Advanced Micro Devices News

This was the year that dreams of a multibillion-dollar computer-chip factory for the Capital Region finally became a reality.

Bangalore, Dec 21 : Mr Ravi Swaminathan was today appointed as Advanced Micro Devices Managing Director and Regional Vice President of Sales and Marketing for AMD India, effective four January 2010.

Shares of Intel Corp., the world's biggest chip maker, edged higher Monday after Barclays Capital upgraded the company, citing "solid" market conditions in the computer industry and a cheap share price.

AMD : What: AMD today announced availability of the production release of its second-generation ATI Stream SDK, its second-generation ATI Stream SDK, the first production SDK for both AMD GPUs and x86 CPUs.

Sunnyvale-based Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Santa Clara-based Nvidia Corp. hit 52-week highs on the news.

The Federal Trade Commission sued Intel Corp. on Wednesday, looking to block pricing deals and other tactics the government said the world's biggest chip maker has used to snuff out competition.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Thursday said its offer to buy back certain senior debt due 2012 has closed.

FTC Accuses Intel of Anti-Competitive Behavior Against AMD, Nvidia. [12/16/2009 02:37 PM] by Anton Shilov The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday sued Intel Corp., the world's leading computer chip maker, charging that the company has illegally used its dominant market position for a decade to stifle competition and strengthen its monopoly.

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ) announced today that it has completed its offer to purchase for cash, on a pro rata basis, up to $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2012 , at a purchase price equal to $990 per $1,000 of the principal amount of such notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon.

Advanced Micro Devices will launch its twelve-core AMD Opteron a oeMagny-Coursa central processing units for high-end servers in March, 2010, sources close to the company revealed.

The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., up 33 cents at $9.15 The Federal Trade Commission sued the chip makers competitor Intel Corp.

The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday sued Intel Corp., accusing the world's largest chip maker of "anticompetitive tactics" in the latest legal blow to the Silicon Valley icon.

Don't call OPTi Inc. CEO Bernie Marren a "patent troll." True, Palo Alto-based OPTi, which won a $21.7 million patent infringement award against Apple Inc.

MARCY, N.Y. - A new state data center was supposed to be Oneida County's consolation prize for losing out on an Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Advanced Micro Devices and Nvidia Corp. may have gotten long- as well as short-term reprieves from Intel Corp.'s decision not to release the first version of its Larrabee chip.

Intel Corp. might change its price structure in an effort to settle antitrust accusations that have been plaguing the company, according to a report Tuesday.

December 8, 2009, 03:10 AM - - Blu-ray Discs based on a new format for 3D video will be on show at January's Consumer Electronics Show.

The move is a setback to Intel's plans to compete with Nvidia Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc, now the dominant players in the graphics market.

AMD today announced that it will demonstrate the forthcoming Blu-ray stereoscopic 3D standard at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show , showcasing how consumers will soon get to enjoy high-fidelity 3D entertainment once reserved only for theaters.

Advanced Micro Devices , or AMD , reportedly announced its involvement in the development of one of the first industry benchmark testing suites for OpenCL.