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6 hrs ago | CRM Daily

AMD Unveils Two-Year Processor Road Map

AMD has laid out its road map for processors through 2011, with an emphasis on a complete computing experience featuring stunning graphics and video.

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, Science, Computer Science, Laptops/Notebooks, Semiconductors, Computers, Cloud Computing

10 hrs ago | Legal Times

Intel Agrees to Pay AMD $1.25 Billion in Sudden Settlement

A historic settlement between rival chip companies Intel and AMD shook the tech world on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Semiconductors, Electronics, Intel, Startups, Advanced Micro Devices, Computers

Fri Nov 13, 2009

ComputerWorld

AMD and Intel patch things up, HP buys 3Com

We had a blockbuster deal this week, with Hewlett-Packard saying it plans to buy 3Com, and a blockbuster settlement, with Advanced Micro Devices and Intel ending a long-running legal dispute.

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Related Topix: Hewlett Packard, Semiconductors, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, iPhone

Scoop

While you were sleeping: Playboy may be sold

Friday, 13 November 2009, 8:48 am Article: Businesswire While you were sleeping: Stocks slide, US jobless claims fall; Playboy may be sold Nov.

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Related Topix: US Energy Systems, Energy, Financial Markets, Exxon Mobil, Oil & Gas, Chevron Corporation, HP, Computers, Semiconductors

San Jose Mercury News

AMD to Introduce Test Versions of Chips in Early 2010

Advanced Micro Devices, aiming to leapfrog Intel in computer-processor technology, will release sample versions of new products next year.

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, Advanced Micro Devices, Semiconductors, Startups, Computers, Cave Creek, AZ, Business News

Thu Nov 12, 2009

NetworkWorld

AMD promises big jump in performance with Magny Cours

Advanced Micro Devices is gearing up for the 2010 launch of Magny Cours, a more powerful Opteron server processor that will pack up to 12 cores and use faster memory chips.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, CPU, Advanced Micro Devices, Semiconductors, Startups

Denver Post

Stocks slip as Wal Mart's sales disappoint

A drop in energy stocks is dragging the market lower following a government report that consumers and businesses are trimming use of oil and gas.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Retail, Wal Mart Stores, Computers, 3Com, HP, Semiconductors, Advanced Micro Devices, Startups

PC World

AMD Talks Bulldozer, Hemlock and Fusion

If chip makers competed on the basis of code names rather than products then Advanced Micro Devices might have beaten Intel a long time ago.

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, Semiconductors

Wed Nov 11, 2009

WEBSPHERE Journal

SC09 Exhibitor Profiles

SC09 , the 22nd Annual Supercomputing Conference, takes place November 14 - " 20, 2009 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, CPU, Semiconductors, Science, Computer Science, Computers

SanLuisObispo.com

AMD sees better gross margin in 2010

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said Wednesday its gross profit margin should improve next year as chip sales pick up.

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Related Topix: Semiconductors, Advanced Micro Devices, Startups

Tue Nov 10, 2009

MarketWatch

Barclays sees Intel-AMD antitrust settlement

The battle over Intel Corp.'s alleged antitrust offenses against Advanced Micro Devices escalated recently, but the two chip giants may yet decide to end the dispute through a settlement, a Barclays Capital analyst said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Semiconductors, Electronics, Intel, Startups, Advanced Micro Devices

X-bit labs

Microprocessor Unit Shipments Grow 23% in Q3 2009 - Market Tracking Firm

Microprocessor Unit Shipments Grow 23% in Q3 2009 - " Market Tracking Firm. [11/09/2009 03:54 PM] by Anton Shilov The global market of central processing units grew significantly both in terms of units and in terms of revenues.

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, Semiconductors, 9

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Design And Reuse

Analysts: TSMC still faces 40-nm problems

Silicon foundry giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. is still having yield issues with its 40-nm process, according to analysts.

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Related Topix: Semiconductors, Altera, Electronics

Business Times

Abu Dhabi to challenge chip industry giants

ABU DHABI: Mubadala, the government-owned investment vehicle which owns a stake in Advanced Micro Devices, plans to manufacture chips in the Gulf Arab state in a bid to steal market share from industry leaders.

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Related Topix: Advanced Micro Devices, Semiconductors, Startups

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Computerworld

AMD graphics chip shortage hitting PC vendors

An offshore Advanced Micro Devices Inc. foundry is having trouble ramping up on production of a new 40-nanometer graphics processing unit, forcing PC makers to delay shipments of desktop and laptop computers, AMD confirmed today.

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Related Topix: PC, Semiconductors

MarketWatch

Nvidia shares climb after surge in earnings

Nvidia Corp. shares climbed more than 6% Friday after the maker of chips for computer graphics reported 74% growth in quarterly earnings, aided by what Chief Executive Jen-Hsun Huang described as "healthy market demand across the board." Nvidia /quotes/comstock/15*!nvda /quotes/nls/nvda saw its shares rise 78 cents to $13.05 following the company's ...

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Related Topix: Semiconductors, NVIDIA, Electronics, iPhone, Santa Clara, CA, Media, Computers, FactSet Research Systems, IT Services

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Bloomberg

Galleon Scandal Scorecard: Hedge Funds, Traders, Lawyers and `Octopussy'

Twenty people, including Galleon Group LLC co-founder Raj Rajaratnam, have been criminally charged in what federal authorities call the biggest prosecution of alleged hedge-fund insider trading in the U.S. Prosecutors in Manhattan say they have evidence from wiretaps, trading records and cooperating witnesses to prove widespread trafficking in ...

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Related Topix: Semiconductors, Advanced Micro Devices, Startups, Mount Kisco, NY, Consulting, US News

Fri Nov 06, 2009

EETimes

Atheros exec, others charged in trading case

Federal authorities have charged 14 individuals arising out of their ongoing investigation of insider trading at hedge funds and stock trading firms.

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Related Topix: Semiconductors, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Thu Nov 05, 2009

SFGate

Deal in bad-check charge against S.F. landlord

A deal's been reached between San Francisco apartment magnate Walter Lembi and the Clark County, Nev., district attorney's office over $298,500 worth of markers Lembi owes Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Criminal Defense Law, Law, San Francisco Metro, Semiconductors

Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Business Review (Albany)

Cuomo says Intel violated antitrust laws, files lawsuit

New York state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo sued Intel Corp. , accusing the computer company of violating state and federal antitrust laws.

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Related Topix: Semiconductors, Electronics, Intel, Startups, CPU, Science / Technology, Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale, CA

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