomson Financial, Intel was expected to report earnings of 19...

Tags: Intel, Hardware Infrastructure, General, AMD

Blog posts 2007-07-17