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First AMD Phenom II-based notebooks from Hewlett Packard

Published on: 16th May, 2010

Hewlett Packard is the first PC builder to use the new mobile Phenom II processors from AMD in a notebook. The Pavilion dv5, dv6 and dv7 have the same option of using the dual-core and quad-core models of AMD’s new chips and this way overcome the performance and battery life problems with Intel chips. A [...]

Dell has a teaser page for quad-core Phenom II notebooks

Published on: 9th May, 2010

Dell has expanded its website with a new page meant to present the upcoming notebooks equipped with AMD’s quad-core Phenom II X4 processors. Thus, the new Inspiron M501R notebook is powered by AMD’s M880G chipset and has integrated Radeon HD4250 graphics. Users have the option of adding Radeon HD550v discrete graphics components with an amount [...]

Apple negotiating eventual use of AMD Opteron and Turion chips

Published on: 21st April, 2010

Apple may use AMD chips in order to supplement Intel if the advanced discussions with the chipmaker are successful. Executives from AMD and other persons belonging to the company have reportedly been observed visiting the Cupertino campus and helping Apple work on Macs based on AMD processors. According to AppleInsider, most of the tests are [...]

ATI’s Open Stereo 3D standard

Published on: 18th March, 2010

In San Francisco, at the Game Developers Conference, ATI’s owner AMD has given some extra details on the Open Stereo 3D Initiative. The company will have a partnership with some other companies in order to produce stereoscopic 3D solutions and also speed up the adoption and lowering the cost of hardware. These solutions also refer [...]

AMD confirms the 12-core Opterons recent shipping

Published on: 25th February, 2010

On February 23, 2010, John Fruehe, AMD’s Director of Product Marketing for Server/Workstation, has admitted that 12-core Opteron chips have started shipping. Magny-Cours, as the company calls its most advanced x86 processor, is officially called the Opteron 6100 Series; its production has started several weeks ago at a German factory. Fruehe has also said that [...]

Fully customizable Black|OPS gaming PC from Digital Storm

Published on: 17th February, 2010

Digital Storm has recently presented a new flagship gaming PC: Black|OPS. This is a customizable PC, which can have overclocked CPUs ranging from AMD’s Phenom to Intel’s Core i7. All versions of this PC come with Digital Storm’s Sub-Zero Liquid Cooling System, which is able to keep the system stable, with less noise.
All variations have [...]

New ATI Radeon HD 5450 and 5570 in February

Published on: 22nd January, 2010

Chipmaker AMD is believed to prepare the release of the new ATI Radeon HD 5450 graphics card early next month and a Radeon HD 5570 in mid-February, as sources at graphics card makers mention. Technical specifications are not yet ready for the new products but some features are already known. The Radeon HD 5450 will [...]

Lenovo has presented the AMD-based ThinkPad X100e and ThinkPad Edge

Published on: 8th January, 2010

A slew of notebooks, including the first Lenovo’s AMD-based notebooks and also a major redesign were presented in a kick off of its CES introductions.
The ThinkPad X100e uses an Athlon Neo, Athlon Neo X2 or Turion X2 processor as a response of Lenovo to CULV ultraportables and provides considerably higher performance than netbooks. The ThinkPad [...]

$1.25 billion agreement between Intel and AMD

Published on: 15th December, 2009

On December 10, 2009, AMD confirmed that it has already received $1.25 billion from Intel; this sum of money counts as a settlement payment. The $1.25 billion is conformable to the monetary terms mentioned in the companies’ agreement, concerning some antitrust and patent conflicts. The two companies have agreed on a five-year cross-license contract, deciding [...]

New Intel dual-core and AMD Radeon for HP computers

Published on: 11th December, 2009

Leaked documents from Hewlett Packard have confirmed new processors and video cards would soon equip its computers. The HP all-in-one PCs will be updated with a new Pavilion version in April next year, expected to use dual-core desktop processors Core i3 and Core i5. The key features for Core i5 are Turbo Boost which overclocks [...]

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