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- AMD lets Spider platform out for holiday season
- With a fresh cash infusion of between $550 million and $700 million from Abu Dhabi's Mubdala Development, AMD is rolling out its “Spider Platform," which includes the new Phenom processors (desktop versions of the quad-core Barcelona), HD3800 series graphics rolled out last week and the new 790 chip set....
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Spider Platform, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Processors, Hardware, Components, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-11-18
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- AMD's Extreme Makeover: What the new roadmaps reveal
- Lost in all of the inaccurate commotion yesterday about AMD entering the netbook market were much broader changes in the company's product plans as it struggles to regain profitability and keep up with a deep-pocketed Intel. In the past year, AMD has announced plans to spin-off manufacturing, abandoned efforts to...
- Tags: Platform, Plan, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, DDR3, Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Can two AMDs be better than one?
- Can two AMDs be better than one?They should never have bought ATIATI was content with competing with NVIDIA, and if market conditions had let them fail at it, so be it. What we're seeing now is the failure of 2 companies, not just one.ExpensiveThe cash infusion may have been...
- Tags: Research & Development, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- Socket AM3 Phenom CPUs to debut Q1 09
- Socket AM3 Phenom CPUs to debut Q1 09Good for AMD!Now I can start planning my future upgrades. I've been waiting for AMD to start talking about the AM3 platform.AMD needs an edgeI've been using AMD CPUs exclusively for new builds not retrofits for the past 10 years or so. Dollar...
- Tags: Processors, Manufacturing, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU, Q1 09, Socket AM3 Phenom CPU, Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-09
- Sony VAIO VGN-CR510E (pink)
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Back-to-School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.With its 14-inch display, the Sony VAIO CR510 sits right in the middle of Sony's laptop lineup, which runs from the 11-inch VAIO TZ to the 17-inch...
- Tags: Desktops, Keyboards, Sony Vaio, VAIO CR510, Sony Corp., keyboard, laptop computer
- Product reviews 2008-07-30
- AMD Phenom gets (a little) faster
- AMD has rounded out both the high and low ends of its desktop processor line with three new Phenoms. Though the chips have the same basic design, they are targeted at very different audiences by virtue of frequency, power consumption and price. The Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition--now AMD's fastest...
- Tags: Desktop, AMD Phenom, Quad-core, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., HotHardware, 9950BE, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Effects of XP SP3 update on gaming
- Does XP SP3 boost gaming performance? Let's find out! The tests The tests will be carried out on the AMD Spider platform that I have set up in the lab (Phenom 9700, Radeon 3850 graphics card, 2GB of RAM …). I’ve used this system...
- Tags: Video Card, Graphics, Games, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Video Cards, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- AMD releases Quad and Triple core Phenom processors
- [UPDATE: Are triple-core Phenom processors just failed quad-core units?  I've been asked this question several times today and to get a definitive answer I approached Scott Carroll, AMD Public Relations, for an official response. Me: "Scott, are triple-core Phenom processors just failed quad-core units?" Scott: "No...
- Tags: AMD Phenom, Performance, Quad-core, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- XP SP2 vs. Vista RTM vs. Vista SP1: Gaming benchmark
- Here are the benchmark results that many of you have been waiting for - a look at how well ten popular games work on XP SP2, Vista RTM and Vista SP1. It's been nearly a year since I took a look at the state of gaming under...
- Tags: Game, Microsoft Windows XP, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-02-28
- Vista RTM vs. Vista SP1 - Office 2007 benchmarking
- Enough with benchmarking the OS - let's see if Office 2007 is any faster on Vista SP1. The test The tests will be carried out on the AMD Spider platform that I have set up in the lab (Phenom 9700, Radeon 3850 graphics card, 2GB...
- Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, Benchmarking, Microsoft Office, Problem, Goal, Microsoft Windows Vista, Test, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- Some systems showing incredible SP1 performance boost - Day 6
- [UPDATE: Mark Russinovich Technical Fellow in the Platform and Services Division at Microsoft emailed in to point out that he's written a detailed post on his blog explaining the reasons behind some of these dramatic improvements. Thanks Mark!] Some systems on which I've installed Windows Vista SP1 are showing...
- Tags: Performance, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Performance Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- nVIDIA to acquire AGEIA Technologies
- GPU makers nVIDIA have announced that it intends to purchase physics middleware company AGEIA Technologies for an undisclosed sum. So, Havok went to Intel, and now AGEIA goes to nVIDIA. The word was last year that AMD was interested in grabbing AGEIA for some $150 million, but...
- Tags: Physics, NVidia Corp., Ageia, Games, Chipsets, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
- ATI acquisition might be key to AMD's future success
- Without a doubt, 2007 was a bad year for AMD. A price war with Intel, the acquisition of ATi, chip delays, and chip bugs. Any one of these would have been bad, but all of these combined meant that AMD had a really tough year. But 2008 could be a...
- Tags: Silicon, Acquisition, ATI Technologies Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, Semiconductors, Mergers & Acquisitions, Network Technology, Processors, Hardware, Investment, Finance, Networking, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-01-18
- 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
- News to know: AMD Spider; Patch day; Mac Pros; CES galore
- Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Hands-on with the AMD Spider - Phenom 9700, 790 chipset and Radeon 3850 graphics. Gallery right Christopher Dawson: Cheap PCs keep on coming...Good news for tight budgets Don't pay too much for memory upgrades ...
- Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Enterprise Search, Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sales Strategy, WiMAX, Desktops, Search, Sales, Wireless, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-01-09
- Hands-on with the AMD Spider - Phenom 9700, 790 chipset and Radeon 3850 graphics
- Hands-on with the AMD Spider - Phenom 9700, 790 chipset and Radeon 3850 graphicsOh, that's right. I did forget. Thanks Adrian! ;)How come such a 'slow' drive? What? Only 10,000 rpm? ;)Seriously, spin that puppy up. Rock and Roll.I'll be waiting for a 65w Quad-Core...
- Tags: Chipsets, Semiconductors, Games, Processors, 64-bit, Network technology, 64-bit computing, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Phenom 9700, GPU, Radeon 3850, Hands-On, Radeon, chipset, graphics
- Discussion threads 2008-01-08
- Hands-on with the AMD Spider - Phenom 9700, 790 chipset and Radeon 3850 graphics
- A few days before Christmas I got my hands on an AMD "Spider" Phenom 9700-based system. Since my head was ringing to the tune of "Jingle Bells" at the time, and because I had troubles downloading a needed BIOS update, all this conspired to mean that I didn't really get...
- Tags: Platform, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Radeon, Crysis, Chipsets, Performance Management, Games, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-01-08
- On the test bench - AMD 'Spider' Phenom 9600-based system
- Today I'm going to be spending some time fitting up a new system on the test bench - this one is an AMD "Spider" Phenom 9000-based system. I've read the reviews and been through the benchmarks but I want to get beyond that and find out how this platform feels and...
- Tags: ASUS, Western Digital Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Serial ATA, Chipsets, Ethernet, Video Cards, Storage, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Networking, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-12-18
- Companies and products to keep an eye on in 2008
- What are the companies and products that analysts and enthusiasts should be keeping an eye on in 2008? Here's what I'm going to be keeping my eyes on: Apple Apple has proved to be very influential throughout 2007 and has released products that will be...
- Tags: Performance, Apple Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Performance Management, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Tablets, Games, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-12-14
- AMD's Quad FX platform is dead
- AMD has pretty much put the final nail in the coffin of the two-socket quad-core platform. According to The Tech Report, an AMD representative made the following statement on the future of the platform: "The short answer is that while there are still engineering resources focused...
- Tags: Quad-core, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-11-29
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