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AMD sends "Multi-Core Processing for Dummies" to IDFSep 25, 2006 - in News
Last week, AMD somewhat surprisingly confirmed that it won't book a hotel room to host press briefings parallel to the Fall Intel Developer Forum, which will open its doors on Tuesday, 26 September.
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Cray, Sun, IBM support AMD's Torrenza platformSep 20, 2006 - in News
AMD today announced a first wave of companies that are "evaluating" the firm's "Torrenza" platform. According to AMD, Cray, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, IBM and Sun Microsystems "have endorsed Torrenza as an open innovation initiative" and are currently "evaluating" the AMD technology.
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AMD skips IDF, 4X4 has to waitSep 20, 2006 - in News
everal major companies are hurriedly preparing products and announcements to coincide with next week's Intel Developer's Forum (IDF), but traditional gate-crasher AMD will be missing. For the first time in several years, AMD will not be luring journalists away - and it will not preview or announce its Core 2 Quadro competitor "4x4".
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ATI to launch RD600 in OctoberSep 19, 2006 - in News
ATI Technologies, set to be acquired by AMD, has rescheduled the launch of its RD600 chipset supporting the Intel platform until October, with motherboard makers showing reluctance to roll out products based on the new chipset, according to sources.
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Dell's AMD computers now availableSep 13, 2006 - in News
Following Michael Dell's announcement yesterday, Dell today released configuration pages for its initial AMD-based systems this morning. The computers can be ordered now and the company promises to begin shipping the built-to-order systems later this week. Dell heavily promotes the green party, which indicates a long-term commitment to AMD.
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Dell to roll out first AMD desktops tomorrowSep 12, 2006 - in News
Dell chairman Michael Dell announced during the firm's "Technology Day," held today in New York, that the company will begin offering AMD-based desktop computers starting this Wednesday.
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More cache for more speed: AMD launches Athlon 64 X2 5200+Sep 6, 2006 - in News
AMD has begun offering a new processor in its mainstream dual-core lineup. The 5200+ joins the Athlon 64 X2 series as new flagship. There no clock speed increase, but AMD has integrated twice the cache of the 5000+ and re-enters the $400+ segment of CPUs.
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Dell reportedly to use about 20 million AMD CPUsSep 4, 2006 - in News
Market sources say that about 20 million Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) processors will be used in Dell's servers, desktop PCs and notebooks between the fourth quarter of 2006 and the fourth quarter of 2007.
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AMD's Yokohama Centrino to surface in Q4?Aug 30, 2006 - in News
AMD may be closer to a Centrino competitor than many may have expected. According to a media report, AMD and ATI may be introducing a notebook platform, code-named "Yokohama," in the fourth quarter of this year to compete with Intel's recently launched Napa64 platform, which includes the Core 2 Duo processor.
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If it's Friday, AMD and Intel dual-core prices must be fallingAug 25, 2006 - in News
Prices for AMD dual-core processors are taking another pre-weekend dip, according to the latest data from PriceGrabber, with the Athlon 64 X2 5000+ falling the furthest since Monday: down $47 (13.1%) to $313. The trouble for AMD is, Intel prices are continuing to fall at the high end.
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With ATI focused on AMD, new opportunities seen for VIA and SiSAug 25, 2006 - in News
Taiwan-based chipset vendors VIA Technologies and Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) are expected to benefit from ATI's rumored decision to cut down chipset developments for the Intel platform, sources at Taiwan motherboard makers indicated.
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Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 invades AMD territory on price/performance chartAug 21, 2006 - in News
The latest round of seasonal CPU charts updates from Tom's Hardware Guide reveals what we expected, now that we've had a chance to test Intel's Core 2 Duo E6400 dual-core CPU: At $247 average selling price, according to today's figures from PriceGrabber, it could be the most powerful CPU you can buy today for the fewest dollars.
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Motherboard makers prepare shift of ATI chipsets to AMD-based solutionsAug 21, 2006 - in News
The impact of a combined AMD-ATI Technologies has begun to be felt in Taiwan, with motherboard makers likely to reduce or even suspend their efforts to develop Intel-based motherboards built utilizing chipsets from ATI, while switching more resources to manufacturing models with ATI's AMD-based chipsets, according to sources at Taiwan motherboard makers.
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Updated price/performance chart reflects single-day AMD price dropAug 18, 2006 - in News
A surprisingly steep single-day average price drop in nearly all AMD dual-core processors, including its top-of-the-line FX series, plus a drop in Intel Pentium D 8xx series prices, characterized the last 24 hours of consumer CPU purchases, according to the latest data obtained by PriceGrabber.
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AMD: '4x4' launch on course for second half, but not immediatelyAug 18, 2006 - in News
AMD spokesperson Damon Muzny told TG Daily this afternoon that prospects remain good for the company's upcoming double-dual-core platform, code-named "4x4," but that a product launch for that platform "is not on the immediate horizon in the desktop segment."
