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$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 [...]

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 [...]

Compaq: Upgraded Notebook and Desktops this Month

Published on: 16th October, 2009

On October 22nd, Compaq will come with four upgraded products, three desktops and a notebook, all of them powered by Windows 7 operating system. The Presario CQ4010F, a small desktop, with a low-power 2.3 GHz Sempron processor and an integrated GeForce 6150 video, as well as 2 GB of RAM and a 250 GB hard [...]

AMD ATI Radeon HD 5870 Launches Video Cards

Published on: 25th September, 2009

AMD outdid themselves once again with the new ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series, first to fully support Microsoft DirectX 11. With up to 2.72 TeraFLOPS of computer power, the Radeon HD 5800 practically doubles the value one might expect from one’s graphic purchases. The HD 5870 uses 40nm processes and has a 850MHz core clock [...]

AMD presents its Six-core Opteron Server Platform

Published on: 23rd September, 2009

AMD revealed this week a brand new platform for Opteron which targets the market segments of consumer devices and servers. The six-core Opteron endowed with the AMD chipset was codenamed Fiorano and was developed by incorporating the organization`s traditional server and workstation chips and adding the new S5650 chipset which enables the platform to support [...]

AMD Develops Six-core Thuban CPU

Published on: 23rd September, 2009

The new gadget awaited by AMD customers is entitled Thuban and represents a six-core processor. The innovative AMD device represents an expanding of the organization`s Opteron series which has been presented rather recently for server configuration. In the past an AMD employee stated to Maximum PC that: “We are all about platform longevity and long-lived [...]

Quad-core Athlon II X4 620 and 630 Priced under $100 by AMD

Published on: 17th September, 2009

Athlon II X4 620 and Athlon II X4 630 are the new processors launched by AMD. These two models have become part of the desktop platform product line available to the general public. The first device (Athlon II X4 620) is Advanced Micro Devices’ premier quad-core processor which comprises the newest 45 nm process construction [...]

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