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The view from the top of IT with TechWorld Editor Rohan Pearce
The upcoming launch of products powered by Intel's new Romley platform could make waves in the server sector, according to experts.
By Jon Gold | 06 March, 2012 10:30
AMD's latest-and-greatest chip may lag slightly behind Intel's competing Core i5, as initial PCWorld performance-testing indicates. But these disappointing results hide benefits that AMD's "Bulldozer" FX CPU will likely offer, especially for cost-conscious small businesses.
By Bruce Gain | 15 October, 2011 08:48
The Acer Aspire One 522 (model BZ897) delivers a good, classic netbook for a very reasonable price ($330 as of March 18, 2011). Petite and slim with a handsome 10.1-inch widescreen LED-backlit display, a 250GB hard drive, an integrated 1.3-megapixel webcam, and a multitouch touchpad, this portable does a solid job with multimedia and boasts pretty good battery life: nearly 7 hours in our tests using the provided 6-cell battery.
By Yardena Arar | 23 March, 2011 08:17
At the Sydney launch of its new Fusion APU processor technology, AMD committed to supporting Linux on its hardware, but shied away from any announcement of Android-based devices just yet.
By Rodney Gedda | 02 February, 2011 09:07
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) on Thursday reported net profit for the fourth quarter that beat forecasts, due mainly to income from a patent license and a legal settlement with Samsung.
By Dan Nystedt | 24 January, 2011 07:59
Advanced Micro Devices on Monday said that Dirk Meyer has resigned from the post of CEO, and that the company is beginning to search for a new chief executive.
By Agam Shah | 11 January, 2011 09:22
Dirk Meyer, CEO and president of AMD, has resigned effectively immediately. AMD's Board of Directors has announced that Senior Vice President and CFO Thomas Seifert will replace him as interim CEO.
By Jason Cross | 11 January, 2011 09:17
Federal prosecutors allege a California woman committted securities fraud by passing information to hedge funds
By Jeremy Kirk | 30 December, 2010 09:30
Advanced Micro Devices on Monday said it will remove the ATI name from its products by the end of the year, killing a brand name synonymous with graphics enthusiasts for 25 years.
By Agam Shah | 31 August, 2010 04:29
While chip manufacturers continue to make their processors ever more powerful, at least one customer has found it useful to slow these chips down, at least long enough to keep them running when the data center air conditioning falters.
By Joab Jackson | 30 August, 2010 05:50
Smaller and power-efficient laptops with Advanced Micro Devices' upcoming Fusion hybrid chips will reach shelves "early next year," company officials said on Tuesday.
By Agam Shah | 25 August, 2010 04:07
Advanced Micro Devices overtook Nvidia during the second quarter to become the top discrete graphics card vendor, according to market research firm Mercury Research.
By Agam Shah | 30 July, 2010 07:09
Advanced Micro Devices is ahead of schedule with its upcoming Fusion chips, which will appear first in netbooks and low-end laptops early next year, but not in tablets, the company said on Thursday.
By Agam Shah | 16 July, 2010 10:04
Advanced Micro Devices is looking to invest in technology companies as it tries to build a hardware and software ecosystem around its upcoming Fusion processor, the company said on Tuesday.
By Agam Shah | 07 July, 2010 07:02
Acer on Friday announced new netbooks based on chips from Advanced Micro Devices, a win for the chip company's efforts to grab market share from rival Intel.
By Agam Shah | 19 June, 2010 03:27
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