AMD
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How Far Will AMD Go With ARM?
AMD’s beleaguered management team is dropping some big hints that it’s ready to join the upwardly mobile ARM camp rather than defeat it. Advanced Micro Devices this week announced a new...
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AMD Radeon HD 7990 Review
The AMD Radeon HD 7990 is a worthy competitor in the high-end of the graphics card category. (3.5 out of 5) Pros Excellent performance Fabulous game bundle Cons Not all games...
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AMD Radeon HD 7990 Blazes Onto the Gaming Scene
It’s springtime, and after you take notice of the cicada brood and cherry blossoms in the real world, AMD would like you to get back into your den and see the...
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AMD A10-5700 Review
The AMD A10-5700 is a chip we’re desperate to like. For starters, it’s one of the most technically interesting CPUs around right now. You’ve got AMD’s latest Piledriver architecture and all...
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AMD Releases Radeon HD 7790 Midrange Enthusiast Graphics Card
AMD and partners are releasing new Radeon HD 7790 graphics cards aimed at the mid-level enthusiast gamer. Priced in the $149 range, these cards slot in nicely between the mainstream $109...
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AMD Bakes New Interface Capabilities Into Richland APUs
Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday announced that it is now shipping its new Elite A-Series accelerated processing units (APUs). These laptop and mobile device chips, formerly code named Richland, are designed...
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Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan vs. AMD Radeon 7970 GHz Edition: Specs Compared
Nvidia doesn’t let things stand when it comes to its performance graphics cards, which is its primary area of expertise. The new GeForce GTX Titan is meant to stand alone as...
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AMD Loses $1.18B in 2012, Promises Changes
Advanced Micro Devices took a step back financially in 2012 but executives said Tuesday that the company’s investments in areas like low-power chips for tablets and the data center would straighten...
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AMD Sues Former Employees for Stealing Documents
AMD has filed suit against four former employees, arguing that the group stole thousands of documents before leaving to go work for one of AMD’s biggest rivals, Nvidia. “This is an...
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CES 2013: AMD Shows Off New Processors and GPUs
LAS VEGAS—AMD introduced new sets of silicon at a press conference here at Vegas. These new processors run the gamut from APUs built for low power use in tablet PCs to...
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AMD FX-4300 Review
The last few months have left me with a rather positive feeling towards AMD. It’s the plucky little upstart, which is trying to maintain some competitiveness against the might of Intel,...
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AMD FX-6300 Review
Last month saw AMD finally unleash the latest update to its Bulldozer CPU technology, codenamed Piledriver. The first chip we had in the labs was, somewhat inevitably, the top-spec, eight-core AMD...
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AMD Unveils Nine New Opteron Processors
Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday introduced nine new Opteron processors using the chip maker’s new “Piledriver” core for entry-level and mid-range servers and workstations. The new Opteron 4300 Series and Opteron...
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AMD FX-8350 Review
When AMD was throwing around the specs of its first bulldozer chips we all sat up and took notice. After all, it was AMD’s first new CPU technology redesign for an...
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AMD to License ARM for Future Opteron Server Chips
It’s official—Advanced Micro Devices is embracing the ARM architecture with a new generation of server products that will begin to appear in 2014, marking a major “inflection point” in computing as...
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AMD Intros New Unlocked FX Processors
AMD has released details about its new unlocked FX processors with up to eight cores, using a 32 nanometer process. The new FX processors are aimed at the enthusiast and technical...
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AMD Scores First ‘Hondo’ Win With Upcoming Fujitsu Tablet
AMD’s belated entry into mobile passed an important marker on Monday with the announcement that the chip maker’s new low-power Z-60 accelerated processing unit (APU) is inside Fujitsu’s upcoming Stylistic Q572...
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Analysts: AMD Must Penetrate Mobile or Perish
Perennial underdog Advanced Micro Devices is once again up against the wall, on Thursday announcing a dismal third quarter and staff cuts to the tune of 15 percent of its workforce...
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AMD to Lay Off 15 Percent of Workforce
Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday announced it will lay off 15 percent of its workforce around the world with a “significant portion” of the downsizing to occur in the final quarter...
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Google Opens Up Data Centers; Square Ends NYC Taxi Beta; AMD Layoffs Expected
Topping tech headlines on Wednesday, Google launched a new website that features high-resolution photos of the company’s server floor, an area to which only a small set of employees have been...