AMD introduces ATI FirePro V9800 for professional graphics industry

Sep 10, 15:52

At IBC 2010 in Amsterdam, AMD introduced the newest member of the ATI FirePro family, the ATI FirePro V9800, featuring support for up to six monitors with ATI Eyefinity technology...

Nvidia and AMD ready to launch new GPUs in October

Sep 6, 16:11

Nvidia is prepared to launch its latest GeForce 400-series GPU, the GeForce GT 430 codenamed GF108, around the middle of October and the GPU will feature a performance in between...

AMD to use Globalfoundries for 28nm GPUs, says paper

Newswatch - Aug 20, 11:40

A Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report has cited unnamed market sources indicating that AMD has selected Globalfoundries' 28nm process for its next generation...

Worldwide PC processor shipments and revenues rise in 2Q10, says IDC

Aug 19, 15:40

Worldwide PC microprocessor shipments and revenues in the second calendar quarter of 2010 increased 3.6% and 6.2%, respectively, compared to the first quarter, according to the latest...

AMD reduces CPU prices to keep market share

Aug 19, 14:35

AMD recently reduced prices for about 20 of its desktop processors. According to sources from motherboard players, the price cuts are aimed at defending against competition from In...

Graphics card vendors to start selling new generation GPUs from AMD in November

Aug 12, 14:38

Graphics card vendors are expected to start selling AMD's next-generation GPU (Southern Islands) in November with AMD to officially announce the series in October, according to sources...

Notebook vendors to launch AMD Ontario-powered models in 1Q11

Aug 3, 14:05

First-tier notebook brands Acer, Asustek Computer and Hewlett-Packard (HP) all plan to use AMD's Ontario APUs (CPUs that feature an integrated GPU) for their new netbook and ultra-thin...

AMD and Intel see huge share growth at expense of Nvidia, says JPR

Aug 2, 17:02

Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has announced its estimated graphics chip shipments and supplier's market share for the second quarter of 2010 with overall graphics chip shipments up 4%...

AMD to integrate USB 3.0 support in upcoming chipsets; to launch more CPUs in 2H10

Jul 27, 14:48

AMD is currently in talks with Renesas Electronics, which was merged with Japan-based NEC, about the licensing of USB 3.0 technology, and is considering integrating USB 3.0 support...

Orders for AMD Fusion to buoy TSMC revenues in 2H10, says paper

Newswatch - Jul 20, 17:06

Orders for AMD's Ontario chips, which will be the first Fusion APU the vendor brings to market, are expected to play a key contributor for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's...

AMD may see profits from graphics cards drop in 3Q10 on price competition

Jul 19, 15:12

Despite achieving an 8% sequential and 87% on-year revenue growth in its graphics business in the second quarter, AMD's profits from the segment in the third quarter may drop as competition...

AMD reports record second quarter revenues

Jul 16, 15:13

AMD has announced revenues for the second quarter of 2010 of US$1.65 billion, a net loss of US$43 million, or US$0.06 per share, and operating income of US$125 million. The company...

Disgruntled China PC player takes aim at Intel

Jul 9, 17:36

Local China-based PC player Hedy recently took to the media to voice its displeasure with Intel and make allegation of misuse of the chip giant's market development fund (MDF) in...

AMD may see tight chip supply from TSMC in 2H10

Jul 1, 14:03

AMD's chip supply from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) may face shortages in the second half as Nvidia has already placed a large amount of orders to TSMC in March...

AMD announces FireStream GPU

Jun 24, 15:05

AMD has announced the launch of the AMD FireStream 9350 and 9370 GPU compute accelerators, targeting the commercial, scientific and academic research markets. With up to 2.64 teraflops...

AMD announces new Opteron platform for cloud computing

Jun 23, 17:06

AMD has announced availability of the new AMD Opteron 4000-series platform, the first server platform designed to meet the specific requirements of cloud, hyperscale data center,...

SPIL declines to comment on reported order for AMD CPUs

Stockwatch - Jun 22, 12:26

Chip packaging and testing service provider Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has declined to comment on reports that it has received a large order from AMD for CPUs, according...

TSMC lands CPU orders from AMD and VIA, says paper

Newswatch - Jun 15, 16:45

AMD's Ontario processors, which will be launched in the second half of 2011, and VIA's new dual-core Nano processors are both expected to adopt Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...

AMD six-core CPUs in tight supply

Jun 15, 12:24

AMD is seeing the supply of its six-core processors fall short due to its caution about placing orders, according to sources from motherboard makers.

Computex 2010: AMD in no hurry enter tablet PC market

Jun 3, 15:03

While PC players are aggressively pushing tablet PC products at Computex 2010, AMD senior vice president and general manager of Products Group Rick Bergman pointed out that the company...

AMD hires ex-ECS motherboard business president as the VP of global sales

May 24, 15:05

AMD has recently hired Yang Shu-Kan (transliterated from Chinese), the ex-general manager of Elitegroup Computer Systems' (ECS') motherboard business, to work as the vice president...

AMD chipsets in tight supply

May 18, 14:30

Supply for AMD chipsets is running tight as the company has agreed to allow foundry partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to allocate part of the 55nm capacity...

Notebook vendors aggressively launching AMD-based products

May 13, 15:11

Notebook vendors including Hewlett-Packard (HP), Acer, Dell, Lenovo, Micro-Star International (MSI) and Asustek Computer have all recently increased their shipments proportion of...

AMD said to use bulk 40nm at TSMC for Fusion chips

May 13, 12:12

AMD reportedly plans to outsource wafer starts for its Fusion CPUs with integrated graphics to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) using bulk 40nm process technology,...

Motherboard makers experiencing tight supply of AMD new southbridge

Apr 28, 14:23

Motherboard makers are seeing tight supply of AMD's new SB850 southbridge, according to industry sources, adding that one of the main reasons is limited capacity of Taiwan Semiconductor...

AMD announces six-core processors

Apr 27, 17:04

AMD has announced the immediate availability of the AMD Phenom II X6 processor and AMD 890FX chipset.

AMD ready to announce six-core processor

Apr 22, 14:23

AMD is preparing to launch its six-core Phenom II X6 1055T and 1090T Black Edition CPUs with prices of NT$6,300-6,500 (US$201-207) and NT$9,600-9,900, respectively, soon, according...

AMD gains some shares from Intel in 4Q09, says iSuppli

Apr 1, 13:53

AMD in the fourth quarter of 2009 managed to increase its portion of the global microprocessor market, as it gained share both from chief rival Intel and from smaller players, according...

Asustek to cooperate with AMD for China Internet cafe market

Mar 25, 12:10

Asustek Computer recently held a conference in Beijing, China to announce cooperation with AMD for the Internet cafe market in China.

Intel and AMD update desktop CPU lineups

Mar 22, 12:29

Intel and AMD have both recently updated their desktop processor lineups and will launch several new CPUs including six-core and low- voltage processors, according to sources from...