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Article | 30/01/2009 Intel to detal eight-core Xeon processor

Intel plans to detail an eight-core Xeon processor at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco next month, offering an early...

Article | 28/01/2009 EU rejects Intel's efforts to delay antitrust hearing

A European court on Tuesday rejected a request from Intel to postpone a deadline in the European Commission's antitrust proceedings against the compan...

Article | 27/01/2009 AMD sees no Geode chip replacement in sight

Advanced Micro Devices on Monday said it has no replacement planned for the aging Geode low-power chip, creating uncertainty for its use in products l...

Article | 23/01/2009 AMD reports 33 percent drop in Q4 revenue

Advanced Micro Devices reported a steep loss and declining revenue for its fourth quarter as the chipmaker continued to suffer amid the faltering econ...

Article | 21/01/2009 AMD sells handheld chip unit to Qualcomm

Qualcomm has acquired Advanced Micro Devices' handheld chip division for about US$65 million, looking to bring greater multimedia capabilities to hand...

Article | 19/01/2009 AMD staff cuts to hit Australia

AMD will cut a number of Australian staff as part of the company's global workforce slash.

Article | 20/01/2009 Intel cuts quad-core chip prices by 40 percent

Intel on Monday announced price cuts across a wide range of chips used in mobile and desktop PCs, including cuts of up to 40 percent for its quad-core...

Article | 20/01/2009 AMD to cut 1,100 jobs and slash salaries across company

Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices will shed 1,100 more jobs and cut salaries as it tries to reduce costs in a tough economic environment, the company ...

Article | 16/01/2009 Intel's net profit drops 90 percent

Intel's fourth-quarter profit plunged 90 percent from a year earlier, as the chip maker battled a worsening economy and recorded a steep loss from inv...

Article | 16/01/2009 Intel, Microsoft, HP sued for alleged patent infringement

The feature to quickly recover data in PCs and Windows is under attack. Data recovery firm Xpoint earlier this week sued IT giants including Intel, De...

Article | 15/01/2009 AMD plans dual-core Neo chips later this year

Advanced Micro Devices said Wednesday that it will release dual-core Neo processors in the second half of this year.

Article | 14/01/2009 Intel to aim for inexpensive ultraportables with new chips

Intel may introduce ultra-low-voltage processors for inexpensive thin laptops later this year, which could help it compete with Advanced Micro Devices...

Article | 8/01/2009 AMD launches its fastest desktop chips ever

In an attempt to gain an advantage in the gaming PC market, Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday launched what it called its "highest-performing CPUs" t...

Article | 9/01/2009 Nvidia closing in on 2 teraflops with graphics card

In a bid to boost 3D gaming, Nvidia on Thursday announced a graphics card with 480 cores that can crank up performance to reach close to 2 teraflops.

Article | 8/01/2009 Weak demand causes Intel to cut Q4 forecast

Intel expects fourth-quarter revenue for fiscal 2008 to fall 23 percent compared to a year prior due to weaker demand for computer processors, the com...

Article | 7/01/2009 AMD foundry gets U.S. government OK

An arm of the US Treasury Department has approved Advanced Micro Devices' plan to create a new foundry company with major investment from the governme...

Article | 7/01/2009 AMD wants to make small laptops cheaper with Yukon

Advanced Micro Devices hopes to undercut prices of expensive ultraportable laptops with mobile chips it is expected to introduce this week.

Article | 6/01/2009 Researchers hack into Intel's vPro

Security researchers said they've found a way to circumvent an Intel vPro security feature used to protect PCs and the programs that they run from tam...

Article | 29/12/2008 Retailers beat AMD to Phenom II launch

Online retailers have begun selling Advanced Micro Devices' upcoming Phenom II processors, well ahead of the company's processor announcement plans fo...

Article | 23/12/2008 Intel ships 160GB solid state disk drives

Intel has announced it is expanding its X25-M 2.5-inch and X18-M 1.8-inch SATA solid-state drive (SSD) family with a 160GB drive in a 2.5-inch form fa...