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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 [...]

AMD and Intel – new deal, war is over

Published on: 20th November, 2009

AMD and Intel made a surprising deal and ended their disputes regarding antitrust and patent cross-licensing, respectively. This way, AMD gives up its lawsuits against Intel in the United States and Japan, as well as the “regulatory complaints” worldwide. Intel, in exchange, will pay AMD $1.25 billion and will accept a renewed set of business [...]

New AMD processors for the next two years

Published on: 18th November, 2009

Details of AMD’s future platforms and processors were provided at the annual analyst event of the semiconductor firm.
The “Bulldozer” is a major revision for notebooks and desktops that will be more efficient at multithreading code than current designs. It is optimized to be paired with graphics chipsets. It will be accompanied by “Bobcat”, a version [...]

New AMD Desktop Platforms Scheduled for 2010

Published on: 8th November, 2009

Two desktop platforms are announced by the chipmaker AMD for May 2010. They are named Leo and Dorado. The leak of information is from the motherboard makers and is referring to the types of chipsets used.
The Leo Version will be based on the 45-nanometer Phenom II or the six-core Thuban CPU in combination with SB850 [...]

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