Advanced Micro Devices has announced a reorganization of it’s operations. The manufacturing plants that produce all it’s processors will be spun off as a separate company.
AMD has been going through troubling times as it’s acquisition of ATI has yet to result in synergistic products that can give it an edge over its competitors. Also, AMD’s [...]
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AMD reorgs, spins off chip manufacturing
Intel leapfrogs AMD with 6 core processor
Intel has announced it’s 6 core Xeon high performance processors based on it’s 45 nm process technology. The Intel® Xeon® Processor 7400 Series, code-named Dunnington, will support up to 6 cores with 16 MB of shared cache memory. The processors come in frequencies up to 2.66 GHz and power consumption as low as 50 watts. [...]
September 16th, 2008 | rp | Comments | Continued
AMD reports results, CEO changed
AMD (NYSE:AMD) today reported second quarter 2008 revenue of $1.349 billion, a 7% decrease compared to the first quarter of 2008 and a three percent increase compared to the second quarter of 2007. As part of its previously communicated review of its non-core businesses, AMD decided to divest its Handheld and DTV product businesses, and [...]
July 18th, 2008 | rp | Comments | Continued
AMD announces new HE processors, 6 and 12 core roadmap
AMD today announced the immediate availability of energy-efficient x86 server processors with four processing cores and an integrated memory controller in a low 55-watt ACP thermal envelope. The processors are ideal for creating two , four and eight way power-efficient rack and blade servers. Quad-Core AMD Opteron HE processors are available in both the [...]
May 11th, 2008 | rp | Comments | Continued
