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Analysis: Intel, AMD end a bitter business and technical battle

The settlement reached today by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) and Intel may not simply resolve some of the business issues the two companies have had; it might even encourage them to cooperate on some shared technical issues, say analysts. In fact, Intel's $1.25 billion payment to AMD may, in the end, turn out to be only a small part of what the accord delivers.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 13 November, 2009 07:56

Tags: amd, Intel

AMD talks Bulldozer, Hemlock and Fusion

If chip makers competed on the basis of code names rather than products then Advanced Micro Devices might have beaten Intel a long time ago.

By James Niccolai | 12 November, 2009 10:06

Tags: amd, pc components

Ghosts of Cyrix, PowerPC, Transmeta haunt x86-bound Nvidia

Experts have one question about Nvidia's public admission last week that it may offer its own PC processor: What took you so long?

By Eric Lai | 12 March, 2009 09:08

Tags: amd, Cyrix, Intel, nvidia, PowerPC, transmeta, x86 server market

Intel, AMD multicore chip sales may be slowed by software

Trying to boost the IT capabilities at his digital forensics company, Brian Dykstra invested in a quad-core processor-based server. After all, he figured, more cores means a more powerful machine that can do far more work than single-core systems.

By Sharon Gaudin | 25 September, 2008 09:15

Tags: amd, Intel, quad-core

Road-warrior conundrum: Laptop or handheld?

As handheld devices become more like full-fledged computers in their own right, the question of whether business travelers might be better served by leaving their laptops at home is again being asked by IT managers and end users alike. But that still appears to be more of a future goal than a current reality.

Taking advantage of multicore PCs

Call it the great multicore discord: a parade of major hardware and software vendors promising desktop applications powered by multicore chips yet all marching out of step, leaving confused software developers in the dust -- but times are changing.

The world’s fastest supercomputer

IBM, Los Alamos smash petaflop barrier.

Intel, economy hit struggling AMD with one-two punch

Although Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) came out swinging last month with a slew of new products, it wasn't enough to hold off a one-two punch from rival Intel and a sluggish economy, according to analysts.