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AMD taking on Intel in netbook market
Battery life and video performance improvements promised 13 November 2008 14:38 GMT
Rumour has it that AMD is going to take on Intel's Atom processor and deliver a rival for the netbook market.

The new CPU is promised to beat Intel's chips in terms of both battery life and video performance.

In fact, AMD's VP of advanced marketing,...
AMD cuts 500 employees
Trying to become "asset light" 7 November 2008 10:32 GMT
AMD has been hit hard by the economic downturn, and has now admitted that it is going to take the drastic step of cutting 500 employees.

The company currently has a total staff of 15,500, but has not said where the job losses have been made.

The...
Intel asked for more time in EU lawsuit
Needs to prepare "a full and fair defense of the company" 20 October 2008 12:57 GMT
Intel has appealed for more time in a EU lawsuit, which alleges that the chip maker paid a retailer to favour computers made with its technology.

The chip manufacturer has asked the European Union's second highest court for more time to respond to allegations...
AMD to split into two companies
Manufacturing to be done by "The Foundry Company" 7 October 2008 12:07 GMT
Chip-maker AMD is to divide its operation into two distinct areas and accept some serious multi-billion financial backing from two Abu Dhabi investment firms, the company has announced.

The seperate arms will be AMD, that will be "financially stronger and more...
AMD engineer charged with stealing Intel trade secrets
Charges brought by FBI 15 September 2008 17:55 GMT
A former Intel designer has been charged by the FBI in the US of stealing trade secrets.

Massachusetts-based Biswahoman Pani, who left Intel to work for rival AMD, has been accused by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation of copying confidential Intel computer-aided...
Alienware PCs get world's most powerful graphics card
ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 for the ultimate in HD gaming 12 August 2008 17:23 GMT
Alienware is claiming it can deliver a new level of intensity for HD gaming by bringing the "world's most powerful graphics card" to its PCs.

Alienware’s top end desktop machines now feature the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 Graphics Card.

Alienware claims...
AMD promises 8 and 12 core chips
Changes for servers first then for desktop computing 22 July 2008 9:36 GMT
AMD is promising a new processor socket in 2010 as well as revealing plans for eight and 12 core chips.

The new DDR3-compatible socket are likely to be eight core chips – a second revision of 45nm process architecture, says PC Plus.

The eight core...
Intel faces yet anothrer EU antitrust case
Probe into the company's sales practices 18 July 2008 9:46 GMT
According to The Wall Street Journal, Intel could be facing yet another probe by EU authorities.

European regulators are allegedly preparing to file new antitrust charges against Intel expanding a current probe into the chipmaker's marketing and sales practices.
AMD produces Puma laptop chips
But how will they compete with Intel? 4 June 2008 11:50 GMT
Intel has been gaining customers, especially from the ranks of UMPC manufacturers, for its Atom chip, and Qualcomm's Snapdragon chipsets are already being used in the development of 20 products, so AMD was in desperate need of a product that could compete.

The...
AMD targets Business with new PCs
But will they pull the company into profit? 29 April 2008 9:56 GMT
AMD is trying to drag itself from the doldrums with a new line-up of PCs aimed at business users.

The AMD Business Class desktop personal computers were designed with the help of big names in the computing industry including Dell; and are hoped will finally...
AMD still not making profit
Admits sixth consecutive quarterly loss 21 April 2008 11:03 GMT
The chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is still in the doldrums and seems unable to boost its sales and compete with Intel.

The company has reported its sixth quarterly loss in a row admitting a loss of $358m (around £180m) between January and March.
Newly-formed PC Gaming Alliance makes first public speech
"PC gaming is not dead" 20 February 2008 11:29 GMT
The brand new "PC Gaming Alliance" has held its first press conference at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, with the message that PC gaming is far from dead.

The PC Gaming Alliance is an American non-profit organisation created "to drive worldwide...
EU charges Intel with market abuse
Accused of bribery, corruption and un-European behaviour 27 July 2007 16:19 GMT
The result of a six year investigation, the European Commission today charged American company Intel with violating EU competition laws.

