AMD shipping Llano APUs; prices leaked

May 23, 16:56

AMD has started shipping its Llano APUs to notebook clients and will begin to market the APUs to channels in July 2011, according to sources from notebook makers.

AMD announces new embedded G-series APUs for fanless designs

May 23, 15:43

AMD has announced immediate availability of two new AMD embedded G-series accelerated processing units (APUs) with thermal design power (TDP) ratings of 5.5W and 6.4W, up to a 39%...

Intel, AMD, Nvidia, ARM ready for Computex 2011

May 17, 01:30

Global first-tier CPU and GPU makers and designers Intel, AMD, Nvidia and ARM are all set to participate Computex 2011, which will be hosted from May 31 to June 4 with about 1,800...

Shortage of smartphone and tablet PC components emerging

May 12, 01:20

Despite both upstream and downstream PC and smartphone players claiming to have not seen any component shortages and that they will see normal supplies until the end of May 2011,...

Nvidia performs strong in desktop GPU market, but still behind AMD in notebooks

May 6, 13:28

Nvidia, in the first quarter of 2011, achieved a share of 59.4% in the desktop GPU market with AMD scored a share of 40.6%, according to sources from graphics card players citing...

AMD delivers an embedded GPU offering support for OpenCL and Eyefinity

May 3, 13:48

AMD, at Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley 2011, introduced the AMD Radeon E6760 embedded discrete graphics processor. Available now, the AMD Radeon E6760 GPU is the first...

AMD raises the bar on sub-US$100 graphics performance and image quality

Apr 27, 16:56

AMD has announced the addition of the AMD Radeon HD 6670, HD 6570 and HD 6450 graphics cards to the channel, completing the roll-out of the AMD Radeon HD 6000 family of graphics cards...

AMD said to be looking to ship three million Llano APUs in 3Q11

Apr 26, 01:15

AMD is ready to start selling its new Llano-based APUs as soon as June or July and has set a goal of shipping three million units in the third quarter of 2011, accounting for 40%...

AMD hires a new general manager for Taiwan office

Apr 14, 14:58

AMD has announced that Andy Tseng will join the company as corporate vice president and general manager of AMD Taiwan. In this role, Tseng will be responsible for all of AMD's business...

AMD to launch three new Radeon HD 6000 series cards on April 19

Apr 12, 01:25

AMD is set launch three new graphics card under its Radeon HD 6000 series - 6670, 6570 and 6450 on April 19, targeting the entry-level and mid-range markets, according to sources...

Computex 2011: Lenovo, Fujitsu and Samsung to showcase Oak Trail-based tablets

Apr 8, 01:25

Lenovo, Fujitsu and Samsung Electronics will showcase a number of tablet PCs built on Intel's Oak Trail platform at the Computex Taipei trade fair in June, while Micro-Star International...

Intel sees slight share increase in processor market in 2010, says IHS iSuppli

Mar 25, 11:53

In a year of major changes for the global microprocessor industry, one thing remained the same in 2010: leading suppliers Intel and AMD maintained their customary ranks in the market,...

Nvidia to launch GeForce GTX 590

Mar 18, 01:25

Nvidia will release its GeForce GTX 590 graphics chip on March 22 to take on AMD's recently released AMD Radeon HD 6990, according to industry sources. The AMD Radeon HD 6990 is priced...

AMD to launch six Llano APUs in 3Q11 and another five in 4Q11

Mar 18, 01:15

AMD will launch six Llano-series APUs for desktops in third-quarter 2011 and another five models in the fourth, in an apparent effort to take on Intel's Sandy Bridge CPUs, according...

Standalone application processors are wining in mobility markets, says Petrov Group (part 1)

Mar 8, 15:40

Several years ago there was a widely accepted expectation that application mobile processors would be fully integrated with baseband processors on a single chip. However, today we...

AMD releases dual-GPU Radeon HD 6990

Mar 8, 15:08

AMD has launched its latest dual-GPU graphics card, the Radeon HD 6990, supporting DirectX 11 and AMD's exclusive PowerTune intelligent technology to enable higher clock speeds and...

