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AMD, also known as Advanced Micro Devices, is a semiconductor company based in Sunnyvale, California. The company was founded on May 1, 1969 by a group of ex-Fairchild Semiconductor executives. AMD’s products include microprocessors, motherboard chipsets, embedded processors, and graphics processors for servers, workstations and personal computers. The company also offers embedded systems applications. Currently, AMD is the second-largest supplier of x86 architecture-based microprocessors and one of the largest GPU suppliers in the world.
AMD LiveBox works right from a power outlet
06/07/2012, When we talk about a small form factor PC, surely the name Shuttle comes into mind. However, AMD might just gain the upper hand here, coming up with a low power, small form factor design computer which is tiny enough [...]
AMD 2nd-Generation A-Series APU Launched
05/15/2012, AMD has just launched its second generation of Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) which was formerly codenamed “Trinity”. According to AMD, this design doubles the performance per watt when compared to the first generation APUs. It also brings performance increases of [...]
HP ENVY Ultrabook and Sleekbook
05/08/2012, HP is launching the latest additions to its ENVY lineup in the thin category, namely the HP ENVY Ultrabook and the HP ENVY Sleekbook . Both series offer very similar configurations, and since the Ultrabooks have to be powered only by [...]
Former Intel Employee Pleads Guilty for Data Theft
04/09/2012, On Friday last, former Intel employee Biswamohan Pani pleaded guilty of data theft charges after he allegedly stole $1 billion worth of trade secrets from Intel. Intel has reviewed the data that was stolen and adjusted the value of information [...]
AMD Radeon HD 7870 and 7850 GPUs Launched
03/05/2012, AMD has just announced its new Radeon HD 7870 and Radeon HD 7850 graphics cards. The overall performance is very good, and we were particularly impressed by how well the Radeon HD 7870 performs in games like BattleField 3: it [...]
AMD was interested in acquiring NVIDIA before ATI?
02/24/2012, Back in 2006, AMD acquired ATI in order to gain foothold in the GPU business – but did you know that it could have been NVIDIA in ATI’s place instead? According to a report from Forbes, which recently got an [...]
AMD’s faulty Llano chip never made it to Apple’s MacBook Air
02/23/2012, Ex-AMD employees shared with the world that Apple actually took a close look at its “Llano” chip, mulling over whether it will make the grade for a new MacBook Air model – but it seems that there were far too [...]
Compal Trinity ODM reference unit spotted
02/02/2012, Engadget was down at AMD’s Financial Analyst day, and they managed to make their way to the demo area before capturing an image of the ODM reference unit from Compal that ran on AMD’s soon-to-be-realized Trinity APU. This particular demonstration [...]
AMD to double down on mobility, thin & light
02/02/2012, During its Analyst day, AMD’s CEO Rory Read said that his company would “leverage its PC chips technology” to enter the tablet market. He also said that AMD would stay away from smartphones at the moment, because it is a [...]
AMD Radeon HD 7950 graphics card now available
01/31/2012, Planning to get a new graphics card for your new gaming desktop? AMD might just have what you need. The company today announced the worldwide availability of the AMD Radeon HD 7950 graphics card for desktop computers. It is the [...]
Radeon HD 7970 is AMD’s new high-end GPU
12/22/2011, AMD has just released its new Radeon HD 7970. It is a new design based on AMD’s “Graphics Core Next” that had been presented earlier in the year. The goal of this new design was two-fold: 1/win the single GPU [...]
AMD A-Series Processors, Unlocked
12/20/2011, AMD has bumped the performance of its A-Series APUs (Accelerated Processing Unit) by releasing an “unlocked” version of some processors and new versions of others. In all, 6 desktop and 8 laptop processors have been announced today. For performance/$ lovers, [...]
AMD looking to enter ultrathin market Q1 2012
12/12/2011, According to a recent interview that AMD gave with The Australian (requires a subscription), it would seem as though AMD has plans to enter the ultrabook game themselves. However it is obvious that they will not be using the ultrabook [...]
