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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.
Details On The Radeon HD 6700 Series Leaked
09/27/2010, Details of AMD’s upcoming Radeon HD 6700 series have been leaked today, and the new series that targets the mid-range market is touted to have twice the power of the 5700 series that it replaces. The leaks indicate that the [...]
AMD demonstrate its Zacate low-power processor
09/13/2010, Photo courtesy of AnandTech AMD has made a tradition of holding a “get together” media event while the Intel Developer Conference is in full swing. Today, they have demonstrated their Zacate CPU, a direct competitor for Intel’s ATOM. That means [...]
Is Intel’s Sandy Bridge a graphics game changer?
09/10/2010, Paul Otellini, Intel’s CEO, holding a wafer of Intel’s latest chips As we get closer to next week’s Intel Developer Conference, you are probably hearing more and more about Intel’s Sandy Bridge. Sandy Bridge is the codename for the new [...]
AMD begins shipping ATI FirePro V9800
09/10/2010, AMD has another ace up its sleeve – the ATI FirePro V9800 which is the latest workstation-class graphics card from the silicon company. It will feature a whopping 4GB of GDDR5 RAM as well as 1,600 stream processors, delivering maximum [...]
AMD introduces new CPU/GPU hybrid codename
09/08/2010, AMD has just introduced a new CPU/GPU hybrid codename – we’re talking about the Zacate Accelerated Processing Unit which is from the Bobcat family, where it will operate at a higher TDP of 18W and will target ultrathin and mainstream [...]
AMD delivers cheap DisplayPort adapters
09/02/2010, AMD’s Eyefinity technology is certainly one of the more impressive methods to fill up your peripheral vision with nothing but pixels, but it isn’t exactly the cheapest way to go about it if you’re relying on DisplayPort-capable monitors. This has [...]
AMD Gets Rid of ATI Branding
08/30/2010, Chipmaker AMD is rebranding itself and will be eliminating the ATI mark from its graphics chip moving forward. The plan is to switch “ATI Radeon” and “ATI FirePro” with “Radeon” and “FirePro” and add AMD’s logos to the chip designs. [...]
Catalyst 10.8 leaks out Southern Islands codenames
08/27/2010, The latest Catalyst iteration (10.8) from ATi has made it known to everyone on a new range of Southern Islands codenames, with 35 new cards being named in total under the atiicdxx.da_ file. Of course, having the name is nice [...]
AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series might be out this November
08/16/2010, AMD’s Radeon HD 5000 Series of graphics cards might have been in the market for nearly a year already, delivering great bang for your buck with competitive performance even with NVIDIA’s doing their best, but that doesn’t mean AMD is [...]
Gateway Launches The LT22 AMD-powered Netbook
08/10/2010, Gateway has just launched its LT22 netbook, which is similar to the LT32, but sports a 10.1-inch display instead of the 11.6-inch display of the LT32. There isn’t a price of launch date of the LT22 for the US just [...]
Samsung Unveils The New X125 And X180 Thin Netbooks
07/28/2010, Samsung has recently released two new thin and light netbooks, which are the Samsung X125, which is currently available for pre-order over in the UK, and the Samsung X180, which is already available in Korea. Details on the X125 include:
OpenGL 4.1 graphics library released
07/26/2010, The Khronos Group has just announced the final specifications of OpenGL 4.1, the open graphics library used mainly for CAD and Mobile apps (OpenGL ES). With version 4.1, OpenGL finally catches up -and go beyond- the DirectX 11 specifications. OpenGL [...]
Coby 13-inch AMD-powered Netbook Visits The FCC
07/21/2010, While Coby generally manufactures low-end audio/video accessories, the company seems that it wants to have a piece of the netbook pie too, as its NBPC1330 netbook has paid a visit to the FCC, and features a rather large 13.3-inch LCD [...]
