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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.
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AMD ships first processors manufactured at CharteredJul 13, 2006 - in News
AMD today announced that it began its first revenue shipments of AMD 64 processors that have been manufactured at Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing in Singapore
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Sun luring enterprise customers away from IntelJul 11, 2006 - in News
Sun today announced new AMD-based performance datacenter servers, which can carry up to 16 processors or up to 24 TB of storage space in one 4U chassis. The new models are squarely aimed at the Intel-based competition and Sun hopes that the sparkling AMD Opteron brand will once again fuel the firm's growth in the x86 server segment.
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No AMD K8L processor for AM3 socket until 2008, say sourcesJul 10, 2006 - in News
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has recently indicated that its new K8L processor for its next-generation Socket AM3 platform will not be available until 2008, according to sources at Taiwan-based motherboard makers.
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SiS tweaks chipset roadmap, AMD platform gets priorityJun 30, 2006 - in News
Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) recently made a few changes in its chipset roadmap, adjusting its business plans to market realities, the company said. According to SiS, the company has separated the SiS671 and SiS771 northbridges, which respectively target the Intel and AMD desktop platforms, from each other by timeframes.
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ to be priced in range of $139-160Jun 29, 2006 - in News
In an attempt to compete against Intel's plan to offer dual-core processors at competitive prices, AMD will add the Socket-AM2 Athlon 64 X2 3600+, a 2 GHz Athlon 64 X2 CPU that contains 512 kB level-two (L2) cache, in the fourth quarter of 2006, with the new part to be priced in the $139-160 range, according to sources at Taiwan motherboard makers.
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AMD's quad-core CPU to consume dual-core powerJun 23, 2006 - in News
If AMD has its way, then Intel's performance-per-watt leadership claim may be short lived: The first quad-core Opterons, due in 2007 will consume the same power as today's dual-core processors, while AMD expects Intel to increase the power envelope when adding more cores.
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Dell readies AMD-powered desktop?Jun 15, 2006 - in News
Dell is gearing up to release a desktop PC powered with a microprocessor from Advanced Micro Devices in September, according to analysts at Wall Street brokerage house Citigroup.
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Dell site offering AMD processorsJun 15, 2006 - in News
Taking yet another step towards integrating the once-anathema AMD processors in its family of products, Dell has begun to sell Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 X2 chips alongside it's own CPUs for Precision Workstations through its online store.
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Mobo and chipset makers upbeat about a price war between Intel and AMDJun 14, 2006 - in News
Taiwan-based motherboard and chipset makers are optimistic that the upcoming price war between Intel and AMD will drive up demand in the PC market.
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AMD imagines on-board physics processors, 8-core gaming platformsJun 8, 2006 - in News
AMD recently announced plans to counter Intel's high-end Core 2 Extreme processor with a dual-socket platform later this year. In an interview with Tom's Hardware, executive vice president Henri Richard said that AMD won't stop there and scale its 4x4 technology to a total of eight CPU cores next year and open the technology up to other processor types - such as physics processors.
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Albatron introduces new AMD and Intel motherboards at ComputexJun 8, 2006 - in News
Displaying its new motherboards at Computex Taipei 2006, Albatron Technology keeps a balance between two competing desktop CPU platforms that are expected to battle for market share in the second half of 2006.
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TG Daily's Week in Review: Processor wars heating upJun 2, 2006 - in News
AMD and Intel determined the headlines this week - both good and not so good news. Let's get the not so good news out of the way first: Intel may lay off 16,000 employees. On the positive side, Intel surprised with a capable flagship processor, countered by AMD with a dual-socket approach and aggressive platform strategy.
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Q&A with AMD VP Randy Allen: How Torrenza will open up the CPUJun 2, 2006 - in News
Yesterday's announcement of AMD's opening up of its AMD64 HyperTransport CPU connection for OEM development, creates the possibility for manufacturers to remake their hardware not as expansion cards, but as co-processors. Imagine add-ons that bypass the PCI Express bus altogether. We spoke with AMD's corporate vice president Randy Allen.
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AMD HyperTransport innovation opens up CPU sockets to OEMsJun 1, 2006 - in News
During a quieter portion of today's AMD conference call with analysts, the company introduced an expansion of its HyperTransport-based AMD64 architecture with far-reaching implications. Code-named "Torrenza," it would effectively open up HyperTransport as though it were an API, enabling OEMs to build hardware that literally fits in the spare CPU slot like a co-processor.