The world's largest chip-maker is accused of breaking EU rules, excluding competitor AMD from the CPU market and abusing...
30% of UK companies not wiping data from discarded computers
Free data disposal tool for Lenovo PCs and notebooks 8 July 2007 17:38 GMT
Recent research carried out on behalf of computer manufacturer Lenovo, has revealed that as many as 30% of UK companies with more than 250 employees may have left data on PCs when they were sent for disposal or recycling.

As well as the amount of discarded...
Official approval for miCARDs
New memory card format will hold 2 terabytes 4 June 2007 10:02 GMT
A new memory card format developed by the Taiwanese Industrial Technology Research Institute could see data storage capacity of around 2048GB.

The new miCARD (Multiple Interface Card) format has just received approval from the MultiMediaCard Association.
Toshiba cuts exclusive Intel ties
Will use AMD chips in 20% of laptops 29 May 2007 14:13 GMT
News from Reuters claims that Toshiba, the world's fourth largest laptop manufacturer, has broken its exclusive ties with Intel and will begin putting AMD chips in some of its laptop ranges.

The news, which follows Dell's similar announcement in 2006, has sparked...
AMD launches site in Second Life
Designed to foster developer community 19 February 2007 15:29 GMT
AMD is the latest high-tech company to set up a site within Linden Lab's Second Life world.

Rather than trying to sell items to Second Life avatars, AMD hopes to use its space, the AMD Dev Central Pavilion located on AMD Dev Central Island, to foster its community...
Microsoft announces more clues in Vanishing Point puzzle game
You're chance to get into space 21 January 2007 19:38 GMT
Think you're a puzzle solver? Microsoft and AMD have launched yet more clues in what they are calling the largest puzzle game in the world called “Vanishing Point”.

Created to coincide with the launch of Windows Vista at the end of the month the top prize is...
BBC and Microsoft forge a strategic partnership
Visualise the BBC on the Microsoft network of sites 28 September 2006 14:48 GMT
The BBC has allied itself with Microsoft by signing a non-exclusive memorandum understanding that will identify areas of common interest for a strategic alliance.

The BBC hopes that the alliance will bring their digital media content into the Web 2.0 world....
Yahoo acquires video editing site Jumpcut
Web-based software will let Yahoo Video users create mashups 28 September 2006 10:54 GMT
Yahoo has acquired an web-based video editing site called Jumpcut in order to strengthen its Yahoo! Video offering.

Jumpcut, which was launched just 6 months ago, gives web users the ability to edit their own content and other videos without downloading or installing...
P2P software company LimeWire countersues recording industry body
If it's goin' down, LimeWire's goin' down fightin' 26 September 2006 18:06 GMT
In an unprecedented step, LimeWire’s owner has hit back at the RIAA by countersuing it for trying to control how music files are distributed.

The P2P company alleges that the recording industry’s US trade body’s objective is “to destroy any online music distribution...
Dell to roll out AMD in desktop models
AMD inside as well as intel from next month 18 August 2006 20:18 GMT
Dell has announced it is extending its relationship with AMD, announce earlier in the year with a range of new desktop computers.

Dell will launch Dimension desktop computers with AMD processors next month and will introduce a two-socket and multi-processor server...
AMD and ATI announce merger
Semiconductor companies announce their end-of-the-year nuptuals 24 July 2006 17:32 GMT
Processor manufacturer AMD is in the process of acquiring graphics card specialist ATI for $5.4 billion, in a deal that they hope will close by the end of the year.

After news of the merger was released, ATI's stock prices went through the roof, while AMD's plummeted....
Blackberry makers spared US shut off
Blackberry owners in the US have been given a brief reprise following a judge’s deciding to not impose an immediate injunction 24 February 2006 20:25 GMT
Blackberry owners in the US have been given a brief reprise following a judge's deciding to not impose an immediate injunction and thereby close the service.

The decision, had it gone the other way, would have meant that thousands of workers in the US would...
AMD sues Intel over alleged monopoly abuses
AMD Instead? 28 June 2005 21:14 GMT
...Now here's a role reversal and a sign of AMD's continued success (ironically). Over at AMD's website the company has laid out its case for suing Intel in a suit files in Delaware but it boils down to Intel's general dominance of several markets across the world over nearly...