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AMD Reports 2012 Loss of $1.18 Billion, While IBM ProfitsJan 23, 2013 - in News
Semiconductor firm reported net loss of nearly half a billion dollars during 2012's fourth quarter.
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AMD Hires Chip Veterans to "Move Beyond PC"Jan 22, 2013 - in News
AMD has hired former Qualcomm and Apple engineers.
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Xi3 Takes Apart Modular PC, Teases "Codename Piston" Steam Box With Valve PartnershipJan 11, 2013 - in News
There's good reason why Valve chose to partner with Xi3 Corp.
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AMD Announces World's First x86 Quad-Core System-on-ChipJan 10, 2013 - in News
APUs codenamed "Temash" and "Kabini".
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BlueStacks App Player for Mac Now in BetaJan 4, 2013 - in News
Mac users can now download and install over 750,000 Android apps thanks to the release of the BlueStacks App Player beta.
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Analysts, Vendors Discuss Future of Mobile Processing PowerDec 10, 2012 - in News
Vendors are said to be moving focus away from reliance on mobile processors.
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System Builder Marathon, Q4 2012: System Value ComparedDec 6, 2012 - in Reviews
This quarter is full of surprises, from a value-oriented $500 build that includes a Radeon HD 7850 to a $1,000 machine based on AMD's FX-8350 and a $2,000 box armed with a pair of Radeon HD 7970s. We mix it up by adding new benchmarks. It's anyone's game!
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Intel, AMD, Nvidia Claim Greenest Supercomputer TechnologyNov 14, 2012 - in News
The world's most prestigious supercomputers are usually spotlighted in the Top500 list of the world's fastest systems.
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Nvidia and AMD Inside Titan: Fastest Supercomputer on EarthNov 13, 2012 - in News
Replaces Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Sequoia at the top spot.
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Titan Supercomputer Packs 46,645,248 Nvidia CUDA CoresOct 30, 2012 - in News
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has unveiled a new monstrous supercomputer flagship.
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AMD Invests in Cloud Gaming Tech CiiNOWSep 11, 2012 - in News
AMD has made an investment in cloud gaming.
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AMD FirePro W8000 And W9000 Review: GCN Goes ProAug 12, 2012 - in Reviews
AMD’s GCN architecture, known for its strong compute and 3D performance, is finally being made available in the company's FirePro workstation graphics card family. Can AMD catch Nvidia? We test the two fastest FirePro cards to answer that question.
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Build It: Picking Parts For Your Kid's Entry-Level Gaming PCJul 10, 2012 - in Reviews
Does your child always want to use your PC? Is it time to build him his own? If you don't trust the tier-one vendors to sell you a well-balanced machine, you'll be happy to know that you can piece together your own entry-level box for less than $450.
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Good Things In Small Packages: Seven Nettop Platforms, TestedJul 5, 2012 - in Reviews
It'd be easy to dismiss nettops as underpowered attempts at miniaturization, but they’re good enough for surfing the Web, writing emails, and watching some video. Today, we're comparing seven different platforms based on CPUs from Intel, AMD, and VIA.
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System Builder Marathon, June 2012: $1000 Enthusiast PCJun 5, 2012 - in Reviews
With a $250-smaller budget this quarter, Don re-creates the previous build as faithfully as possible just to see how much of a difference two memory channels make. With no room left for an SSD or extra RAM, we think you'll be surprised by the results.
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FirePro V3900: Entry-Level Workstation GraphicsMar 15, 2012 - in Reviews
AMD's new FirePro V3900 is the company's low-profile, entry-level workstation graphics card. It's priced to compete against Nvidia’s Quadro 400. Today we're putting it up against Nvidia’s Quadro 400 and five other professional and desktop graphics cards.
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AMD Launches FirePro V3900 Professional GPUFeb 9, 2012 - in News
AMD has announced the launch of its new FirePro V3900 professional graphics card.
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AMD Ready To Fight in 2012, Says CEOFeb 2, 2012 - in News
AMD CEO Rory Read mentioned "thin and light" in his 2012 attack speech to analysts.
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Mobile: Intel Will Overtake Qualcomm In Three YearsJan 17, 2012 - in Reviews
We know Intel hasn't shipped any phones, while Qualcomm had over $4 billion in revenue last quarter. But when you're done reading, you'll agree with us. To do this, we'll perform a magic trick with all three acts, The Pledge, The Turn, and The Prestige.
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AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series OEM Models RevealedJan 5, 2012 - in News
Still Again... "A Rose by Any Other Name is Still a Rose"... and still with thorns
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Dell Introduces its Meatiest Alienware Desktop YetDec 14, 2011 - in News
The latest Alienware gaming desktop starts at $2,199 USD featuring Intel's Core i7-3000 series CPUs.
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AMD in 2012: Cloudy With a Chance of TabletsDec 13, 2011 - in News
AMD just sent out its invitations for its 2012 analyst day, which was originally scheduled to take place in November, but was moved to February 2, 2012.
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Intel: AMD is Still a "Serious Competitor" ... on PriceDec 6, 2011 - in News
In a third interview with Nordic Hardware, Pat Bliemer, the Managing Director of Intel Northern Europe, discusses AMD's Llano, Integrated Graphics and how it can compete in the market.
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CompuLab's "World's Smallest" PCs Finally AvailableNov 19, 2011 - in News
CompuLab is claiming "world's smallest" with the launch of its palm-sized PC, the Fit-PC3.
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AMD Releases Interlagos Opterons With 16 CoresNov 14, 2011 - in News
Bulldozer may find its well-suited home in the server and workstation market.
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AMD Announces the Affordable FirePro V4900Nov 1, 2011 - in News
AMD announced the FirePro V4900 workstation graphics card that expands the company's product line on the upper end of the entry-level professional graphics market.
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System Builder Marathon, Sept. 2011: System Value ComparedSep 25, 2011 - in Reviews
Big changes to a few components radically alter the performance profile of every machine in this quarter's competition. We’ve already seen how these changes affect the value of each machine, but how will they compare to each other?
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System Builder Marathon, Sept. 2011: $500 Gaming PCSep 21, 2011 - in Reviews
A few months ago, we built our $500 gaming PC using Intel's Sandy Bridge-based Core i3 processor, and it was a real screamer. This time around we're switching back to an overclockable Phenom II X4 and hoping threaded performance helps our case.
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Computer History 101: The Development Of The PCAug 23, 2011 - in Reviews
From the humble beginnings of mechanical adding machines to today's multi-core processors, we recount the early developments that took us to where we are today. We also include a convenient timetable showing the complete history of the PC!