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AMD counters Intel's Conroe with dual-socket gaming platformJun 1, 2006 - in News
AMD used a meeting with the press and analysts to provide some long-term information about its product strategy. Part of the roadmap is an answer to Intel's flagship processor Core 2 Extreme: AMD will launch a new platform with two sockets for two dual-core processors, handing gamers four physical cores.
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AMD launches Live! entertainment PC platformMay 30, 2006 - in News
If you are not quite convinced that you want an Intel Viiv PC in your living room, then here is another option: AMD promises similar functionality and "real world solutions" with beefed up entertainment center PCs. "Live!" PCs will act behind the scenes, rather than physically invading the family room, and act as the digital nerve center of a home. Extra: AMD Live! and Intel Viiv image gallery
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HP launches thin client based on AMD Geode CPUMay 30, 2006 - in News
Hewlett Packard (HP) introduced the Compaq t5720, a thin client PC series powered by the AMD Geode NX 1500 processor.
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Abit releases new Fatality motherboard for AMD AM2 processorsMay 25, 2006 - in News
Abit has released a new motherboard in its popular Fatal1ty gaming line. The AN9 32X motherboard will support AMD's new socket AM2 processors and will have two full speed X16 PCI Express lanes. Four DDR2 memory slots can support up to 8 gigabytes of RAM running at 800 Mhz. There are also two Gigabit Ethernet ports along with two Firewire ports.
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Via announces AMD chipset support for Socket AM2May 24, 2006 - in News
Via Technologies today announced top-to-bottom chipset solutions supporting the transition to socket AM2 by AMD.
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AMD to reveal roadmap details on 1 JuneMay 23, 2006 - in News
AMD has not been very talkative about its future product recently. While rival Intel is aggressively educating industry, press and the public about its product plans for 2006 and 2007, there is little what we know today about upcoming products beyond the planned 65 nm transition late in 2006 or early 2007.
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AMD unleashes AM2 processor seriesMay 22, 2006 - in News
AMD today announced 15 new processors based on its new socket AM2 and support for DDR2 memory. While 13 processors simply transition from the old socket 939, there are two completely new CPUs - the 2.6 GHz Athlon 64 X2 5000+ and the 2.8 GHz FX-62. Extra: Socket AM2 Image Gallery
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AMD announces dual-core Turion 64 X2 processorMay 17, 2006 - in News
AMD today unleashed the dual-core versions of its Turion 64 notebook processor. Rival Intel has the market lead as it has been offering its dual-core Core Duo processor in volume for a little over a quarter - but AMD is first to offer the first 64-bit dual-core processor. According to the company, the Turion 64 X2 is available now with speeds up to 2.0 GHz.
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AMD challenges Intel with 35W, 65W desktop processorsMay 15, 2006 - in News
Performance-per-watt is the name of the game in today's microprocessor market: Intel will be launching a new architecture in the third quarter of this year to cut power consumption of its processors in half, while AMD apparently has still enough potential in its current chips to answer - and actually surpass Intel's power numbers.
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Mobo makers confirm May launch for Turion64 X2 and Socket AM2May 11, 2006 - in News
The availability of AMD's next-generation CPUs - the Turion 64 X2 mobile and Socket-AM2 processors - will still follow the chip vendor's May schedule, according to unnamed motherboard makers that have recently received this confirmation from AMD, in response to speculation, on the part of some PC makers, that the schedule had been put back to June, on insufficient utilization and capacity concerns.
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Sun, AMD call for creation of energy efficiency metric for serversApr 14, 2006 - in News
Representatives of Sun Microsystems and AMD announced that they would promote energy efficiency metric for servers, similar to the miles per gallon metric used in the automotive industry.
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Industry sources express concern about limited capacity for AMD in 2006Apr 14, 2006 - in News
AMD may suffer from limited capacity in the second half of 2006, following the scheduled launch of its Socket AM2 dual-core platform on June 6.
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AMD launches 3.0 GHz Opteron single coresApr 11, 2006 - in News
While Intel is busy prepping its next-generation Woodcrest server and workstation processors, AMD sails ahead with a final performance upgrade for its single-core Opteron CPU. AMD claims that the new chips will provide a "performance boost" and remain in the 95 watt power envelope of other single- and dual-core Opteron processors.
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AMD schedules first 65nm processor shipments for H2 2006Apr 4, 2006 - in News
AMD today said that it is on track to ship its first 65 nm processors in the second half of this year. The company claims that it already has been producing a significant number of 65nm development test chips to lay the foundation for a volume conversion of its manufacturing process by mid-2007.
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