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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 Hondo chipset might target Windows 8 tablets
07/04/2011, Microsoft has cast an eye to the tablet market as well, what with their Windows 8 operating system that is still in the pipeline. So you’ve got the basic software ready, but what about the hardware? AMD intends to fill [...]
HAMDAS-R robot debones 500 pork ham thighs per hour with X-rays
06/28/2011, Robots are slowly but surely creeping into various aspects of our everyday life, including the workspace. Well, it seems that soon the job of deboning raw meat in freezing temperatures might be handed over to robots – after all, the [...]
HP New Notebooks Lineup with AMD
06/13/2011, HP is launching an update of its business and consumer notebooks featuring the new AMD A-series “APU” (Accelerating Processing Unit) that combines a quad-core CPU (A6 and A8 – A4 dual-core) and a discreet-class GPU on the same dye. According [...]
AMD A-Series Processor: Just Launched
06/13/2011, AMD has just announced its A-Series of Accelerated Processing Units (APU), which is a quad-core* X86 processor (CPU) with a discrete-class graphics processor (GPU) in the same chip. The A-Series aims at competing with Intel in the entry-level market by [...]
Acer Aspire G3100 Predator on sale
04/29/2011, Acer has just lifted the curtains off their new gaming PC and boy does it look sexy. Called the Aspire G3100 Predator, this AMD-powered PC is designed to make running games a breeze and lets you look stylish while doing [...]
Acer Iconia Tab W500 tablet on sale today
04/21/2011, Acer’s latest tablet, the Iconia Tab W500 is now available for sale now in North America. Designed for folks looking for a tablet but don’t want to be constrained by tablet operating systems such as Android or iOS, the Windows [...]
iBUYPOWER releases trio of gaming cards from AMD stable
04/20/2011, iBUYPOWER is no stranger when it comes to churning out gaming machines for the masses, and their past track record have been rather impressive to say the least. Well, the company has just announced a trio of new systems that [...]
MSI ships out new AMD APU-powered computer and laptop
03/24/2011, MSI has just announced the release of two new AMD APU-powered computers – the Wind Top AE2050, an all-in-one PC; and the CR650, a notebook. The MSI CR650 notebook packs a 15.6″ Display, an AMD dual-core processor E-350 with AMD [...]
AnyDATA has two more 7-inch tablets in the offing
03/23/2011, AnyDATA did not come up with just any tablet (OK, so that’s a poor joke by its own right) but has a couple of 7-inch models that made the grade at CTIA, where the lower end model is known as [...]
AMD rolls out new fusion chips
03/18/2011, AMD’s latest Fusion platform will merge both graphics and CPU functions onto a single chip in order to deliver enough power without consuming too much juice at any one time. The initial Fusion chips to arrive at stores were the [...]
China Aims to Sell Homegrown CPUs To The World, Eventually
03/09/2011, After coming up with its own DVD-like standard, China has set for itself the goal of selling its own CPU design to the world, but it might take 20 years before Chinese processor technology can match the best stuff on [...]
AMD G-Series could be named UnFuse
03/01/2011, AMD G-Series: The goal for removing the graphics from the G-Series is to make it even lower power than the already low-power E-Series
AMD unimpressed by Intel’s Thunderbolt
03/01/2011, Intel recently released their new standard for device communication called Thunderbolt last week. It left a lot of people impressed with its high data transfer speeds (10 gigabits per second – double the speed of USB 3.0). But Intel’s rivals [...]
