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  • AMD splits off manufacturing arm

    AMD overnight announced plans to split off its manufacturing operations through a finance deal with a firm from the United Arab Emirates, which will leave AMD with total control of only its design wing.

  • AMD bites market, release Phenom

    The first major fruits of AMD's acquisition of ATI Technologies are ready for the public just as the market for those products is going through some profound changes.

  • Intel hits 2008 with Penryn chips

    The planned launch this week of the new Penryn processors is the first step of a plan that Intel hopes will hit AMD hard going into 2008.

  • AMD's new Puma stalking Intel's Centrino

    Advanced Micro Devices is coming out with its own Centrino. The US-based chipmaker is prepping an energy-efficient notebook chip, code-named Griffin, as well as a platform based around Griffin called Puma, (similar to Intel's Centrino) that will likely allow AMD to better compete in the rapidly growing notebook market.

  • Intel hits back at EC anticompetition claims

    Intel late last week denied charges of anticompetitive behaviour in Europe, hinting that rival AMD was responsible for its poor performance.

Blogs (1)

  • Read the blog post - Chris Duckett

    Give me my IDE port back now

    I wish motherboard manufacturers wouldn't consign parallel ATA (PATA) hard drives and the IDE ports they require to the dustbin of history just yet.

Features and Case Studies (59)

  • The best mobile processor is...

    Today's notebooks come with a vast range of processors, but will they give you the best performance? Our comprehensive review benchmarks 19 of the latest mobile processors, giving you an insight into the best chips on the market.

  • Lighting the murky depths of multicore pricing

    Multicore processors have been around since 2005, when Intel shipped its first dual-core processor and the advantages of many cores have been widely touted, but a working model for costing software to work with them is still on its way.

  • Jonathan Schwartz on the future of Sun

    After a year on the job, Sun's CEO says the company is relevant again but still has problems to fix. In this interview, he admits losing sight of the developer community towards the end of the 1990s, and making what he described as a very bad decision about the company's commitment to Solaris.

  • AMD to move Opteron into storage

    Servers came first; storage systems are next to house Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron chip.

  • Pros and cons of going 64-bit

    If you're planning to invest in new computers, it's worth considering whether to make the move to 64-bit technology. Does the extra scalability justify the expense?

Reviews (101)

  • Liquid-cooled CPUs?

    The pursuit of faster CPUs has AMD and Intel back at the core.

  • Asus K50AB

    The K50AB is a typical mid-range laptop that looks good, but the in-built GPU-switching feature doesn't save on battery at all. We'd suggest looking elsewhere for your mid-range needs.

  • Benchmarks: AMD's 45nm 'Shanghai' Opteron

    AMD's 'Shanghai' processors are the company's first chips to exploit the improved performance and efficiency of 45nm technology. ZDNet's tests show that they have made up important ground on Intel's Xeons.

  • HP ProLiant DL585 G5 Server

    The HP ProLiant DL585 G5 is a powerful server with a strong emphasis on reliability and serviceability that reduces overall device cost.

  • The best mobile processor is...

    Today's notebooks come with a vast range of processors, but will they give you the best performance? Our comprehensive review benchmarks 19 of the latest mobile processors, giving you an insight into the best chips on the market.

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