If AMD continues to falter in 2009, it won't be from a lack of processors. Less than two weeks ago, DigiTimes reported that the Santa Clara chip maker would churn out no less than half a dozen 45nm Athlon CPUs by June of 2009 in addition to the upcoming Phenom II release, all [...]
It's no secret that the semiconductor industry as a whole is expecting a downright rotten fourth quarter, but new evidence suggests that
results for the October-December period could bypass "worse" entirely and head straight for "really freaking horrible." October, it
seems, was the last "good" month of 2008 for the semiconductor industry; global sales fell 10 percent [...]
2008 will defiantly go down in technology history as the year of the netbook. Ultra portable PC’s defied the economy and helped push sales of notebooks beyond that of desktop’s for the first time in history. Netbooks have been thoroughly reviewed here at Maximum PC (see December 2008’s issue) and it’s clear [...]
The past week has been a holiday season in North America, which means we haven't seen that many major announcements. There were, however, a few notable events, including Cisco's plans to take at least a baby step into the consumer electronics market, AMD's writedown of ATI goodwill, China's plans for 3G, and NVIDIA's new Ion [...]
Forgive us if we're starting to sound like a broken record, but AMD continues to find itself struggling to stay afloat. The chip maker's list of financial woes just keeps piling on, and to date we've witnessed high level executives jumping ship, a new CEO take the reins, billions of dollars in quarterly [...]
Enthusiasts can now cool their computers utilizing miniaturized versions of technologies used in refrigerators and air conditioners; graphics card cooling solutions soon to follow
Thermaltake today announced an initiative with AMD to redesign the revolutionary Xpressar micro refrigeration cooling system for use with ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 4000 series graphics cards. First introduced in a specialized case [...]
AMD, depending on your viewpoint, is either incapable of ever catching a break or it possesses an uncanny ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. The company has now announced that it has cut 600 employees, 100 more than expected. Adding insult to injury, the Sunnyvale-based company will take a further, unspecified goodwill [...]
As if AMD wasn't already fighting an uphill battle, the market share slope just got a little steeper to climb. At the top sits Intel, who increased its market share of OEM PCs from 80 percent in August 2008 to 82 percent in December 2008, representing a 2 percent hike in just four [...]
According to DigiTimes, AMD will launch half a dozen 45nm Athlon processors by June of 2009. The quad-core Athlon X4 615 and 605 and triple-core Athlon X3 420 and 410 are expected to ship in April 2009, with the company's dual-core Athlon X2 240 and 235 coming a bit later in June 2009.
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With innovative products that span multiple target market, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), the world’s leading motherboard, graphics card, barebone system and notebook manufacturer, today releases the A790GXM-AD3 Black Series motherboard disclosing the extraordinary gaming performance of AMD’s latest Dragon platform. Supporting the latest AMD Phenom™ II processors, ATI CrossFireX™ technology, and the dual channel DDR3 [...]