Articles tagged with: Amd and Intel
Intel to pay AMD $1.25B in legal settlment
Intel is paying $1.25 billion to Advanced Micro Devices, its largest rival in the market for computer processors, to settle all antitrust and patent suits, the companies said Thursday. more
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AMD posts deeper loss, shares fall
Advanced Micro Devices's loss widened in the first quarter as demand and prices for its microprocessors slumped and charges for the biggest restructuring in the company's 40-year history took their toll. more
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Rice-led project aims to boost performance on microprocessors
The USA's Rice University has been given a US$16 million fund to develop a new set of tools that can improve the performance of virtually any application running on any microprocessor. The funding came from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), as part of its Architecture Aware Compiler Environment Program more
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Intel Unleashes Atom Bomb on the Competition in 2008
Intel gained share in the global microprocessor during every quarter of 2008, partly due to the success of its Atom chip in the emerging netbook sector, according to iSuppli Corp. more
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Mini-Notebooks Made Explosive Entry into EMEA PC Market in 2008
Following a major surge in the back-to-school season, mini-notebook momentum continued unabated in the final quarter of the year. Thanks to robust consumer demand in Western Europe in the run up to Christmas, overall EMEA mini-notebook shipments reached 3.6 million units, in line with expectations, representing 20% of total portable sales and 30% of consumer portables in EMEA in 4Q08. more
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Qualcomm Buys AMD's Handheld Graphics Technologies
Qualcomm says that it has acquired certain graphics and multimedia technology assets, intellectual property and resources that were formerly the basis of amd's handheld business - for around US$65 million. more