Nvidia may see GPU market share impacted in first half 2011

Mar 8, 01:35

Nvidia may see its GPU market share impacted in the first half of 2011 as the company lost GPU orders for Apple's MacBook Pro notebook to AMD, according to sources from notebook pl...

AMD introduces Fusion APU in China

Mar 2, 16:49

AMD on March 1 held a press conference in Beijing, China, to introduce its Fusion APU and unveil more than 30 new products with local executives from brands Hewlett-Packard (HP),...

AMD contracts TSMC to make Hudson chipset, says paper

Newswatch - Mar 2, 13:48

AMD has contracted Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to manufacture its Hudson-series chipsets, which support the new Brazos platform, according to a Chinese-language...

Nvidia to unveil dual-GPU GeForce GTX 590 in mid-March

Feb 25, 14:44

Nvidia is expected to unveil its dual-GPU GeForce GTX 590 graphics card in mid-March 2011 at the earliest and AMD will release its Radeon HD 6990 a month later. Competition between...

MSI to show WindPad 110W equipped with AMD C-50 APU at CeBIT

Feb 24, 14:39

Micro-Star International (MSI) will showcase the 10.1-inch WindPad 110W, its tablet PC featuring AMD dual-core C-50 (Ontario series) APU under Brazos low-power architecture and Widows...

Worldwide PC microprocessor shipments flat on year in 4Q10, says IDC

Feb 24, 14:15

Worldwide PC microprocessor shipment growth in the fourth calendar quarter of 2010 slowed notably, compared to both the third quarter of 2010, a drop of 0.04% on quarter, and to the...

AMD expanding chip orders to TSMC, says paper

Newswatch - Feb 22, 01:45

AMD has recently expanded its 40nm chip orders to foundry house Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and is hoping to secure all new capacity from TSMC's 12-inch fab,...

AMD releases 5 new CPUs under Opteron lineup for servers

Feb 15, 13:28

AMD has announced the immediate availability of five new members of the AMD Opteron 6100 series processor family that specifically address rising demand for low-power, balanced systems...

Intel to unveil 22nm Ivy Bridge CPUs at Computex 2011, says paper

Newswatch - Feb 8, 13:22

Intel reportedly has completed the design of its 22nm Ivy Bridge processors and will showcase the new CPUs at Computex Taipei 2011 in June, according to a Chinese-language Commercial...

PC graphics shipments down 7.8% on year in 4Q10, says JPR

Feb 1, 16:09

Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has announced estimated graphics chip shipments and suppliers' market share for the fourth quarter of 2010.

AMD announces 4Q10 results

Jan 21, 12:13

AMD has announced revenues for the fourth quarter of 2010 of US$1.65 billion, net income of US$375 million, or US$0.50 per share, and operating income of US$413 million. The company...

AMD top executives to demonstrate APU technology

Jan 21, 02:10

AMD's Fusion Experience Program head Manju Hedge and worldwide product marketing vice president Leslie Sobon will jointly tout the company's accelerated processing unit (APU) technology...

Netbooks to maintain shipments above 30 million in 2011

Jan 20, 01:15

The netbook market is expected to maintain shipments of about 30 million units in 2011 with the top-three vendors to ship about six million units each, according to sources from notebook...

AMD heading in right direction on ARM but too slow, say Taiwan notebook makers

Jan 12, 01:25

AMD starting to develop display processors to support ARM architectures is correct in terms of marketability and market potential, but its pace is too slow compared with Nvidia's...

Commentary: Taiwan IC packaging and testing houses await AMD to increase outsourcing of processor backend processing

Jan 12, 01:15

With the recent chief executive change by AMD, sources from Taiwan's IC packaging and testing houses are hoping that the US-based company will change its policy and increase outsourcing...

AMD appoints interim CEO as Dirk Meyer resigns

Jan 11, 09:54

AMD has announced that its board of directors has appointed senior vice president and CFO Thomas Seifert as interim CEO following the resignation of Dirk Meyer as president, CEO and...