"Billy Edwards' colleagues at Advanced Micro Devices Inc. have called him their utility infielder. AMD's human resources chief Kevin Lyman calls him the chipmaker's agent provocateur. Officially, though, Edwards is called AMD's chief innovation officer, a newly created role for this senior vice-president." Read more at Business Week.

"Sun Microsystems, Inc. and SAS, the leader in business intelligence, jointly announced today that SAS will port its data integration, business intelligence and analytic intelligence software to the Solaris 10 Operating System (OS) running on x64 servers. This new support for Solaris 10 on industry-standard x64 servers brings a lower total cost of ownership to customers running SAS software, along with access to the sophisticated features available only in the Solaris 10 OS." Read more at Internet Ad Sales.

"Appro, a leading provider of high-performance enterprise computing systems announced today that Appro's XtremeServers were selected for Supercomputing Online's "2005 Product of the Year" Award. Read more at Yahoo! News.

"Digital Waves has launched Tyan Transport VX50 (B4881) server solutions, which offer form factors and features required to build best-in-class server systems. Aggressively-priced and specifically-engineered for a wide range of applications, Tyan Transport barebones servers and server chassis enclosures provide OEMs, VARs and S/Is with simplified, cost-effective components and solutions for building robust, feature-rich servers." Read more at EFYTimes.

"Ampro Computers, Inc., a leading supplier of standards-based computer systems and modules, announced today a cost-optimized solution for commercial-grade embedded systems that were left stranded due to a number of non-RoHS ETX modules that have reached end-of-life (EOL) status. Using the new RoHS-compliant AMD Geode LX 800 single-chip integrated processor and Northbridge, Ampro's ETX 610 drops into existing ETX baseboard designs to keep OEMs in production. In the low $200's in production volumes, the ETX 610 targets a wide range of high-volume commercial applications ranging from building automation to electronic voting machines." Read more at Yahoo! News.

"Blue Sky Studios, a Fox Entertainment company announced the release of Ice Age "The Meltdown", a computer animated feature film. Angstrom Titan64 SuperBlade rendering servers and Titan64 Creator workstations were used exclusively for the creation of this movie. Angstrom computers are powered by AMD Opteron processors to provide maximum performance while minimizing power requirements. Blue Sky Studios is using the Angstrom Titan64 computers to enable significantly more complex imagery and faster generation of animated features." Read more at Computer Graphics World.

"Imagine that you've just won the lottery, or that your favorite relative has just given you a HUGE increase in allowance, or maybe work just gave you the best holiday bonus ever. Imagine that you have enough money that money isn't an issue when choosing your next computer. What would you do?" Read more at GameDaily.

"Internet cafes will help increase China's No 3 PC maker's PC shipment by more than 2 million units this year, the company predicts." Read more at China Daily.

"DTK Computer Middle East, part of DTK worldwide network of branch offices, a leading brand of personal computers, notebooks and servers, has launched its latest notebook, Presto X55 in the Middle East. The 15.4-inch wide screen notebook comes with an AMD Turion 64 processor or a Mobile AMD Sempron and is bluetooth enabled." Read more at Financial Mirror.

"Today AMD announced the availability of the AMDGeode LX EPIC Reference Design Kit (RDK). This RDK will helpdevelopers quickly and efficiently create low-power, high-performancesingle board computer (SBC) products, enabling faster time to market.This versatile, industry-standard design supports a wide range ofrugged industrial SBC applications including data acquisition, videoprocessing, point-of-sale terminals, telecommunications, globalpositioning satellite (GPS) devices and motion control." Read more at Finanzen.

"AMD is further enhancing its channel program, part of its assault to win share from Intel in the commercial space." Read more at Electronic News.

"AMD has been performing very well in terms of delivering new products to the masses as well as ensuring that shipments are on time. With regards to processors and platforms, AMD is now in a position where it can diversify at its own pace and not have to be in Intel's shadow." Read more at Daily Tech.

"AMD's gains at the expense of its much larger rival Intel have received wide coverage, but it's not all about server sales by big names like HP and Sun, or AMD's stunning surge in desktop sales at the retail level." Read more at Internet News.

"Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. , the world's fourth-largest contract chipmaker by revenue, is expected to get a revenue boost in the second half as orders from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. kick in, analysts said." Read more at Yahoo Finance.

"AMD has finally broken the 3 GHz barrier, in the form of an Opteron manufactured at their newest fabrication plant (dubbed "Fab36"). The CPU will be launched on the same day that AMD will announce their 65 nm plans in Prague." Read more at NeoSeeker.