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- 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
- 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
- Transmeta investment could be a benefit in the LongRun
- What's AMD doing investing in Transmeta? Given its focus on cost-savings of late, AMD could be thinking that spending $7.5 million with Transmeta, now, could possibly help save many millions in research and development in the future. Here's why: Transmeta may be best known for making low-power chips. But...
- Tags: semiconductors, Power conservation, multicore processors, AMD
- Blog posts 2007-07-09
- Where for at thou, Barcelona?
- June is nearly over and it's appearing more and more like Advanced Micro Devices will not deliver its much anticipated both in this blog and elsewhere quad-core Barcelona chip this month. Several sites are now reporting a September launch date. TGDaily, for one, is reporting a September launch date. Here's...
- Tags: Servers, semiconductors, quad-core processors, multicore processors, Intel, Desktops, AMD
- Blog posts 2007-06-29
- Dell makes it official with Wal-Mart
- Wal-Mart has begun selling Dell desktops. It appears it might not be too long before Dell notebooks join them in stores, either. (Where else can you get buy a package of frozen hamburgers and a computer in the same location? At least inside the U.S. Elsewhere, it's not uncommon for...
- Tags: semiconductors, notebooks, multicore processors, Intel, Desktops, Dell, AMD
- Blog posts 2007-06-11
- AMD and Intel: It takes a platform
- There's a story behind the story of AMD's Puma notebook PC platform, unveiled today. It's about behind-the-scenes collaboration. After hearing about Puma's development first hand, I believe that on both engineering and marketing levels, AMD has begun reshaping its approach to the PC market by taking advantage of the ability...
- Tags: AMD, Intel, multicore processors, notebooks, Nvidia, Power conservation, semiconductors, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-05-18
- AMD's new chip a Phenom
- Why is AMD changing the name of its high-end desktop processor line from Athlon to Phenom? It’s a metaphor for the companys expectations for the chips, due out later this year. AMD is aiming for its Phenom to be just that; a marvel of performance and unit sales, representing a...
- Tags: dual-core processors, Desktops, AMD, multicore processors, semiconductors, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
- AMD's Barcelona summer
- If I was to make a top ten list for the most anticipated processors of 2007, I think that AMD’s Barcelona quad-core Opteron chip would top it. An AMD marketing person might say the chip is the most anticipated processor of 2007. Whether it’s the processor wars, AMD executives...
- Tags: Uncategorized, Servers, semiconductors, quad-core processors, multicore processors, Intel, Data centers, AMD
- Blog posts 2007-05-08
- What's the plan, Hector?
- Intel and AMD have unveiled their latest plans for the future. AMD’s aim is to return to profitability, the company’s top executives told its shareholders at a meeting held yesterday. The company is looking to its quad-core Barcelona Opteron chip, due this summer, to help it become more competitive...
- Tags: Uncategorized, semiconductors, notebooks, multicore processors, Intel, Desktops, AMD
- Blog posts 2007-05-04
- AMD's hired guns
- Here’s another thing to consider when evaluating AMD’s current position in the market: Outsourcing. AMD’s top executive, Hector Ruiz, hinted about a potential new directing for the chipmaker during its earnings call on April 19. (You can view the transcript courtesy of SeekingAlpha, here.) Ruiz indicated AMD was exploring...
- Tags: Uncategorized, Servers, semiconductors, notebooks, multicore processors, Desktops, AMD
- Blog posts 2007-05-02
- Who is worth more, you or AMD?
- Im not sure how affluent ChipLand readers are. But I assume you are well off, since you can afford a computer and some form of Internet access. But, according to News.coms Michael Kanellos, its possible that youve made more money in your career than AMD has in its lifetime. Mr....
- Tags: Uncategorized, Servers, semiconductors, quad-core processors, multicore processors, Intel, dual-core processors, Desktops, AMD
- Blog posts 2007-04-23
- Not your father's Intel Architecture
- Intel is using this weeks Intel Developer Forum in Beijing to show the new direction in which it is taking its processors. The chipmaker has begun to shift away from designing and manufacturing monolithic or single function chips. Instead, it has begun to create silicon that pairs its Intel Architecture...
