Intel and AMD low-power processors not price competitive with ARM, say notebook makers

Feb 8, 01:25

While Intel and AMD have been making efforts to develop low power processors for use in smartphones and tablet PCs, they cannot compete with solutions from ARM in terms of price,...

Taiwan graphics card shipments from 2006-2012

Jan 29, 16:19

The discrete graphics card market in 2008 was dominated by two major GPU players – AMD with its ATI Radeon HD series and Nvidia with its GeForce series.

AMD to unveil 28nm Radeon HD 7950 by the end of January; Nvidia sets to catch up by April

Jan 16, 16:45

AMD, after announcing 28nm high-end Radeon HD 7970 graphics card, is set to add a new 28nm member Radeon HD 7950 by the end of January, while Nvidia, considering the yield rates of...

Asustek to reduce motherboard production volume for 1Q12

Jan 3, 01:20

Asustek Computer has recently reduced its motherboard production volume from 5-6 million units each quarter previously to only 3-3.5 million units in the first quarter of 2012 to...

Atom bomb does not detonate Intel CPU business in 3Q11, says IHS

Dec 23, 12:04

Despite a plunge in sales of its Atom chips destined for the moribund netbook market, Intel in the third quarter managed to expand its leadership position in the global microprocessor...

AMD updates A-series APUs

Dec 21, 16:34

AMD has updated its A-series lineup of desktop and notebook accelerated processing units (APUs), further improving its family of dual- and quad-core APUs. Along with speed and performance...

AMD announces two new server platforms in China

Nov 15, 01:20

AMD, on November 14, announced its latest 16-core Opteron 6200 series server processors, previously codenamed Interlagos, in Beijing, China with server players such as Hewlett-Packard...

AMD Ready Solutions to help accelerate data center deployments

Nov 10, 15:54

AMD has announced Ready Solutions for servers, a collaborative effort with server platform manufacturers to provide a broad portfolio of ready-to-market AMD Opteron 6200 Series processor-based...

AMD Taiwan expected to cut 30-40 employees including an executive

Nov 7, 16:48

Following AMD's announced that it will reduce its workforce to boost operation efficiency, AMD Taiwan has reported to the Department of Labor under the Taipei Government that the...

AMD optimizes cost structure to enhance competitiveness and accelerate growth

Nov 4, 15:18

AMD has announced a restructuring plan and implementation of operational efficiency initiatives designed to strengthen the company's competitive positioning. AMD expects that these...

Graphics shipments up 17% on quarter in 3Q11, says JPR

Nov 1, 15:06

Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has announced estimated graphics chip shipments and suppliers' market share for the third quarter of 2011.

Graphics card makers conservative about Nvidia and AMD 28nm chips

Oct 26, 16:09

While Nvidia and AMD are poised to use Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC's) 28nm technology to produce the GPUs Kepler and Southern Islands respectively, most Taiwan-based...

TSMC ramps volume production of 28nm process

Oct 24, 16:58

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced that its 28nm process is in volume production, and production wafers have been shipped to customers including Altera, AMD...

AMD launching new platform for ultrabook-like products

Oct 24, 16:55

AMD has made plans for ultrabook-like products for the next two years – in 2012, AMD will launch the Deccan platform to replace Brazos and will launch Kerala in 2013.

AMD and BlueStacks join forces to bring Android apps to x86-based tablets and PCs

Oct 21, 10:54

AMD has announced an investment in BlueStacks, a venture-backed firm developing software. BlueStacks has introduced a solution to enable Android applications to run fast and full-screen...

China takes up 50% of AMD Llano processor shipments

Oct 19, 15:48

Shipments of AMD's Llano processors to the China market as a percentage of global shipments increased to close to one-third in August and 50% in September, making AMD more focused...

Supply of AMD Llano APU unlikely to recover until Trinity arrives

Oct 3, 16:44

Supply of AMD's Llano APUs, affected by Globalfoundries's lower-than-expected 32nm yield rates, has been significantly limited and is unlikely to recover until the company's upcoming...

Rick Bergman leaves AMD; new executive joins

Sep 23, 15:51

AMD has announced that Rick Bergman is leaving AMD. President and CEO Rory Read will serve as interim general manager of AMD's Products Group. AMD also announced that Paul Struhsaker,...

AMD sets to deliver next generation x86 platforms for Windows 8

Sep 14, 17:02

AMD has announced that it has created drivers to enable support for the upcoming Windows 8 operating system on AMD-based tablets, netbooks, PCs and servers. Continuing a long history...

AMD expands desktop lineup of AMD Fusion APUs

Sep 8, 16:48

CPU maker AMD has announced availability of its new A-series Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) A4-3300 and A4-3400 desktop processors, bringing the entry-level desktop APU price down...

AMD ships first Bulldozer processors

Sep 7, 16:39

AMD has announced revenue shipments of the first processors based on its new x86 Bulldozer architecture. Initial production of the world's first 16-core x86 processor, codenamed Interlagos,...

Intel launches new CPUs and drops old CPU prices to defend market share from AMD

Sep 6, 01:15

CPU maker Intel has recently launched several new Sandy Bridge-based processors, while has also reduced the price of some existing CPUs to defend from AMD's competition with APUs.

AMD names Rory P Read president and CEO

Aug 26, 13:59

AMD announced that its board of directors has appointed Rory P Read, 49, president and chief executive officer of AMD, effective today. Read has also been appointed to the Company's...

AMD boosts its AMD Fusion APUs for notebooks and desktops

Aug 23, 13:50

AMD has updated its C- and E-series accelerated processing units (APUs) for ultra-thin and value notebooks, netbooks, all-in-ones and desktop PCs.

AMD Llano processors suffering from shortage; to be resolved in September

Aug 18, 01:30

AMD's latest Llano-based processors are currently suffering from shortages due to the weaker-than-expected yield rates of the related 32nm process; however, AMD has already notified...

Intel to ship new netbook platform in November

Aug 18, 01:15

Intel recently adjusted the launch schedule of its next-generation netbook platform, Cedar Trail-M, from September to November because the platform has encountered some graphics driver...

AMD Llano processor shipments reach 1.3-1.5 million units in July

Aug 4, 01:40

AMD shipped about one million Llano APUs in June and 1.3-1.5 million units in July, and with the appearance of the company's new Llano APUs in the fourth quarter, annual shipments...

AMD to launch high-end FX series processors in September

Aug 1, 16:00

AMD is set to mass produce its high-end FX series Bulldozer-based processors in August and will launch the products in September, at the soonest, with mass shipments to start in October...

Server platforms to become major battlefield between Intel and AMD

Jul 25, 16:21

Observing from Intel and AMD's second-quarter results, growth from the traditional PC market has already weakened, while their server businesses, benefiting from the quick rise of...

AMD sees profit in 2Q11

Jul 22, 16:43

AMD has announced revenues for the second quarter of 2011 of US$1.57 billion, net income of US$61 million, or US$0.08 per share, and operating income of US$105 million. The company...