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AMD's Trinity is out to rattle Intel's Ivy Bridge

(Phys.org) -- AMD has announced Trinity, its second-generation A-Series accelerated processing units (APUs), which are out to rival Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors. AMD’s Trinity is an update to its ...

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created May 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report

Team AMD FX sets Guiness record

(PhysOrg.com) -- AMD has set the world record of fastest CPU with a speed frequency of 8.429 GHz, winning the company a place in the Guiness World Records. AMD’s yet-to-ship Bulldozer-based FX chips drew ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (14) | comments 21 | with audio podcast report

Touchscreen table computer SUR40 starts pre-orders

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft and Samsung have announced the Microsoft Surface computer, called SUR40, as available for preorder, through the Samsung website, in 23 countries. The unique multi-touch screen is ...

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created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 11 | with audio podcast report

Intel Launches 6-Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Processor (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Intel has just released its 6-core processor, the Core i7-980X Extreme Edition. The 6-core processor is built using advance 32nm manufacturing and runs at 3.33GHz and is capable of running ...

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created Mar 11, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (26) | comments 15 | with audio podcast weblog

AMD balances Radeon deck of graphics cards

(PhysOrg.com) -- Semiconductor company AMD has taken its story of having developed next-generation GPU technology offering a "gorgeous, stunning, breathtaking visual experience" for more elite, serious gamers ...

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created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

AMD's Bulldozer architecture to battle Intel's Core i7

(PhysOrg.com) -- AMD's upcoming four-, six- and eight-core processors, code name Zambezi, is based on its Bulldozer architecture and will target Intel’s flagship 9000 series six-core desktop CPU’s. ...

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created Mar 15, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (16) | comments 11 | with audio podcast weblog

AMD Fusion APUs plumped, primped, stretched

(PhysOrg.com) -- AMD has announced some new additions to its Fusion APUs optimized for notebooks, netbooks and PCs. Users will see the immediate difference in battery life and enhanced graphics. So what’s ...

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created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

DonanimHaber leaks data on new AMD processors

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to the world of computer processors it is all about what it going to happen next. Even if the current generation of processors can do everything that you want them to that tantalizing ...

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created May 17, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

AMD nearly doubles profit, but still seeking CEO

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Thursday reported that its net income nearly doubled in the first quarter as the computer industry benefits from strong corporate demand. But the company is still without a permanent ...

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created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 5

AMD announces a wireless video-streaming display system

(PhysOrg.com) -- AMD has, with the assistance of videoconferencing software maker ViVu, entered the wireless video-streaming display arena. The display, has been informally nick-name of the AMD Wireless TV, since the technology ...

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created Feb 18, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

AMD Announces Eight New Athlon II Processors

(PhysOrg.com) -- AMD announced today eight new, low cost, Athlon II processors to their Athlon II processor family.

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created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (17) | comments 1 weblog

Computer battery life sparks highly charged debate

Benny Villanueva recalls being in a Starbucks rushing to finish a college paper that was due when his laptop battery, which he'd been led to believe would last hours, conked out after only about 30 minutes.

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created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 12

Lenovo tailors Thinkpads for entrepreneurs

Chinese technology giant Lenovo is taking aim at the booming small business market with a new line of ThinkPad notebook computers tailored for entrepreneurs.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 04, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

AMD Planning 16-Core Server Chip For 2011 Release

(PhysOrg.com) -- AMD is in the process of designing a server chip with up to 16-cores. Code named Interlagos, the server chip will contain between 12 and 16 cores and will be available in 2011.

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created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 6 weblog

AMD's Phenom II Takes On Intel's Core 2 Processors

(PhysOrg.com) -- AMD has added two new Phenom II desktop chips to their product line. The Phenom II Dragon line desktop processors use AMD's new 45-nanometer technology and consists both of a triple-core (X3) ...

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created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2 weblog

Advanced Micro Devices

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) (NYSE: AMD) is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Sunnyvale, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for commercial and consumer markets. Its main products include microprocessors, motherboard chipsets, embedded processors and graphics processors for servers, workstations and personal computers, and processor technologies for handheld devices, digital television, automobiles, game consoles, and other embedded systems applications.

AMD is the second-largest global supplier of microprocessors based on the x86 architecture after Intel Corporation, and the third-largest supplier of graphics processing units, behind Intel and Nvidia. It also owns 21 percent of Spansion, a supplier of non-volatile flash memory. In 2007, AMD ranked eleventh among semiconductor manufacturers in terms of revenue.

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