- Tags: Uncategorized, Servers, semiconductors, Semiconductor architecture, Power conservation, multicore processors, Intel, Data centers, AMD
- Blog posts 2007-04-17
- AMD's perfect storm
- Advanced Micro Devices appears to have sailed straight into a perfect storm. The chipmaker today updated its outlook for the first quarter. It’s an outlook that’s not good. AMD expects to post revenue of about $1.2 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. Thats a year-to-year decline of more than...
- Tags: Uncategorized, semiconductors, processor price cuts, Nvidia, notebooks, multicore processors, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Desktops, Dell, AMD
- Blog posts 2007-04-09
- Intel heads out on the highway
- How much horsepower does it take to propel embedded chips into the market? We’ll soon see. Intel has commissioned a custom motorcycle from Orange County Choppers of American Chopper reality TV fame to commemorate the 30th anniversary of its entry into the embedded market, according to Internetnews (Link: here). Embedded,...
- Tags: multicore processors, semiconductors, Uncategorized, Intel
- Blog posts 2007-04-04
- Warning signals tough going for AMD
- Advanced Micro Devices is learning that growing up is sometimes hard. The company said today that it has had difficulty reacting to a slowdown in purchases from its PC maker customers during the early part of the first quarter. Thus it has lowered its revenue expectation for the period. AMD...
- Tags: dual-core processors, processor price cuts, quad-core processors, consumer electronics, Hewlett-Packard, semiconductors, multicore processors, notebooks, Dell, Semiconductor architecture, Desktops, AMD, Servers, Uncategorized, Intel
- Blog posts 2007-03-05
- More information for quad-core shoppers
- Quad-core processor shopping? Theres a saying among automotive enthusiasts that goes something like, “How fast do you want to go? Well, how much do you want to spend?” I dont think anyone would argue that it applies to high-end computers as well. When it comes to configuring a multi-thousand-dollar, high-end...
- Tags: Processors, quad-core, processor
- Blog posts 2007-03-05
- Intel doesn't see much need to cut prices
- Digitimes is reporting that Intel is preparing to drop the prices on its Pentium 4 and Pentium D processors by 5-10% in April. (Link here.) There’s no real surprise in this, given that Intel has begun phasing out these processors.What’s more interesting is the relative lack of information, recently, about...
- Tags: AMD, Desktops, Intel, multicore processors, notebooks, processor price cuts, semiconductors, Servers, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-02-28
- Intel 45nm backed by fab four
- Intel has had an up and down week of sorts when it comes to processor fabrication plants. The company’s ill-fated Austin, Texas, fab was demolished on Sunday morning. But on Monday afternoon it announced plans to refit its Fab11X in Rio Rancho, N.M. Fab 11X will become Intel’s fourth 45-nanometer...
- Tags: Desktops, multicore processors, notebooks, semiconductors, Servers, Intel, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-02-26
- Intel may bring quad-cores to Vegas
- I’ve been reading that Intel is expected to announce quad-core processors for mainstream desktop PCs early in 2007. Press reports are saying the announcement will come during the Consumer Electronics Show, which starts on January 8.As far as I know, Intel has only said officially that the chips would arrive...
- Tags: consumer electronics, Uncategorized, Intel, AMD, Servers, Desktops, multicore processors, semiconductors
- Blog posts 2006-12-20
- AMD fires new volley in chip core war
- Advanced Micro Devices has begun laying the groundwork for its next battle with Intel. Collectively, we might call these the core wars. AMD on Dec. 14 unveiled more details behind Fusion, its vision for the future of the x86 processor, in an effort to get customers—both PC makers and end...
- Tags: consumer electronics, semiconductors, notebooks, multicore processors, Semiconductor architecture, Servers, AMD, Intel, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2006-12-19
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