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Some AMD Athlon 64 X2s now 41% below Intel price/performance curveAug 17, 2006 - in News
Almost one month after AMD signaled it would respond to Intel's then-forthcoming Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme releases with substantial price cuts, based on the latest performance data from Tom's Hardware Guide , TG Daily now projects that average street prices for Athlon 64 X2 processors now fall as much as 41.4% below the price/performance curve set by comparable Intel processors.
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Tyan supports next-generation Opterons with 18 new productsAug 16, 2006 - in News
Tyan Computer yesterday announced 18 server platforms and motherboards designed to support new AMD Opteron processors, including those utilizing the new Socket F (1207 pins) infrastructure.
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AMD intros new Opterons and promises 68W quad-core CPUsAug 14, 2006 - in News
AMD today unveiled its first answer to Intel's Core micro architecture. An updated version of the processor that is driving the firm's revenue growth and market share gains claims to not only close the gap to "Woodcrest" but even surpass it in speed and power consumption. And then there is the promise that quad-cores won't consume more power than today's dual-cores.
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AMD to launch new Socket F/AM2 Opterons on 15 AugustAug 10, 2006 - in News
AMD today officially confirmed that it will be announcing its-next generation Opteron workstation and server processor next Tuesday.
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ in channel for $149, price cut to followAug 10, 2006 - in News
As earlier expected, AMD started shipping its Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 3600+ dual-core CPU to channel partners ahead of the original schedule.
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Lenovo to use Athlon, Sempron CPUs in Thinkcentre PCsAug 7, 2006 - in News
AMD scored another design win today with Lenovo announcing that it will build Athlon 64 and Sempron processors into a business-targeted desktop PC: After the J series for home users, the Thinkcentre A60 series is the second model to offer AMD's CPUs as an alternative to Intel processors.
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Intel Core 2 Duo prices fall well below AMD price/performance curveAug 3, 2006 - in News
Intel's Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme desktop processor prices fall well below the price performance curve set by AMD, according to today's data from PriceGrabber and Froogle. If AMD wants to be the value leader again, then customers may start looking to AMD to set the curve, to see if Intel will follow. As today's chart shows, Intel won't be the one doing the following.
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AMD aims to ship more than million Socket 754 Sempron CPUs in emerging markets in Q3Aug 3, 2006 - in News
AMD aims to ship a total of 1.41 million of Socket 754 Sempron CPUs in emerging markets in the third quarter, trying to clear the present inventory as well as enlarge its market share, according to sources at Taiwan-based motherboard makers.
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AMD and IBM try next-gen power saving architecture for 'System x' serversAug 1, 2006 - in News
In an elaborate unveiling ceremony featuring no less than the Red Bull Formula 1 racing team, senior executives from IBM and AMD, including AMD CEO Hector Ruiz, introduced a new line of IBM xSeries blade servers - now re-christened "IBM System x" - that promises to slash operations and maintenance costs through the creative use of Opteron processors.
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AMD '4x4' technology discussed at analysts' meetingJul 28, 2006 - in News
A very small conference, gathering together certain selected AMD technology supporters, including VooDoo PC and Microsoft, was held last Tuesday, the topic of which was the company's upcoming double-dual-core hardware platform, code-named "4x4."
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AMD says two dual-cores in 4x4 better than oneJul 26, 2006 - in News
AMD has gone in hard to defend its marketshare in the wake of some earth shattering dual-core chip releases by Intel due this week.
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AMD to take on Intel with accelerated roadmap, native quad-coreJul 20, 2006 - in News
Following a rather sobering quarter result, AMD answers Intel's challenge and the intent to bring new processors faster to market than initially planned: The company announced during its Q2 conference call that it will launch 45 nm processors in the first half of 2008 or about six months earlier than expected by industry experts.
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AMD really will drop Athlon 64 prices to compete with Intel Core 2 DuoJul 14, 2006 - in News
Yes, AMD does intend to drop its prices for Athlon 64 processors, at or about the same time Intel announces its Conroe processor availability later this month. TG Daily re-confirmed the news with AMD spokesperson Damon Muzny. Now that Intel may have at least evened the stakes in the performance-per-watt battle, AMD's plan appears to be to shift the focus to performance-per- dollar.
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Tom's Hardware: Core 2 Duo smokes AMD's Athlon 64 X2Jul 14, 2006 - in News
Just about two weeks ahead of the official launch, Core 2 Duo's true performance capability comes to light. In tests conducted by Tom's Hardware Guide, Intel's new processor delivered stunning results, outpacing its AMD rival in almost every discipline. For the first time in about two years, Intel is offering a superior desktop processor that may cause more than just a headache for AMD.