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  • AMD beefs up flash memory

    The chip maker has begun shipping MirrorBit, its newest flash memory technology that promises to double storage capacity. Will it give Intel a run for its money?

  • AMD revenue rises as it gains on Intel

    Advanced Micro Devices saw revenue surge 70 percent during the first quarter as it continued to take market share from Intel, the chipmaker announced on Wednesday.

  • Intel, STMicro to form new flash company

    Intel, STMicroelectronics and private equity firm Francisco Partners plan to form an independent flash memory company in Switzerland, the companies said on Tuesday.

  • AMD sketches out new high-end, low-end chips

    Advanced Micro Devices will take the high road and the low road in the chip market.

  • AMD sees big jump in revenue, profits

    Advanced Micro Devices saw sales jump 23 percent and net income rise by 72 percent in the third quarter, thanks to increasing demand for PCs combined with greater acceptance for its products.

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  • Can CEO-in-waiting give AMD a jumpstart?

    Company president and chief operating officer Dirk Meyer is being groomed to succeed Hector Ruiz, but first he must prove that last year's engineering mistakes were an aberration.

  • Negroponte's laptop plan moves closer to reality

    Nicholas Negroponte is a man on a mission. As Chairman of the One Laptop per Child program (OLPC), he has big plans ahead of him: to help eliminate poverty through education, via US$100 laptops distributed to the world's poorest children.

  • Photos: HP prefers clients to be thin

    According to HP, the sexiest thing in IT right now is thin clients. Our photo gallery gives you an inside look into HP's latest thin client technology and what happens when it breaks.

  • The importance of being 64-bit

    IT vendors such as Microsoft and Intel have grand plans for 64-bit computing and the improved processing potential it promises but convincing customers may not be so straightforward.

  • Microsoft's biggest gamble

    Microsoft hopes to carry its dominance from the traditional PC world into a new era of converged digital, IP-based infrastructure. But can the company become relevant to people on a personal level that evokes emotion?

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